at the end of the war, fahie remained in service but in reserve, remaining on saint kitts with his family. in 1793, at the outbreak of the french revolutionary wars, fahie was given command of the sloop , in which he participated in an attack on fort-de-france, for which he was highly commended. he then served on sir john jervis' flagship and then as captain of . in 1796 he became captain of hms "perdrix". in her he engaged in one major action when on 12 december 1798 she took "l'armee d' italie", a privateer of 18 guns. after a chase of 16 hours and an action of 42 minutes, the privateer was an unmanageable wreck. of her crew of 117 men she had lost six dead and five wounded; "perdrix" had only one man wounded, and some damage to her sails and rigging.