[4] On 22 August 1779, Le Gouardun joined the French Royal Navy as a Frigate Lieutenant on the 80-gun Orient.
[2] With the French Revolutionary Wars raging, Le Gouardun was accepted in the Navy as an Enseigne de vaisseau non entretenu on Vertu.
[2] On 29 December 1794, Révolutionnaire (ex-Bretagne),[5] departed from Brest for the Croisière du Grand Hiver, where she sustained severe structural damage from the foul weather.
[2] Commanding Jean Bart, Le Gouardun took part in the Battle of Groix, where a falling pulley severely wounded him.
[2] At the Bourbon Restoration, Le Gouardun was forcibly retired, although he was made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis on 18 August 1814.