[4] Exchanged the following year, Le Même served on the ships Lys, Pilote-des-Indes and Petite-Guêpe, which he learnt that the war had ended.
[4] At the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, Le Même converted Hirondelle into a privateer, arming her with twelve 4-pounder guns and recruiting a 110-man crew.
[6] He then sailed to Sunda Strait to patrol the area, but an epidemic aboard forced him to abbreviate his cruise and return to Mauritius.
[7] Le Même next captained the privateer Amphititrite,[note 2] a prize taken by Sercey's squadron in the Indian Ocean and sold by the colonial government of Mauritius;[7] Amphititrite was old and in poor condition, and after cruising off Cape of Good Hope without taking any prize, she sprang leaks and foundered in Bombetoka Bay, forcing her crew to return to Mauritius on small ships.
[9] On 20 August 1804, Fortune departed Mauritius to take station in the Persian Gulf area, where she captured the 16-gun East Indiaman brig Fly after a 30-minute battle.
[9] Le Même then decided to cruise off Gujarat; on 7 November, around 10:00, Fortune met the frigate HMS Concorde, under Captain John Wood.
[10] Captain Wood treated his prisoner with great courtesy and returned to Bombay; Fortune, in poor state after the battle, limped in several dayslater.