Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa16 Kubvumbi 1781, aive chikamu chechikwata chaSuffren muhondo yePorto Praya, kunyangwe asina kutora chikamu muchiitiko ichi. Akatora rutivi muzvinhu zvinoverengeka muIndian Ocean. Muna November 1781, Captain Périer de Salvert akatora basa racho. "Fine" yakanga iri rutivi rwechidzitiro chechikepe cheFrance paHondo yeProvidien
, kwaakarovera asati azvisunungura amene, ipapo akamhanya pamhenderekedzo, ipapo akabatwa nomwoto, asi akakwanisa kuzviponesa amene. Muna June, "Fine" yakatora ngarava yemapurisa ine zvombo 24 "Yarmouth", yaitakura mupunga, zvombo zvehondo uye mapurisa mapfumbamwe ehondo.