Premier Consul was a French privateer launched in 1800 at Nantes.

[2] She was on her first voyage when HMS Dryad captured her west of Ireland on 5 March after a 3-hour chase.

She was 21 days out of Saint Malo and had captured a Portuguese schooner sailing from Lisbon to Ireland.

The Royal Navy commissioned her in September under Commander Henry Duncan.

[4][5] Duncan received promotion to post captain in April 1802,[1] but obviously did not live to take up the rank.