British forces in India were considerably stronger than the French , with the British Indian Army supported Supporting by British Army detachments and a Royal Navy squadron under Rear-Admiral William Cornwallis .

To eliminate Removing the threat these isolated frigates posed , Hood ordered Arranging a squadron under Rear-Admiral John Gell to investigate Research the harbour at Genoa .

The British squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez , having effected Influence its own hasty repairs , set off Placing in pursuit .

Launched Motion by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson on 22 July 1797 , the assault Attack was defeated Conquering , and on 25 July the remains of the landing party Participation withdrew Escaping under a truce , having lost Death several hundred men .

Both ships had been engaged Hostile_encounter at the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile three weeks earlier , in which a British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson had destroyed Destroying a French fleet at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt .

The British Channel Fleet under Admiral Lord Howe attempted to prevent Preventing_or_letting the passage of a vital French grain convoy from the United States , which was protected by the French Atlantic Fleet , commanded by Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse .

This force comprised Forming_relationships three ships of the line and six smaller vessels , all under the command Control of Rear-Admiral Engelbertus Lucas .

The Russians followed Self_motion closely , inflicting Causation much damage Damaging - in particular , the Ottoman Vice Admiral 's ship was attacked Attack by `` Ioann Bogoslov '' , and the Admiral 's and Rear-Admiral 's ships by `` Rozhdestvo Christovo '' and `` Preobrazhenie Gospodne '' .

To ensure Preventing_or_letting the safety of the merchant ships gathering Come_together at Macau in the winter of 1797–98 , the British commander in the East Indies , Rear-Admiral Peter Rainier , sent Sending a convoy to China escorted Patrolling by the frigates HMS `` Sybille '' and HMS `` Fox '' and commanded Control by Captain Edward Cooke .

Prosecution of the campaign Military_operation was given Giving to Colonel James Stuart , supported Supporting by naval forces under Rear-Admiral Peter Rainier .

The British had maintained a blockade off Malta since the beginning Process_start of the siege , ostensibly led Conquering by Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson , who by March 1800 was defying a direct order from his superior officer Lord Keith by remaining in Palermo with his lover Emma , Lady Hamilton .

The British commander in the East Indies , Rear-Admiral Peter Rainier was concerned about the vulnerability of the China convoy Patrolling and sent Sending reinforcements to support Supporting the lone Royal Navy escort Patrolling , the ship of the line HMS `` Intrepid '' under Captain William Hargood .

The presence of a small British naval squadron in the region rendered Causation this plan impractical and additional British reinforcements under Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren and Lieutenant Colonel George Airey strengthened the defenders to the point that sallies could be made Action against French offensive positions .

The British admiral in command of the eastern Indian Ocean , Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew , led a force of four ships of the line , two frigates and brig to the capital of Java at Batavia ( later renamed Djakarta ) , in search of the squadron , which was reported Reporting to consist Cause_to_be_included of a number of Dutch ships of the line and several smaller vessels .

This expedition , composed Come_together of seven ships of the line and three frigates under the orders of Rear-Admiral Richery sailed Self_motion from Cadiz in August 1796 accompanied by a much stronger Spanish squadron , commanded Control by General Solano , which had the aim of escorting it to the coast of Newfoundland .

`` Greyhound '' had been sent Sending to the Java Sea and the Molucca Islands to reconnoitre Scrutiny the Dutch ports in preparation for a raid Attack on Java by a larger force under Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew later in the year .

The action , and that of with the earlier Action of 26 July 1806 , demonstrated Protest the weakness of the Dutch squadron in the East Indies and convinced Convincing Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew to lead Bringing an operation Military_operation against Batavia to eliminate Emptying the remainder of the Dutch squadron in November 1806 .

Seeking to eliminate any threat to valuable British merchant convoys passing through the Malacca Straits , Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew determined Deciding in early 1806 that the Dutch naval forces based at Java , which included several ships of the line and three frigates , had to be defeated to ensure British dominance in the region .

The Action of 10 April 1795 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars in which a squadron of French Navy frigates was intercepted by a British battle squadron under Rear-Admiral John Colpoys which formed Cause_to_amalgamate part of the blockade of the French naval base of Brest in Brittany .

Two British squadrons were hastily mustered and dispatched Arranging in pursuit , one under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Strachan and the other under Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren .

Two British squadrons were hastily mustered and dispatched Arranging in pursuit , one under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Strachan and the other under Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren .

These squadrons were joined Participation by a third under Rear-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth , who had deserted Escaping his station off Cadiz when he learned Education_teaching news of a French squadron to his south and subsequently crossed Motion_directional the Atlantic in pursuit of Willaumez .

The British squadron consisted of seven ships of the line accompanied by associated frigates , led Conquering by Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren , were tasked Request with hunting Military_operation down and destroying Destroying the French squadron of Contre-Admiral Jean-Baptiste Willaumez , which had departed Departing Brest for raiding Attack operations in the South Atlantic in December 1805 , at the start of the Atlantic campaign Military_operation of 1806 .