Pondicherry 's defenses were strong , but the garrison was too small to effectively man the walls , and although a French frigate squadron was stationed Placing at the distant Île de France , it was unable to effectively protect Defending the French Indian coast .

Sercey did momentarily reconsider Deciding when the British ships equally declined Agree_or_refuse_to_act to attack Attack the temporarily disabled frigate `` Forte '' , but eventually withdrew Escaping completely .

Saumarez immediately moved Motion to engage Hostile_encounter the French ship and managed Control to isolate Removing the frigate and subject Using it to a fierce barrage Use_firearm of fire for more than two hours .

Eventually Dénian could not hold Defending out any longer and was forced Request to surrender Surrendering on the arrival Arriving of the 28-gun British frigate HMS `` Circe '' .

The Confederate fleet consisted Cause_to_be_included of the ironclad ram `` Virginia '' ( built Building from the remnants of the under-construction steam frigate , newest warship for the United States Navy / Union Navy ) and several supporting vessels .

On 14 April , the guided missile frigate struck Attack a mine while deployed Arranging in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest Will , the 1987–88 convoy missions in which U.S. warships escorted Sending reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers to protect Defending them from Iranian attacks Attack .

The French frigate `` Sensible '' had been detached Removing from the convoy Patrolling after the capture Conquering of Malta , under orders Request to carry Sending wounded soldiers and looted Robbery treasure back to France while the main body continued Arriving to Egypt .

The British frigate was one of a number of vessels detached Removing from the main British Mediterranean Fleet in the Tagus River , sent Sending to augment Cause_change_of_strength the fleet under Sir Horatio Nelson that was actively hunting Aiming the French convoy .

Lookouts Scrutiny on `` Seahorse '' spotted `` Sensible '' at 16:00 on 26 June and Captain Edward Foote immediately gave Giving chase Motion , the French frigate fleeing Escaping southwards .

For 12 hours the pursuit Aiming continued until Foote was able to catch Connect and defeat Conquering his opponent , inflicting Causation heavy casualties Death on the weaker and overladen French frigate .

The bomb for Operation Hurricane was assembled Come_together ( without its radioactive components ) at Foulness , and taken Conquering to the frigate for transport Sending to Australia .

A French frigate force that had been raiding Attack British commerce off West Africa approached Self_motion and attempted to attack Attack a convoy of valuable East Indiamen , large and heavily armed merchant vessels sailing Motion from Britain to British India and China , two ships sailing Motion for Botany Bay , and a whaler sailing Motion for the South Seas ' whale fishery .

The Action of 28 February 1799 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the French Revolutionary Wars , fought Hostile_encounter off the mouth of the Hooghly River in the Bay of Bengal between the French frigate `` Forte '' and the Royal Navy frigate HMS `` Sybille '' .

The Action of 28 February 1799 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the French Revolutionary Wars , fought Hostile_encounter off the mouth of the Hooghly River in the Bay of Bengal between the French frigate `` Forte '' and the Royal Navy frigate HMS `` Sybille '' .

The French frigate was discovered Know at anchor in the sandbanks at the mouth of the Hooghly with two recently captured Conquering British merchant ships .

For unclear reasons the French captain Hubert Le Loup de Beaulieu did not properly prepare GetReady `` Forte '' to receive Receiving the attack Attack from Cooke 's frigate and he was consequently killed Killing in the first raking broadside from the British ship .

Hardyman took Bringing both ships into Calcutta , where `` Forte '' was commissioned Change_of_leadership into the Royal Navy under the same name , although the frigate was accidentally wrecked Catastrophe in the Red Sea two years later .

While cruising Traveling in the Northern Bay of Biscay , the British Royal Navy frigate HMS `` Thames '' , under Captain James Cotes , encountered Hostile_encounter the much larger French frigate `` Uranie '' , under Captain Jean-François Tartu .

While cruising Traveling in the Northern Bay of Biscay , the British Royal Navy frigate HMS `` Thames '' , under Captain James Cotes , encountered Hostile_encounter the much larger French frigate `` Uranie '' , under Captain Jean-François Tartu .

The French brought Bringing `` Thames '' into Brest , where sailors from Allemand 's squadron looted Robbery the frigate .

The frigate was commissioned into the French Navy as `` Tamise '' , and `` Uranie '' was renamed Name_conferral `` Tartu '' in honour of her deceased Death captain .

There is only one confirmed death Death during the Cod Wars : an Icelandic engineer , who was accidentally killed Killing in the Second Cod War Hostile_encounter while he was repairing Self_motion damage on the Icelandic gunboat `` Ægir '' after a collision Hostile_encounter with the British frigate `` Apollo '' .

The Action of 10 November 1808 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter , in which a British frigate defeated Conquering and captured Conquering a French frigate in the Bay of Biscay .

The Action of 10 November 1808 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter , in which a British frigate defeated Conquering and captured Conquering a French frigate in the Bay of Biscay .

`` Thétis '' had not even cleared Emptying the French coast when she was discovered Know by a patrolling British frigate of the inshore squadron , a unit tasked Confronting_problem with watching Scrutiny the entrance to the French Biscay ports , principally Brest , and intercepting Preventing_or_letting any ships seeking to enter Arriving or leave Departing the harbours .

This frigate , HMS `` Amethyst '' chased Motion `` Thétis '' and brought Bringing her to battle Hostile_encounter , closing Openness with the French ship but preventing Preventing_or_letting the soldiers aboard `` Thétis '' from boarding Temporary_stay the British ship and using Using their superior numbers to overwhelm Destroying her with heavy and accurate gunfire Use_firearm .

although another supply frigate broke Destroying through the blockade Besieging and arrived in Arriving december 1808 , the island was surrounded Surrounding by british bases and was invaded Attack and captured Conquering in january 1809 .

`` 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 Action of 10 February 1809 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter , in which a British Royal Navy squadron chased Self_motion and captured Conquering the French frigate `` Junon '' in the Caribbean Sea .

The Action of 13 September 1810 was an inconclusive frigate engagement Hostile_encounter during the Napoleonic Wars between British Royal Navy and French Navy frigates during which a British frigate was defeated Conquering by two French vessels near Isle de France ( now Mauritius ) , but British reinforcements were able to recapture Conquering the ship before the French could secure her .

The Action of 13 September 1810 was an inconclusive frigate engagement Hostile_encounter during the Napoleonic Wars between British Royal Navy and French Navy frigates during which a British frigate was defeated Conquering by two French vessels near Isle de France ( now Mauritius ) , but British reinforcements were able to recapture Conquering the ship before the French could secure her .

The British frigate was HMS `` Africaine '' , a new arrival Arriving to the Indian Ocean .

This gave Giving the French forces on the island a significant regional advantage , outnumbering the British frigate on the recently captured Conquering Île Bourbon , commanded by Commodore Josias Rowley , by six to one .

On 6 March 1866 , during the Chincha Islands War , the Spanish steam frigate `` Blanca '' captured Conquering the Chilean sidewheel steamer Paquete de Maule in the Gulf of Arauco .

On March 6 , 1866 , while en route Self_motion from Lota to Montevideo ( and being accompanied by `` Independencia '' pilebot ) with a crew of 7 men , and officer and 126 sailors destined to complete the crews of the Peruvian ironclads `` Huascar '' and `` Independencia '' , it was captured Conquering by the Spanish frigate `` Blanca '' , commanded Control by Juan Bautista Topete .

The action occurred Coming_to_be off Start Point in Devon , when the British frigate HMS `` Nymphe '' encountered Hostile_encounter and chased Motion the French frigate `` Cléopâtre '' .

The action occurred Coming_to_be off Start Point in Devon , when the British frigate HMS `` Nymphe '' encountered Hostile_encounter and chased Motion the French frigate `` Cléopâtre '' .

During the previous month , `` Cléopâtre '' and another frigate , `` Sémillante '' , had been successfully raiding Attack British merchant shipping in the English Channel and Eastern Atlantic from their base at Cherbourg .

Closing to investigate Scrutiny , Pellew rapidly identified Check the ship as `` Cléopâtre '' and gave Giving chase Motion , the French frigate initially fleeing Escaping but Captain Jean Mullon then turning Becoming to fight Hostile_encounter as `` Nymphe '' began Process_start to overtake Motion his ship .

Both ships fought hard , but at 07:10 the British crew were able to successfully board Temporary_stay the French frigate and haul down the tricolour .

The Action of 3 February 1812 was an unusual minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter off the western coast of Haiti between a British frigate and a frigate manned Action by a loose coalition of Haitian rebels .

The Action of 3 February 1812 was an unusual minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter off the western coast of Haiti between a British frigate and a frigate manned Action by a loose coalition of Haitian rebels .

Stationed Placing off Haiti was the British frigate HMS `` Southampton '' under Captain Sir James Lucas Yeo , tasked Confronting_problem with observing Know the political situation but with orders not to interfere Hindering in the intermittent conflict Hostile_encounter between Christophe and Pétion .

Yeo 's orders did not include Cause_to_be_included Borgella 's ships and Yeo reasoned Protest that the Haitian flagship , the large frigate `` Heureuse Réunion '' ( recently renamed Name_conferral from `` Améthyste '' and often reported Reporting under its former name ) , presented Presence a serious threat to international trade in the region .

The Capture Conquering of USS `` Chesapeake '' , or the Battle Hostile_encounter of Boston Harbor , was fought Hostile_encounter on 1 June 1813 , between the Royal Navy 's frigate and American frigate , as part of the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain .

The Capture Conquering of USS `` Chesapeake '' , or the Battle Hostile_encounter of Boston Harbor , was fought Hostile_encounter on 1 June 1813 , between the Royal Navy 's frigate and American frigate , as part of the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain .

This was the only frigate action of the war in which there was no preponderance of force on either side .

At Boston , Captain James Lawrence took command Control of `` Chesapeake '' on 20 May 1813 , and on 1 June , put Placing to sea to meet Come_together the waiting Temporary_stay HMS `` Shannon '' , commanded Control by Captain Philip Broke , the frigate whose written challenge had just missed `` Chesapeake '' s sailing Self_motion .

In his absence Presence the blockade was under the command Control of Captain Manley Dixon of HMS `` Lion '' and Nelson 's flag captain Sir Edward Berry , who were notified Telling of Decrés ' departure Departing by the patrolling Patrolling frigate HMS `` Penelope '' and gave Giving chase .

The remainder of the Batavian squadron escaped Escaping due to a fierce rearguard action by the frigate `` Argo '' , reaching Arriving the safety of the Danish harbour at Eigerøya .