"Orford" sailed for England some time after the siege, thus missing the Battle of Quiberon Bay, but returned to North America on 16 February 1759 in time to participate in the Battle of Quebec on 13 September. "Orford" then sailed for the English Channel to join the Brest blockade fleet of Hawke in 1760; there she captured the French 8-gun privateer schooner "La Marguerite" on 4 April. For part of the year "Orford" was the lead ship of a small squadron of ships tasked with watching and recording the locations of French ships that had returned to France after escaping from Quiberon Bay. "Orford" was so successful in this task that Spry was granted an audience with King George III at St James's Palace on 16 March 1761. Captain Mariot Arbuthnot replaced Spry in command of "Orford" in either July or August and she continued off Brest, taking the French 14-gun "L'Anemone" and 4-gun "La Sardoine" alongside the ship of the line HMS "Mars" in the Bay of Biscay on 13 August.