She served the Royal Navy for two years during the French Revolutionary Wars as a hired armed schooner.

[5] On 9 October, Sir Sidney Smith, Petrie, master, arrived at Falmouth from Egypt.

Because Sir Sidney Smith had served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801 AD), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 AD to all surviving claimants.

[6] After the navy ended Sir Sidney Smith's contract, she appeared in the 1801 volume of Lloyd's Register (LR).

[2] In March 1802 Lloyd's List reported that Sir Sidney Smith, Partridge, master, had arrived at Venice, from London.