Following the Order's capitulation on 12 June 1798, all its ships were all taken over by the French. The ships of the line "San Zaccharia" and "San Giovanni" and the frigate "Sante Elisabeth" were commissioned into the French Navy and were renamed "Dégo", "Athénien", and "Carthaginoise". All three ships remained in Malta during the British blockade of Malta, and surrendered to the British in 1800. The British broke up "Dégo" and "Carthaginoise", but commissioned "Athénien" into the Royal Navy as HMS "Athenienne". She was wrecked off Sicily in 1806.