from 3 january to 3 march 1818, "normande" ferried passengers and supplies from île-d'aix to mauritius, as weel as to saint-denis and to saint-paul on ile bourbon (now réunion). she returned to france carrying marshal bouvet de lozier, former governor of bourbon, as well as passengers from saint-paul and from cape town. by july, her command had passed to commander elie, and she was attached to the china seas division under captain pierre-henri philibert.