Between February 1794 and December, she was under the command of enseigne de vaisseau Jacques-Philippe Delamare and escorted convoys from to Le Havre to Brest.

In August 1797 the Royal Navy commissioned her as Amaranthe under Commander Francis Vesey, and she then underwent fitting until February 1798.

[2] However, on 29 August, she and Endymion recaptured the British East India Company "extra ship" Britannia, Stewart, master.

[10] On 13 April 1799 Amaranthe captured the French letter of marque schooner Vengeur after a long chase and sharp fight.

She had been a privateer on her previous cruise, and Vesey described her as a "very fine Copper-bottomed Schooner, capable of mounting Ten Carriage Guns, nearly new, and fails uncommonly fast".

[13] The survivors had to walk for 13 days along the shoreline until they reached the Spanish settlement at Fort Matanzas on 8 November, where they were declared prisoners of war.

However, the board found Blake blameable for having sailed west after dark at too high a speed and for failing to take frequent soundings with the lead.

The board also ordered seaman Daniel Day to spend a month in jail for having prevaricated in his evidence and having wasted its time.