The Action of 16 October 1799 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars between a squadron of British Royal Navy frigates and two frigates of the Spanish Navy close to the Spanish naval port of Vigo in Galicia .

Sighted Perception_active by British frigate HMS `` Naiad '' enforcing the blockade of Vigo late on the 15 October , the Spanish ships were in the last stages of their journey Traveling .