by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 8, 2022 | 1796, The French Revolutionary War 1793-1802
Sir Edward Pellew and the Wreck of the Dutton – 26 January 1796 There was not one other officer in the Navy who was the equal in practical seamanship of Captain Sir Edward Pellew of the Indefatigable 44, and there were few that could match his personal...
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 13, 2022 | 1796, The French Revolutionary War 1793-1802
The Capture of Colombo and the Molucca Islands – February – March 1796 Following their successful capture of Malacca and Trincomale in the previous year, the British forces in the East Indies continued their almost unopposed operations against the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 8, 2023 | 1796, The French Revolutionary War 1793-1802
A Disappointing Frigate Action off the Pointe du Raz – 20 March 1796 On 15 March, Commodore Sir John Borlase Warren’s crack Channel-raiding frigate squadron, on this occasion consisting of his pennant ship the 24-pounder Pomone 44, the 24-pounder Anson...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 17, 2023 | 1796, The French Revolutionary War 1793-1802
The Disastrous Expedition to Leogane – 21-23 March 1796 In early March 1796, Rear-Admiral William Parker, the commander-in-chief on the Jamaican station, sailed for the island of Hispaniola to undertake further action against the enemy possessions on the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 10, 2023 | 1796, The French Revolutionary War 1793-1802
The Navy in the Leeward Islands Campaign – April to June 1796 During the absence of a substantial British presence following the return home of Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis and General Sir Charles Grey’s 1794 Leeward Islands expedition, the French under...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 24, 2023 | 1796, The French Revolutionary War 1793-1802
Revolutionnaire v Unite – 12 April 1796 A squadron of five British frigates under the orders of Commodore Sir Edward Pellew of the Indefatigable 44, and otherwise consisting of the two-decked Argo 44, Captain Richard Rundell Burges, Révolutionnaire 38,...
