According to sources , at night the Bulgarian ruler sent Sending boats to burn Destroying the anchored Ottoman ships and soon after he defeated Conquering the army of Kantakouzenos at Mosynopolis .

After Selim 's rejection Agree_or_refuse_to_act of the ultimatum , a British squadron , commanded Control by Vice-admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth , entered Arriving the Dardanelles on 19 February 1807 and the British destroyed Destroying the Ottoman naval force in the Sea of Marmara , and anchored Connect opposite Constantinople .

The French frigates , particularly `` Vertu '' and `` Seine '' , also suffered Damaging and by late morning both sides disengaged Escaping , the British retiring Process_end to Madras for repairs while Sercey anchored Placing at King 's Island in the Mergui Archipelago , eventually sheltering in Batavia .

Later in the day , three ships of the squadron launched Motion their ship 's boats and instigated a boarding action against the anchored ships , in defiance of Genoese neutrality .

The battle followed closely the First Battle of Algeciras on 6 July , in which a French squadron anchored at the Spanish port of Algeciras was attacked Attack by a larger British squadron based at nearby Gibraltar .

Coastal batteries opened Openness fire , joined Cause_to_amalgamate by Spanish warships anchored at harbour , and drove Motion the attackers Attack back , causing Causation the British to lose grip over the blockade and allowing Preventing_or_letting several merchant convoys to slip in and out of the port .

To test Testing the effects Achieve of a ship-smuggled atomic bomb on a port ( a threat of great concern to the British at the time ) , the bomb was exploded Destroying inside the hull of `` Plym '' , anchored Connect off Trimouille Island .

At one point it was rumored that China had even dispatched Sending a warship to Mexican waters ( the cruiser `` Hai Chi '' , which was anchored in Cuba at the time ) .

The Ottomans speed allowed Preventing_or_letting them to get away Departing though , and soon after 8 p.m. firing Attack ceased Process_end and the Russians anchored Temporary_stay .

On 15 November , the British squadron attacked Attack the anchored Connect French ships , which were defended Defending by shore batteries at La Hougue and Tatihou .

Two days after the battle Hostile_encounter a storm Catastrophe sank Motion_directional fourteen of the Allied ships while they were anchored Connect near Visby , drowning Killing around 5900 men .

A few more losses Earnings_and_losses did not affect Influence either fleet , when a sudden wind made it impossible for the Swedish navy to continue its pursuit Self_motion of the Danish fleet , which was anchored Connect to the Gotland coast to bury Placing the Danish vice-admiral Christopher Morgisen on hallowed ground after his death Death from a cannonball .

Using the favourable winds blowing Motion inland , Chodkiewicz sent Sending several ( probably four ) fire ships ( their first use in the Baltic in modern times ) into the port , setting Placing several ships on fire Damaging and pushing Motion them in the direction of the Swedish warships anchored Connect in formation .

The Armada anchored Connect off Calais .

The Armada could have anchored Connect in The Solent between the Isle of Wight and the English mainland and occupied Control the Isle of Wight , but Medina Sidonia was under orders from King Philip II to meet Come_together up with the Duke of Parma 's forces in the Netherlands so England could be invaded Attack by Parma 's soldiers and other soldiers carried Carry_goods in ships of the Armada .

This was due to his own mismanagement , including appointing an aristocrat without naval experience as commander of the Armada , unfortunate weather , and the opposition of the English and their Dutch allies including the use Using of fire-ships sailed into the anchored Armada . ''