Surcouf returned to Ile de France with his prizes, where he arrived on 10 March 1796, although "Hasard" was captured by HMS "Victorious" on the journey back. As "Émilie" had been armed as a merchant rather than a privateer, the Prize court seized her prizes and sold them for the benefit of the State, although their capture was declared to be legal. Surcouf returned to France to claim his prize money, and on 3 September 1797, the government finally granted him 660,000 francs, of which he only received 80,000.