On 17 February of the same year, Nymphe was with the 32-gun Amphitrite when she captured the 44-gun HMS Argo.

[1] On 20 January 1785, Nymphe arrived at Brest, ferrying Lafayette.

Along with Dromadaire and Curieux, she sailed to Cayenne to ferry troops, as well as the new governor, Frédéric Joseph Guillot.

[1] In July 1793, Nymphe was brought into active again under Lieutenant Pitot to fight the Chouan royalist insurgency.

[1] On 30 December 1793, Nymphe was wrecked while battling Chouan coastal artillery near Noirmoutier.