[5] Fine was part of the French frigate screen at the Battle of Providien, where she collided with HMS Isis before unentangling herself, then ran aground, then caught fire, but managed to save herself.

[6] In June, Fine captured the 24-gun storeship Yarmouth, carrying rice, field artillery and nine British Army officers.

[13] On 28 July 1782, Fine joined Suffren's squadron at Bahour, where a diplomatic meeting with Hyder Ali was taking place.

She intercepted the East Indiaman Bland-Fort but engaged from too far away and wasted her ammunition in a futile attempt to stop her.

[16] On 5 February 1791, under Augustin Truguet (1753–1793),[17] she departed Brest, as part of a squadron bound for Martinique.