 Recommissioned in 1790 under Captain Robert Sutton, she sailed for the East Indies on 27 December.In the beginning of November 1791, "Minerva", Commodore William Cornwallis, accompanied by the 36-gun frigate "Phoenix", Captain Sir Richard Strachan, and , Captain Isaac Smith, was in the roads at Tellicherry, a fort and anchorage situated a few leagues south of Mangalore.