From July 1779 Necker cruised under the command of Cornil-Jacques Bart, with 125 men and 18 guns.

Necker initially spotted and chased Leith, which found she could not outrun the privateer and turned to engage her.

Necker then mistook Leith for a frigate and began to sail away from her, only to lose her topmast in her haste to escape.

Leith was then able to catch up with the privateer which quickly surrendered, having already thrown her guns overboard in an attempt to increase speed.

[2] However, Lloyd's List reported in May 1781 that it was the Greenlandman Marianne, Brown, master, that had captured Necker and taken her into Lerwick.