"St.Jean de Lone", Captain Marin Voisin, was returning from Pondicherry, Yanaon, and Madras to Ostend or L'Orient in May 1793 with [Indian] bale goods, black pepper, sugar, and dyewoods when on the 10th she encountered a British privateer from Liverpool. The privateer fired on "St.Jean de Lone", alerting her to the fact that war with Britain had broken out. The French were able to repel the privateer, which sailed off.