Tromelin came in conflict with Suffren, who accused him of mounting a cabale of captains and officers against him. Several, including Saint-Félix, Morard de Galles, La Landelle and Tromelin-Lanuguy, as well as Tromelin himself, had requested a transfer Tromelin requested to be relieved and left the squadron after the Battle of Trincomalee, embarking on "Pulvérisateur" on 3 September 1782, bound for Isle de France.