Camilla was built in France in 1799 and was taken in prize by the British. Camillia first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1800 with Caitchern, master, Swane & Co., owners, and trade London–Barbados. Captain Robert Hunter Caitchion acquired a letter of marque on 20 August 1800.
LL reported on 16 January 1801 that the French privateer Mouche had captured three vessels:
Camilla, Calcheon, master, sailing from London to Barbados;
Defiance, Pervis, master, Liverpool to Madeira; and
Elizabeth, Liverpool to Demerara.
The entry for Camilla in the 1801 volume of Lloyd's Register carried the annotation "Captured".