Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: O so na ọtụtụ n'ime ihe omume nke European nkiri nke Anglo-French War, karịsịa Agha nke Ushant na 1778, ebe ọ jere ozi dị ka Orvilliers 'flagship, na Parscau du Plessix dị ka onyeisi ụgbọ mmiri. O sonyere na
Ndị agha nke 1779, mana ọrịa na-efe efe n'ụgbọ ahụ mere ka ọ laghachi Brest na Septemba. N'afọ 1779, a gbakwunyere ngwá agha ya site n'itinye 10 ndị ọzọ 6-pounders na quarterdeck ya, na-eme ya ka ọ bụrụ 110-gun. Na Septemba 2, 1780, Brittany hapụrụ Brest gaa Cadiz, ebe o sonyere na Great Siege nke Gibraltar.