 On 1 March 1782, under Captain de Beaulieu, "Bellone" returned to Trinquebar from a cruise in the Indian Ocean, where she had captured or destroyed 14 merchantmen.In April 1782, "Bellone" captured the East Indiaman "Cartier", which came from China, and brought her to Batacalo.In June of the same year, she captured a British "both", in the roads of Negapatnam that the French took into service as "Negapatnam".