In July 1782, in the wake of the Battle of Negapatam, Suffren appointed Cuverville to the 64-gun "Vengeur" in replacement of her former captain, Forbin. Lieutenant Éléonor Jacques Marie Stanislas Perier de Salvert replaced Cuverville on "Flamand". Cuverville then captained "Vengeur" during the Battle of Trincomalee between 25 August and 3 September 1782, and during the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783.