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,...
by Richard Hiscocks | May 6, 2023 | 1796, The French Revolutionary War 1793-1802
The Capture of Captain Sir William Sidney Smith off Le Havre – 19 April 1796 The frigate Diamond 38 arrived on the French Atlantic coast in 1795, whereupon her enigmatic captain, Sir William Sidney Smith, began making so much mischief that he quickly...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jul 15, 2023 | 1796, The French Revolutionary War 1793-1802
Indefatigable v Virginie – 20 April 1796 On the morning of 20 April, having detached the Révolutionnaire 38, Captain Francis Cole, and her prize of eight days, the Unité 36, into Falmouth, the frigates Indefatigable 44, Commodore Sir Edward Pellew, Amazon...
by Richard Hiscocks | Aug 2, 2023 | 1796, The French Revolutionary War 1793-1802
The Incredible Heroism of Midshipman Patton of the Niger – 27 April 1796 On 27 April, the twelve-pounder frigate Niger 32, Captain Edward Foote, was cruising off the Penmarcks under the orders of Vice-Admiral John Colpoys, with whose squadron she had...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 19, 2023 | 1796, The French Revolutionary War 1793-1802
Phoenix v Argo – 12 May 1796 At dawn on 12 May, Admiral Adam Duncan’s North Sea fleet consisting of nine sail of the line, a 50-gun vessel, and various other men-of-war, was cruising about twenty miles to the south of the Texel when the frigate Pegasus...
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 19, 2023 | 1796, The French Revolutionary War 1793-1802
Unicorn, Santa Margarita, Dryad v Tribune, Tamise, Proserpine – June 1796 On 19 May the British frigates Unicorn 32, Captain Thomas Williams, and Santa Margarita 36, Captain Thomas Byam Martin, together with the sloop Hazard under the command of a...
