Prince Frederick was launched at Amsterdam in 1793 for the Dutch East India Company as Prinz Fredrik.

Captain Daniel Correch stopped at The Downs, where she was detained.

Prince Frederick appears in Lloyd's Register in 1796 with Ramage, master, J. Scougal, owner, and trade London–Cape of Good Hope.

[3] Captain Peter Ramage sailed her to Bengal on a voyage as an "extra ship" for the British East India Company (EIC).

As Prince Frederick was returning from Madras and Bengal, the French frigate Insurgente captured her on 5 December 1797.