[1] After the outbreak of war with France, Captain John Walker acquired a letter of marque on 16 May 1793.
In November 1795 Lloyd's List reported that Ranger, Jump, master, had gone on shore at the Isle of Man.
[3] Lloyd's List reported in December 1797 that on 25 August 1797 a French privateer had captured Ranger, from Liverpool and New Providence to the Caicos, and taken her into Cape Francois.
1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1803–1804): Captain Thomas Phillips acquired a letter of marque on 2 August 1803.
She left Trinidad for Liverpool on 1 December and arrived back there on 27 January 1804 with Elliot Arthy, master.
[7] 2nd voyage transporting enslaved people (1804–loss): Captain Archibald Holmes sailed from Liverpool on 29 April 1804.
[10] In 1804, 147 British ships, 128 from Liverpool, sailed on voyages to acquire and transport enslaved people.
[8] In June 1805 Lloyd's List reported that two privateers had captured Ranger, Holmes, master, to the windward of Barbados.
[13] Francis Bruel, a United States citizen purchased Ranger in Guadeloupe and renamed her Delaware.