On 15 November 1794, Minerve, in company with Alceste and Brune, under Ensign Deniéport sailed for a diplomatic mission to Tunis before returning to Toulon on 29 December.

[1] On 26 March 1797, Brune departed Ancona in a division led by Commander Sibille, of the eight-gun Bonaparte.

The other vessels were the lugger Libérateur d'Italie (under Laugier), the xebec Corse (under Muron), and two transports loaded with ammunition.

During the siege she slipped by the Russian ships and into Corfu to inform General Chabot that reinforcements were coming from Ancona.

[6] On 28 February 1799, the Russians and Ottomans attacked Vido, which is a small island (less than kilometer in diameter) at the mouth of the port of Corfu.