In early 1779 he sailed to war again in command of the privateer "Count d’Estang", which he owned in partnership with Isaac Sears. In April, southwest of the Azores, he was captured by the 28-gun British frigate "Brutus" and its 10-gun tender. The British captain impressed most of Kendrick's crew, eventually releasing Kendrick and the remaining 30 men in a boat. They travelled to the Azores and then Lisbon. In June, 1779, Kendrick and his remaining crew traveled to France, and then returned to America with the French fleet.