An tuna da shi a farkon yakin juyin juya halin Faransa a 1793 kuma ya ba da umurni na farko da kuma jirgin ruwa na Rear-Admiral Samuel Goodall,, wanda ya tashi zuwa Bahar Rum. "Princess Royal" ya shiga cikin Siege na Toulon daga baya a cikin shekara, kuma bayan janyewar Purvis ya taimaka wa sojojin Birtaniya a lokacin mamayewar Corsica, yana ganin aikin a Siege na Bastia da Siege na Calvi. A shekara mai zuwa ya kasance tare da rundunar da suka yi yaƙi a
Yaƙin Genoa da Yaƙin Tsibirin Hyères kuma ya yi nasara a kan jirgin ruwan Faransa na Bahar Rum a lokacin toshewar Toulon.