In 1791, under lieutenant Villaret de Joyeuse, she was tasked with ferrying troops to Cap-Français and with police duty in Santo Domingo.

In 1793, she returned to France, escorting a convoy from Terre-Neuve, under Villaret de Joyeuse, by then promoted to Captain.

In 1794, she was the flagship of a frigate division under Captain Renaud, also comprising Cybèle, under Pierre Julien Tréhouart.

She took part in the Sunda Strait campaign of January 1794 and in the action of 22 October 1794 off Ile de France.

[1] Daedalus captured Prudente on 9 February 1799 near Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope.