Order of battle at the Battle of Tory Island
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The Battle of Tory Island, (also known as the Battle of Donegal, Battle of Lough Swilly and Warren's Action) was a naval action fought on 12 October 1798 off the north coast of Ireland
. The battle
contested an attempted French invasion of Donegal
in support of the Irish Rebellion of 1798
, with a French squadron under Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart
facing a hastily assembled Royal Navy
blockade squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren
. Bompart's force had been dispatched from Brest
the month before with orders to reinforce a French army under Jean Humbert
which had landed two months earlier.
Unbeknown to Bompart's force, Humbert's army and the rebellion as a whole had been defeated by the British Army
a week before Bompart departed France. Bompart's squadron too was woefully understrength consisting of only a single ship of the line
and eight frigates carrying 3,000 men. This small force faced a large proportion of the British Channel Fleet
, which was prepared for a second invasion attempt after Humbert's army had landed unopposed in August. As a result, Bompart's force was spotted just a few hours after he left Brest and he was then chased into the Atlantic Ocean
by several British frigates which followed him for a week until he was able to lose them in heavy weather. This weather persisted throughout the campaign, causing significant damage to both sides in a series of storms.
The delay caused by the pursuit of Bompart by the frigates under George Countess
allowed the British to dispatch a more substantial squadron under Warren to the Donegal coast. Thus when Bompart arrived in the lee of Tory Island
, he soon found himself threatened on all sides by a superior British force. Despite the damage his ships had suffered in the heavy weather conditions, Bompart attempted to escape but was swiftly run down and defeated in battle, his flagship and four frigates being captured and towed into Lough Swilly
. Among the prisoners seized on board the flagship was Theobald Wolfe Tone
, leader of the United Irishmen, whose capture and subsequent death signified the end of the rebellion. Over the next week, the scattered French survivors desperately attempted to reach the safety of French harbours in the face of a dozens of British warships cruising along their homeward route. Only three made it, three others being hunted down and captured, one just a few miles from the entrance to Brest
. The French never again attempted an invasion of Ireland.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. The battle
Battle of Tory Island
The Battle of Tory Island, was a naval action of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on 12 October 1798 between French and British squadrons off the northwest coast of Donegal, then in the Kingdom of Ireland...
contested an attempted French invasion of Donegal
Donegal
Donegal or Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. Its name, which was historically written in English as Dunnagall or Dunagall, translates from Irish as "stronghold of the foreigners" ....
in support of the Irish Rebellion of 1798
Irish Rebellion of 1798
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 , also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion , was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against British rule in Ireland...
, with a French squadron under Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart
Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart
Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart was a French privateer, navy officer and admiral. He was related to the noted Admiral Maxime de Bompart.He took part in the American War of Independence as a young officer....
facing a hastily assembled Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
blockade squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren
John Borlase Warren
Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet , was an English admiral, politician and diplomat. Born in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, he was the son and heir of John Borlase Warren of Stapleford and Little Marlow...
. Bompart's force had been dispatched from Brest
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
the month before with orders to reinforce a French army under Jean Humbert
Jean Joseph Amable Humbert
General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert was a French soldier, a participant in the French Revolution, who led a failed invasion of Ireland to assist Irish rebels in 1798....
which had landed two months earlier.
Unbeknown to Bompart's force, Humbert's army and the rebellion as a whole had been defeated by the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
a week before Bompart departed France. Bompart's squadron too was woefully understrength consisting of only a single ship of the line
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
and eight frigates carrying 3,000 men. This small force faced a large proportion of the British Channel Fleet
Channel Fleet
The Channel Fleet was the Royal Navy formation of warships that defended the waters of the English Channel from 1690 to 1909.-History:The Channel Fleet dates back at least to 1690 when its role was to defend England against the French threat under the leadership of Edward Russell, 1st Earl of...
, which was prepared for a second invasion attempt after Humbert's army had landed unopposed in August. As a result, Bompart's force was spotted just a few hours after he left Brest and he was then chased into the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
by several British frigates which followed him for a week until he was able to lose them in heavy weather. This weather persisted throughout the campaign, causing significant damage to both sides in a series of storms.
The delay caused by the pursuit of Bompart by the frigates under George Countess
George Countess
Rear-Admiral George Countess was an officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Made captain in 1790, he was in command of HMS Charon in 1794 and witnessed the Glorious First of June from her, although she was not engaged as she was...
allowed the British to dispatch a more substantial squadron under Warren to the Donegal coast. Thus when Bompart arrived in the lee of Tory Island
Tory Island
Toraigh is an inhabited island 14.5 km off the northwest coast of County Donegal, Ireland. It is also known in Irish as Oileán Thoraigh, Oileán Thoraí or Oileán Thúr Rí.-Language:The main spoken language on the island is Irish, but English is also understood...
, he soon found himself threatened on all sides by a superior British force. Despite the damage his ships had suffered in the heavy weather conditions, Bompart attempted to escape but was swiftly run down and defeated in battle, his flagship and four frigates being captured and towed into Lough Swilly
Lough Swilly
Lough Swilly in Ireland is a glacial fjord or sea inlet lying between the western side of the Inishowen Peninsula and the Fanad Peninsula, in County Donegal. Along with Carlingford Lough and Killary Harbour it is one of three known glacial fjords in Ireland....
. Among the prisoners seized on board the flagship was Theobald Wolfe Tone
Theobald Wolfe Tone
Theobald Wolfe Tone or Wolfe Tone , was a leading Irish revolutionary figure and one of the founding members of the United Irishmen and is regarded as the father of Irish Republicanism. He was captured by British forces at Lough Swilly in Donegal and taken prisoner...
, leader of the United Irishmen, whose capture and subsequent death signified the end of the rebellion. Over the next week, the scattered French survivors desperately attempted to reach the safety of French harbours in the face of a dozens of British warships cruising along their homeward route. Only three made it, three others being hunted down and captured, one just a few miles from the entrance to Brest
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
. The French never again attempted an invasion of Ireland.
Action of 12 October, 1798
| Commodore Warren's squadron | ||||||||||
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| Ship | Rate Rating system of the Royal Navy The rating system of the Royal Navy and its predecessors was used by the British Royal Navy between the beginning of the 17th century and the middle of the 19th century to categorise sailing warships, initially classing them according to their assigned complement of men, and later according to the... |
Guns | Commander | Casualties | Notes | |||||
| Killed | Wounded | Total | ||||||||
| HMS Robust HMS Robust (1764) HMS Robust was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 October 1764 at Harwich. She was the only vessel of the Royal Navy to bear the name.... |
Third rate | 74 | Captain Edward Thornbrough Edward Thornbrough Admiral Sir Edward Thornbrough, GCB was a senior, long-serving veteran officer of the British Royal Navy during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. He saw action in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, being wounded several times and... |
11 | 38 | 49 | Badly damaged. | |||
| HMS Magnanime HMS Magnanime (1780) HMS Magnanime was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 October 1780 at Deptford Dockyard. She belonged to the designed by Sir John Williams... |
Fifth rate | 44 | Captain The Hon. Michael de Courcy | 0 | 7 | 7 | Damaged. | |||
| HMS Ethalion HMS Ethalion (1797) HMS Ethalion was a 38-gun Artois-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Joseph Graham of Harwich and launched on 14 March 1797... |
Fifth rate | 38 | Captain George Countess George Countess Rear-Admiral George Countess was an officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Made captain in 1790, he was in command of HMS Charon in 1794 and witnessed the Glorious First of June from her, although she was not engaged as she was... |
1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| HMS Amelia HMS Amelia (1796) Proserpine was a 38-gun Hébé-class frigate of the French Navy captured by on 13 June 1796. The Admiralty commissioned Prosperine into the Royal Navy as the fifth rate, HMS Amelia... |
Fifth rate | 38 | Captain The Hon. Charles Herbert Charles Herbert (Royal Navy officer) The Honourable Charles Herbert was a British Royal Navy officer, and the son of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon... |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| HMS Melampus HMS Melampus (1785) HMS Melampus was a Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate that served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. She captured numerous prizes before she was sold in 1815.-Design and construction:... |
Fifth rate | 36 | Captain The Hon. Graham Moore Graham Moore Admiral Sir Graham Moore, GCB, GCMG was a British sailor and a career officer in the Royal Navy. He was the younger brother of General Sir John Moore.-Naval career:... |
0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| HMS Canada HMS Canada (1765) HMS Canada was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 September 1765 at Woolwich Dockyard.On 2 May 1781, Canada engaged and captured the Spanish ship Santa Leocadia, of 34 guns.... |
Third rate | 74 | Commodore Sir John Borlase Warren John Borlase Warren Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet , was an English admiral, politician and diplomat. Born in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, he was the son and heir of John Borlase Warren of Stapleford and Little Marlow... |
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| HMS Foudroyant HMS Foudroyant (1798) HMS Foudroyant was an 80-gun third rate of the Royal Navy. She was built at Plymouth Dockyard and launched on 31 March 1798.Goodwin gives the launch date for Foudroyant as 31 March, 25 May, and 31 August. The text highlights this discrepancy and attributes the August date to Lyon's Sailing Navy... |
Third rate | 80 | Captain Sir Thomas Byard Thomas Byard Captain Sir Thomas Byard was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. He is best known for his service in two significant battles, fighting at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 and the Battle of Tory Island in 1798. In these engagements Byard was highly praised for... |
0 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| HMS Anson HMS Anson (1781) HMS Anson was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Plymouth on 4 September 1781 by Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire.-History:... |
Fifth rate | 44 | Captain Philip Charles Durham Philip Charles Durham Admiral Sir Philip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham, GCB was a Royal Navy officer whose service in the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars was lengthy, distinguished and at times controversial.-Biography:Destined to be one of the luckiest men in the... |
2 | 13 | 15 | Badly damaged by weather conditions. | |||
| Total casualties: 15 killed, 72 wounded, 87 total | ||||||||||
| Commodore Bompart's Squadron | ||||||||||
| Sémillante French frigate Sémillante (1792) The Sémillante was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was involved in a number of multi-vessel actions against the Royal Navy, particularly in the Indian Ocean. She captured a number of East Indiamen before the she became so damaged that the French disarmed her and... |
Fifth rate | 36 | Captain Martin-Antoine Lacouture | 0 | 0 | 0 | Returned to Brest. | |||
| Romaine French frigate Romaine (1794) The Romaine was the lead ship of the Romaine class frigate of the French Navy.She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande and in the Battle of Tory Island.... |
Fifth rate | 40 | Captain Mathieu-Charles Bergevin | 0 | 3 | 3 | Returned to Brest. | |||
| Bellone French frigate Bellone (1779) The Bellone was an Iphigénie-class 32-gun frigate of the French Navy. She was one of the French ships with a copper-covered hull.In 1782, she fought against HMS Coventry... |
Fifth rate | 36 | Captain Louis-Léon Jacob | 20 | 45 | 65 | Badly damaged and captured. Purchased for the Royal Navy as HMS Proserpine but never saw active service. | |||
| Immortalité French frigate Immortalité (1795) The Immortalité was a Romaine class frigate of the French Navy.She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, and was captured shortly after the Battle of Tory Island by HMS Fisgard... |
Fifth rate | 40 | Captain Jean-François Legrand | 0 | 0 | 0 | Escaped, captured on 20 October. | |||
| Loire French frigate Loire (1797) The Loire was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy.-French service and capture:She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, and in the Battle of Tory Island, where she battled , , and . After the battle, Loire and Sémillante escaped into Black Sod Bay, where they hoped to hide until they had a clear... |
Fifth rate | 44 | Captain Adrien-Joseph Segond | 10 | 24 | 34 | Escaped, captured on 18 October. | |||
| Hoche | Third rate | 74 | Commodore Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart was a French privateer, navy officer and admiral. He was related to the noted Admiral Maxime de Bompart.He took part in the American War of Independence as a young officer.... Captain Desiré-Marie Maistral |
270 | Badly damaged and captured. Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Donegal HMS Donegal (1798) The Barra was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Pégase in 1795, and Hoche in 1797. She was captured by the British on 12 October 1798 and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Donegal.... . |
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| Coquille French frigate Coquille (1795) The Coquille was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.Built as Patriote, she was renamed Coquille on 30 May 1795.... |
Fifth rate | 36 | Captain Léonore Deperonne | 18 | 31 | 49 | Captured. Accidentally exploded at Hamoaze Hamoaze The Hamoaze is an estuarine stretch of the tidal River Tamar, between the River Lynher and Plymouth Sound, England.The Hamoaze flows past Devonport Dockyard, which belongs to the Royal Navy... claiming 13 lives. |
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| Embuscade French frigate Embuscade (1790) -French service:In 1792, she escorted convoys to and from Martinique, and ferried Edmond-Charles Genêt to the USA. On 31 July 1793, she encountered and fought Boston at the Action of 31 July 1793.... |
Fifth rate | 34 | Captain Nicolas Clément de la Roncière | 15 | 26 | 41 | Captured. Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Ambuscade French frigate Embuscade (1790) -French service:In 1792, she escorted convoys to and from Martinique, and ferried Edmond-Charles Genêt to the USA. On 31 July 1793, she encountered and fought Boston at the Action of 31 July 1793.... . |
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| Résolue French frigate Résolue (1778) Résolue was an Iphigénie-class 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.-French service:On 19 March 1779, Résolue captured a British fort in Senegal.... |
Fifth rate | 36 | Captain Jean-Pierre Bargeau | 0 | 5 | 5 | Escaped, captured on 14 October. | |||
| Biche French ship Biche (1798) The Biche was a 8-gun Agile class schooner of the French Navy.She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande and in the Battle of Tory Island.She was decommissioned in 1803.... |
Schooner Schooner A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts.... |
8 | Lieutenant Jean-Marie-Pierre Labastard | 0 | 0 | 0 | Detached from the battleline and not engaged in the action. Returned to Brest undamaged. | |||
| Total casualties: 460 | ||||||||||
| Source: James, pp. 124–132, Clowes pp. 344–351 | ||||||||||
Action of 13 October, 1798
| Ship | Rate Rating system of the Royal Navy The rating system of the Royal Navy and its predecessors was used by the British Royal Navy between the beginning of the 17th century and the middle of the 19th century to categorise sailing warships, initially classing them according to their assigned complement of men, and later according to the... |
Guns | Commander | Casualties | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Wounded | Total | ||||||
| HMS Melampus HMS Melampus (1785) HMS Melampus was a Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate that served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. She captured numerous prizes before she was sold in 1815.-Design and construction:... |
Fifth rate | 36 | Captain The Hon. Graham Moore Graham Moore Admiral Sir Graham Moore, GCB, GCMG was a British sailor and a career officer in the Royal Navy. He was the younger brother of General Sir John Moore.-Naval career:... |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Résolue French frigate Résolue (1778) Résolue was an Iphigénie-class 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.-French service:On 19 March 1779, Résolue captured a British fort in Senegal.... |
Fifth rate | 36 | Captain Jean-Pierre Bargeau | 10 | Several | - | Captured. Purchased for the Royal Navy as HMS Resolue but never saw active service. | |
| Source: James, pp. 135–136, Clowes pp. 344–351 | ||||||||
Flight of Loire, 15–18 October, 1798
| Ship | Rate Rating system of the Royal Navy The rating system of the Royal Navy and its predecessors was used by the British Royal Navy between the beginning of the 17th century and the middle of the 19th century to categorise sailing warships, initially classing them according to their assigned complement of men, and later according to the... |
Guns | Commander | Casualties | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Wounded | Total | ||||||||
| HMS Mermaid HMS Mermaid (1782) HMS Mermaid was a 32-gun Active-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy .-Design and construction:Mermaid was one of the eight ship Active class, designed by Edward Hunt. She was initially ordered from the shipwright George White, of Woolwich Dockyard Shipwright on 27 August 1778, and laid down... |
Fifth rate | 32 | Captain James Newman Newman | 4 | 13 | 17 | Badly damaged. | |||
| HMS Kangaroo | Brig Brig A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries... |
18 | Commander Edward Brace | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| HMS Anson HMS Anson (1781) HMS Anson was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Plymouth on 4 September 1781 by Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire.-History:... |
Fifth rate | 44 | Captain Philip Charles Durham Philip Charles Durham Admiral Sir Philip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham, GCB was a Royal Navy officer whose service in the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars was lengthy, distinguished and at times controversial.-Biography:Destined to be one of the luckiest men in the... |
2 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Total casualties: 6 killed, 26 wounded, 32 total | ||||||||||
| Loire French frigate Loire (1797) The Loire was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy.-French service and capture:She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, and in the Battle of Tory Island, where she battled , , and . After the battle, Loire and Sémillante escaped into Black Sod Bay, where they hoped to hide until they had a clear... |
Fifth rate | 40 | Captain Adrien-Joseph Segond | 46 | 71 | 117 | Badly damaged and captured. Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Loire. | |||
| Total casualties: 46 killed, 71 wounded, 117 total | ||||||||||
| Source: James, pp. 137–141, Clowes pp. 344–351 | ||||||||||
Action of 20 October, 1798
| Ship | Rate Rating system of the Royal Navy The rating system of the Royal Navy and its predecessors was used by the British Royal Navy between the beginning of the 17th century and the middle of the 19th century to categorise sailing warships, initially classing them according to their assigned complement of men, and later according to the... |
Guns | Commander | Casualties | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Wounded | Total | ||||||
| HMS Fisgard | Fifth rate | 38 | Captain Thomas Byam Martin Thomas Byam Martin Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin, GCB was a highly influential British Royal Navy officer who served at sea during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and then as a naval administrator until his death in 1854... |
10 | 26 | 36 | Badly damaged. | |
| Immortalité French frigate Immortalité (1795) The Immortalité was a Romaine class frigate of the French Navy.She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, and was captured shortly after the Battle of Tory Island by HMS Fisgard... |
Fifth rate | 36 | Captain Jean-François Legrand | 54 | 61 | 115 | Badly damaged and captured. Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Immortalite. | |
| Sources: James, pp. 142–143; Henderson, p. 77, Clowes pp. 344–351 | ||||||||
Savary's retreat, 28–30 October, 1798
| Captain Saumarez's squadron | ||||||||||
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| Ship | Rate Rating system of the Royal Navy The rating system of the Royal Navy and its predecessors was used by the British Royal Navy between the beginning of the 17th century and the middle of the 19th century to categorise sailing warships, initially classing them according to their assigned complement of men, and later according to the... |
Guns | Commander | Casualties | Notes | |||||
| Killed | Wounded | Total | ||||||||
| HMS Caesar HMS Caesar (1793) HMS Caesar, also Cæsar, was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 November 1793 at Plymouth. She was designed by Sir Edward Hunt, and was the only ship built to her draught.-Battle of Algeciras Bay:... |
Third rate | 80 | Captain Sir James Saumarez | 0 | 0 | 0 | Damaged by weather conditions, retired from the chase on 28 October. | |||
| HMS Terrible HMS Terrible (1785) HMS Terrible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 March 1785 at Rotherhithe.She became a receiving ship in 1823, and was broken up in 1836.... |
Third rate | 74 | Captain Sir Richard Bickerton Richard Hussey Bickerton Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton, 2nd Baronet was a British admiral.-Early life:He was born the son of Vice Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton whom he succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1792. He married in 1788 Anne, daughter of Dr James Athill of Antigua:they had no children.-Naval career:Bickerton... |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| HMS Melpomene | Fifth rate | 38 | Captain Sir Charles Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Commodore Savary's Squadron | ||||||||||
| Concorde French frigate Concorde (1793) The Concorde was a Nymphe-class 40-gun frigate of the French Navy.On 27 May 1793, Concorde captured the 24-gun HMS Hyæna. She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, and on 12 October 1798, in aftermath of the Battle of Tory Island.... |
Frigate | 40 | Commodore Daniel Savary Daniel Savary André Daniel Savary was a French naval officer and admiral.He was orphaned at age 4, Savary was raised by his uncle. At the age of 18, he signed up for the Merchant Marine, and later to the French Royal Navy. He fought under Suffren in India.... Captain André Papin |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Franchise French frigate Franchise (1798) The Franchise was a 40-gun Coquille class frigate of the French Navy.In 1800, she sailed to South Atlantic to act as a commerce raider, along with the Concorde and Médée... |
Frigate | 44 | Captain Jean-Louis Guillotin-Gonthière | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Médée French frigate Médée (1779) Médée was an Iphigénie-class 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.She took part in the Battle of Tory Island.She was captured off Rio de Janeiro at the Action of 4 August 1800 by East Indiamen Exeter and Bombay.-References:... |
Frigate | 32 | Captain Jean-Daniel Coudin | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Vénus French corvette Vénus (1794) Vénus was a corvette of the French Navy that the British captured in 1800.French sources refer to her as a corvette of 28-guns, however in British service she was classified as a sloop... |
Corvette Corvette A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role... |
28 | Captain André Senez | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Source: James, pp. 145–147 | ||||||||||
Key
- A † symbol indicates that the officer was killed during the action or subsequently died of wounds received.
- The ships are ordered in the sequence in which they formed up for battle.