Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: French Navy were "Active" n'ọrụ n'okpuru aha ya dị ugbu a. N'ọnwa Nọvemba 1789 ọ nọ n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Martinique ma n'okpuru iwu nke "capitaine de vaisseau" Jean Baptiste Prévost de Sansac, marquis de Traversay. Mgbe ozi ọma nke
ọdịda Bastille ruru agwaetiti ahụ, ndị agha France nọ ebe ahụ nupụrụ isi ma zighachi ụlọ. N'April 1790, Traversay banyere ụgbọ mmiri "Active" gaa Lorient ka ọ na-eweghachi ndị agha si Martinique. A mara "Active" ikpe na Nọvemba 1794 na Brest ma mebie ya na 1795.