Speedy was a brig of 130 tons (bm) belonging to the British Post Office Packet Service that the French Navy captured off Barbados in July 1782 and took into service at Martinique. The Royal Navy recaptured her in December. She subsequently became a merchant vessel. On 15 July, after having cruised for 50 days, the French 32-gun frigates , Lieutenant le Chevalier de Blachon, and Résolue, captain de Saint-Jean, captured Speedy, , the four merchant vessels Spy, Adventure, Peggy, and Success, and the 10-gun privateer cutter Queen. The British ships were on their way to the Windward Islands.