On 20 December 1810, Bouvet was formally promoted to Captain, and was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honour. He planned an expedition to Batavia to carry out another campaign in the Indian Ocean, but his plans were rendered moot by the British Invasion of Java. After one year, on 6 December 1811, he was appointed to command the frigate "Clorinde", on which he embarked on 5 January 1812. He relinquished this command on 7 October to transfer to the frigate "Aréthuse" and lead a frigate squadron also comprising "Rubis", under Commander Louis-François Ollivier.