Her career with the French included a sortie with "Duguay-Trouin" in 1803, in which the two vessels were forced to make an escape from a British ship. They were harried by British forces of varying strengths during their journey back to port and only just reached the safety of Corunna, with "Guerrière" being engaged by the 74-gun until she reached the entrance to the port. She sailed in 1806 with several other French ships to attack British and Russian whalers, but was chased and brought to action by HMS "Blanche". After a hard-fought battle, "Blanche" forced "Guerrière" to surrender, and brought her back to Britain.