She took part in the
Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781 under
Bon Chrétien de Bricqueville. Seven months later, she took part in
Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782 under Captain
Cresp de Saint-Césaire, who was killed in the action. The ship was saved by the active help of Swedish officer
Henrik Johan Nauckhoff, who was later to become a Swedish admiral and at the time was on leave from Swedish service to gain experience fighting with the French. In 1782, she captured the 14-gun sloop .
Northumberland was captured during the
Glorious First of June in 1794, where she was captained by François-Pierre Étienne. She was recommissioned in the
Royal Navy as HMS
Northumberland, and was broken up the next year in December 1795. ==Citations==