She served at Brest and Toulon,[3][b] until a British squadron cornered her in the Bay of Sagone on Corsica's east coast in 1811 and destroyed her.

On 30 April 1811, Nourrice, the 26-gun Girafe, and an armed merchant vessel,[9] were anchored in the Bay of Sagone on Corsica's east coast.

They were laden with wood for the naval arsenal at Toulon and had taken refuge under the protection of a shore battery of four guns and a mortar, a Martello tower armed with a gun overlooking the battery, and some 200 troops with field pieces, assisted by armed local inhabitants, all on a heights overlooking the vessels.

Some of the timbers from Nourrice fell on the tower, demolishing it, with further sparks setting fire to the shore battery, which also blew up.

The subsequent court martial acquitted their two captains, lieutenants de vaisseau Renault and Figanière.