Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I uru ia ki te French Royal Navy i te 10 o Oketopa 1778 me te taumata o te kaitiaki o te kaitiaki, ka tohua ki te "Consolante", i mahi ai ia i raro i a Suffren. I te tau 1780, i whakatairangahia ia ki a Frigate Lieutenant, a, i uru ia ki te "Consolante" i te Pakanga o Trincomalee
I te 3 o Hepetema 1782 me te Pakanga o Cuddalore i te 20 o Paenga-whāwhā 1783. I whakatairangahia ia ki te tuarua-Lieutenant i te 1 o Mei 1786, i mahi a Filhol-Camas ki nga tauranga o Toulon me Le Havre, i mua i tana hokinga ki te rere hei rangatira mo te Kamupene o India ki te rawhiti i runga i te "Duc de Normandie".