 By October 1782 they had recovered their strength and "the colours were once again unfurled" to allow the Regiment to take part in the wars against Tipu Sultan.Following the death of the Earl of Seaforth during the passage, Lieutenant Colonel Humberston Mackenzie was appointed colonel of the regiment.Humberston Mackenzie was in turn killed in April 1783 on board the sloop in action against a Mahratta fleet on his return journey from Bombay to Madras during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.