The French Navy captured her in early 1795 as she was returning from her fourth whaling voyage.

[3] 2nd whaling voyage (1791–1792): Captain Gardner sailed from London on 7 March 1791, bound for Walvis Bay.

[3][a] 3rd whaling voyage (1792-1793): Captain Lucas sailed from London on 16 October 1792, bound for Patagonia.

[2] 4th whaling voyage (1794): Captain Lucas sailed on 20 March 1794, bound for Walvis Bay.

[3] Mentor, of 10 guns, from the South Seas, was reported in February 1795 as having been captured by a French naval squadron.