Trial was launched at Belfast in 1803. Apparently for most of her career she was initially an Irish coaster. A French privateer captured and burnt her in 1810 while she was returning to Ireland from Gibraltar. Trial first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1804. The French privateer Juno captured Trial, Curran, master, at 49°26′N 8°12′W / 49.433°N 8.200°W as Trial was returning to Ireland from Gibraltar. Juno burnt Trial. Juno reportedly had also taken a brig from the Brazils to London, and Swallow, of Waterford.