	On her way to Jamaica "Decouverte" chased the French privateer "Comet", of five guns and 80 men, for two hours. Williams had to give up the chase after a squall sent overboard "Decouverte"s fore-top-gallant mast and sprung her two lower masts, the fore mast badly. When "Decouverte" reached Port Royal she was ordered to undergo a thorough refit, something that would take nine months.