`` Amethyst '' and her captain Michael Seymour were active in this campaign Military_operation , capturing Conquering a second French frigate , `` Niémen '' , at the Action of 6 April 1809 .

The late arrival Arriving of `` Arethusa '' —under Captain Robert Mends , who claimed Statement the victory Getting for himself—sparked a furious argument that developed Coming_to_be into a lasting animosity between Mends and Captain Michael Seymour of `` Amethyst '' .

Admiral Beauchamp Seymour was in command Control of a fleet of fifteen Royal Navy ironclad ships which had previously sailed Self_motion to the harbor of Alexandria to support Supporting the khedive Tewfik Pasha amid Ahmed ‘ Urabi 's nationalist uprising Violence against his administration and its close ties to British and French financiers .

Historians argue Judgment_communication about whether Admiral Seymour exaggerated Judgment_communication the threat from the Egyptian batteries at Alexandria in order to force Control the hand of a reluctant Gladstone administration .

Russian Cossacks formed Coming_to_be part of the Eight Nation Alliance relief Assistance forces during the Seymour and Gaselee expeditions while Russian forces were also present Presence inside the legations during the sieges in Beijing and Tianjin .