Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 22 ga Agusta, 1779, Le Gouardun ya shiga rundunar sojan ruwan Faransa a matsayin Laftanar Frigate a kan "Orient" mai bindigogi 80. A shekara ta 1781, an canja shi zuwa "Ajax" mai bindigogi 64, a kan "Pourvoyeuse" a shekara mai zuwa, da kuma "Annibal" a watan Afrilu na 1782. Ya shiga kuma ya ji rauni a duka biyu na Providien Battle
da kuma yakin Cuddalore.