Ranger was built in the Netherlands, reportedly for the Dutch East India Company, and almost certainly under another name.

[1] Captain Patrick Campbell sailed from Portsmouth 11 August 1796, bound for Bengal.

Captain John Kingston Bythewood replaced Campbell on 24 April 1797 in command of Ranger.

She had come as a cartel from Isle de France (Mauritius) (after the British had captured the island), and Morlaix.

[8] The British government chartered some a number of vessels as cartels to carry back to France the French troops that they had captured in these campaigns.

One plausible candidate is Catherine,[10] but it would require original research to support or refute the conjecture.