 Sezvo hondo neRevolutionary France yakasvika, mauto ehondo akawedzerwa, uye musi wa 31 Ndira 1793 Young akapiwa kutungamira kwe 74-gun. Akatora Fortitude kuenda kuMediterranean kunobatana nezvikepe zvaitungamirirwa naLord Hood, kwaakatora rutivi mukurwiswa uye kukombwaweToulon. Sezvo guta racho rakanga rava mumaoko evaRepublican, Hood akasarudza kugadzira hwaro kuCorsica. Akatumira boka ravarwi raitungamirirwa naCommodore Robert Linzee, uye raiva nengarava nhatu dzomutsetse uye ngarava mbiri dzomumvura, pamwe chete nemauto aitungamirirwa naMajor-General David Dundas, kuMortella Bay. Mauto akaburuka musi wa 7 February 1794, uye musi wa 9 February Fortitude uye Juno vakatumirwa kunoputitsa shongwe, kumaodzanyemba kwePointe de la Mortella. Kutora shongwe kwaikosha kuchengetedza mhenderekedzo yegungwa, asi kwakaratidza kuti kwakanga kusingagoni kurwiswa nemabhomba, uye pasinei nokuti kwaingova nepfuti imwe chete yaisvika mapaundi 24, kwakakuvadza zvikuru ngarava dzeBritain. Pashure pemaawa maviri okurwiswa nebhomba Fortitude yakanga yava kuda kupiswa nepfuti inopisa, uye yakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure nevarume vatanhatu vakaurawa uye makumi mashanu nevatanhatu vakakuvadzwa. 