In 1778, Résolue was part of the squadron under Orvilliers, with Pontevs Gien as captain and Rochegude as first officer.

[3] In January 1779, Résolue was part of a squadron under Admiral Vaudreuil that captured Fort St Louis in Senegal from the British in February.

[4] On 15 July 1781,[5] after having cruised for 50 days, the French 32-gun frigates Friponne, Lieutenant le Chevalier de Blachon, and Résolue captured Speedy, Swift, the four merchant vessels Spy, Adventure, Peggy, and Success, and the 10-gun privateer Queen.

[7][a] Speedy, Captain Spargo, and Swift, both of 16 guns and 80 men, were Post Office packet boats.

[6] Speedy, which had left Falmouth on 18 June, was the packet that the government was expecting to arrive in Britain with the news of the departure of the homeward-bound fleet from Jamaica.

To meet a coming storm, her crew had run in and double-breeched her 12-pounders, and shut and barred the ports.

[12] She was purchased for the Royal Navy as HMS Resolue but never saw active service, instead being hulked in 1799 at Plymouth.

[13] As late as 1810 she did have men aboard, including some African-Americans impressed into service, who wrote letters attempting to secure their release.

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