[2] On 6 January, 1778 her tender "Hawk" captured sloop Lee in Delaware Bay off the Maurice River with credit for the prize going to Experiment.

[3] On 8 January, 1778, under the command of Captain Sir James Wallace, she captured merchant sloop Morning Star approximately 475 miles off Cape Henlopen.

[4] On 11 January she captured Danish flagged schooner Willing Maid 294 miles off Cape Henlopen sailing to North Carolina from Curacao.

[7] On 6 February she captured Rhode Island privateer sloop Montgomery 200 miles off Sandy Hook (39°00′N 72°00′W / 39.000°N 72.000°W / 39.000; -72.000).

[10] On 11 May 1778, still Captained by Sir James Wallace, she captured New Hampshire Privateer "Portsmouth" off Chedabucto Head, Nova Scotia.

[b][24] In March 1782, Médine transferred to Réfléchi and Experiment was under Fleuriot de Langle, with La Monneraye as first officer.

[25][24] In March, Experiment departed France to join the French squadron off Rhode Island, along with Sagittaire, under Montluc de la Bourdonnaye.

[1] In September 1794, under Lieutenant Arnaud, she was part of a division also comprising Vigilance, Félicité, Épervier, and Mutine, cruising the West African coast, destroying British factories and shipping.