 Little is known about her specifications, but she probably carried 12 guns, and was apparently 'capable of carrying 16 guns'.Her first commander was Commander Michael John Everett, who brought with him the crew of the earlier "Badger".On 8 December 1778 the commander of the North America and West Indies Station, Sir Peter Parker, transferred a young lieutenant named Horatio Nelson, who had previously been serving aboard his flagship , to the command of "Badger", and moved Everett to command the newly captured and commissioned 18-gun sloop .