On 13 September 1798, Fulminante, under the command of Captain Monier captured the American brig Fame and brought her into Algeciras.

[5] Admiral Jervis, Earl of St Vincent, needing an advice boat, took her into service the next day as HMS Fulminante.

On 7 November Fulminante was with Commodore John Thomas Duckworth at the capture of the island of Minorca.

The location of the wreck was reportedly "La Cruelle", near Damietta,[9] which is to the east of Abu Qir.

[10] Although Fulminante was present for less than a month during the campaign, when the Admiralty in 1847 authorized the awarding of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt" to all surviving claimants from the crews of all vessels present between 8 March and 2 September, Fulminante was among the vessels listed as qualifying.