 The worn-out "Sémillante" was paid off at Mauritius in 1808 after sustaining damage in a fight with the Royal Navy frigate "Terpsichore".Roussin was promoted to lieutenant and posted to the corvette "Iéna".A cruise in the Persian Gulf and the Bay of Bengal ended when the "Iéna" encountered the 46-gun Royal Navy frigate "Modeste" off Calcutta and was captured after a two-hour engagement on 8 October 1808.