He operated for the next two years with Admiral Samuel Barrington's fleet, seeing action at the Battle of St. Lucia on 14/15 December 1778; and at the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779. Pringle sailed home with Barrington and paid off the "Ariadne" for a refit in early 1780. In July 1780 he was given command of HMS "Daedalus", a 32-gun frigate, in which he served as part of the North American fleet for the next two years. He also operated in British waters, capturing the privateer "Moustic" in the English Channel on 20 January 1782.