"Jason" was present at the Quiberon expedition in October 1795 as part of John Borlase Warren's squadron, and went on to be highly active against French privateers and raiders. In December 1796 she was part of the British squadron that frustrated the French Expédition d'Irlande, capturing the disarmed frigate . Further service in the Channel followed; "Jason" captured the 14-gun privateer "Marie" off Belle Isle on 21 November 1797, the 24-gun privateer on 23 February 1798, and in company with captured the 12-gun privateer "Bonne Citoyenne" on 20 March 1798. Further successes that year included the 6-gun "Arrogante" off Brest 23 April 1798, and in company with , the 38-gun frigate "Seine" in the Breton Passage at the action of 30 June 1798. "Marie" came in the Royal Navy as HMS "Halifax", "Arrogante" became HMS "Arrogante", later renamed HMS "Insolent". "Seine" too became a British ship, as , serving until being wrecked in 1803.