Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 20 December 1810, Bouvet akasimudzirwa zviri pamutemo kuva Kaputeni, uye akagadzwa Knight weLegion of Honour. Akaronga kuti aende kuBatavia kunorwisazve muIndian Ocean, asi zvaakanga aronga zvakavhiringidzwa nokupinda kweBritain muJava
. Mushure megore rimwe, musi wa6 Zvita 1811, akagadzwa kuti atungamire frigate "Clorinde", iyo yaakatanga musi wa5 Ndira 1812. Akasiya basa iri musi wa7 Gumiguru kuti aendeswe kune frigate "Aréthuse" uye atungamirire boka revarwi vechikepe rinoumbwawo ne "Rubis", pasi peMutungamiri Louis-François Ollivier.