Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Poulette aiva French "Coquette" kirasi corvette yakavakwa kuti kugadzirwa naJoseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb uye yakatanga muna March 1781. Yakashumira mauto ehondo eFrance kusvikira muna 1793 apo maBritish akaitora kuToulon muna 1793. Akashanda kwenguva pfupi muRoyal Navy, kusanganisira pa
muhondo yeGenoa muna 1795, kusvikira apiswa muna October 1796 kudzivirira kuti arege kuwira mumaoko eFrance.