 Although she won her case in court, the marriage was irretrievably damaged and they appear never to have cohabited again.In 1788 Inglefield was posted to HMS "Adventure" (44 guns) which, joined later by HMS "Medusa" (44 guns), also under his command, patrolled the West Coast of Africa.In 1792 he served as one of the judges at the court-martial of the mutineers from , who had been captured on Tahiti.