 On 20 November 1759, "Kingston" took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay where the French navy suffered a great defeat.The ship was sold to privateers linked to the East India Company on 14 January 1762 and renamed "Lord Clive".The same year during the Spanish-Portuguese War, 1761-1763, these privateers, fighting on the side of Portugal, had plans to conquer Spanish territory in South America and organised a raid on Buenos Aires and Montevideo.