Soon after her commissioning, from June to September 1779,
Auguste patroles the Channel under Captain de Rochechouart. She took part in the
Battle of St. Lucia, the
Battle of Fort Royal and the
Battle of the Chesapeake under Captain
Castellan, as flagship of the Blue-and-White squadron under
Chef d'Escadre Bougainville. She was also at the
Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782. In 1793, she was renamed
Jacobin and was part of the Brest squadron. She was involved in the
Quibéron mutinies in September 1793. The next year, she took part in the
Glorious First of June, where she followed the flagship
Montagne, and failed to prevent
HMS Queen Charlotte from breaking the French line. In December 1794, she was renamed
Neuf Thermidor. On 29 January, as she took part in the
Croisière du Grand Hiver, she was caught in a tempest off Brest and wrecked with the loss of most of her crew. ==Citations==