 In 1788, "Capricieuse" accidentally ran aground.She was refloated in 1789.In February 1791, "Capricieuse" took a station in Saint-Domingue, from which she returned in October 1792, carrying the former governor of Saint-Domingue, General Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande, to France so that he could be tried for counter-revolutionary actions.