About three weeks later, on 24 July, two French 74s, "Duquesne" and "Duguay Trouin", and the frigate "Guerrière" put to sea from Cap-Français during a squall in an effort to evade , , , "" under Captain Perkins, and "Vanguard", which were blockading the port. The French ships separated during the night but the British overtook "Duquesne" the following day and captured her after a short exchange of fire with "Vanguard", which lost one man killed and one wounded. The prize was broken up on arrival in England after being damaged running on to the Morant Cays.