Between June and October she participated in the failed French émigré invasion of France at Quiberon. As such "Artois" was present in the fleet at the Battle of Groix on 23 June, where she shared in the capture of the three French ships-of-the-line "Alexander", "Formidable", and "Tigre", despite not participating directly in the action that occurred when the British and French fleets came upon one another while on separate missions. The British fleet under Lord Bridport had been convoying the invasion force to France, and "Artois" was part of a force of three ships-of-the-line and six frigates under Warren guarding the fifty-ship convoy conveying the Comte de Puisaye's émigré force of 2,500 men. The troops were successfully landed on 27 June and Warren's squadron went on to occupy Île d'Yeu, but after a series of reversals against French revolutionary soldiers the entire force was evacuated to England, with "Artois" and the other ships providing covering fire to the escaping Royalists.