On 17 August 1779, she and Junon, under Bernard de Marigny, captured the 64-gun HMS Ardent.

[1] On 26 April 1780 Gentille and Iphigénie captured HMS Fortune off Barbuda.

[1][4] In September, she ferried troops from Annapolis to James River, in support of the Siege of Yorktown.

[1] During the War of the First Coalition, Gentille cruised the Atlantic under Lieutenant Canon.

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