War with France had broken out shortly before "Minerva" was to sail on her next voyage. Captain Kennard Smith acquired a letter of marque on 7 March 1793. he sailed from Portsmouth on 5 April 1793. "Minerva" arrived at Whampoa on 10 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 18 November, reached St Helena on 11 APril 1794 and Galway on 20 July, and arrived at the Downs on 26 August.