She was later razeed to become the frigate Résolution,[2] and served in an exploration voyage to China under Bruni d'Entrecasteaux.

A model of this ship is to be found on display in the NT property Snowshill Manor, Broadway, Gloucestershire.

HMS Romulus served under Captain George Gayton in the British squadron off America during the American Revolutionary War.

[1] On 19 February 1781,[1] the 64-gun Éveillé, along with the frigates Surveillante and Gentille, and the cutter Guêpe, captured her in Chesapeake Bay.

In September 1781, she ferried troops to Annapolis for the Siege of Yorktown, in a division under Le Saige de La Villèsbrunne.