 "Lloyd's List" reported that she was in Mauritius being fitted out as a privateer.The French Navy requisitioned her and renamed her "Duguay Trouin".On 25 January 1794, "Duguay Trouin", under the command of Julien Thérouart, was in the Sunda Strait as part of a French naval squadron from Île de France, that also included the frigates "Prudente" and "Cybèle", and the brig "Vulcain", all four vessels under the overall command of Captain Jean-Marie Renaud.