"Pluton" took part in the Battle of Martinique on 17 April 1780, under La Marthonie. Albert de Rions took command, and captained her at the Battle of Martinique on 29 April 1781, at the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781, at St. Kitts on 24–25 January 1782, and at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April.