The small Haitian Navy defected Escaping to Borgella , who crewed the vessels with a collection of sailors from various countries , led by a notorious privateer named Name_conferral Gaspard .

The blockade Besieging had achieved Achieve some minor successes ; in October 1810 `` Revenge '' had captured Conquering the privateer `` Vengeur '' from Dieppe , and on 6 November `` Donegal '' ran Self_motion down and seized Conquering the privateer `` Surcouf '' from Cherbourg .

The blockade Besieging had achieved Achieve some minor successes ; in October 1810 `` Revenge '' had captured Conquering the privateer `` Vengeur '' from Dieppe , and on 6 November `` Donegal '' ran Self_motion down and seized Conquering the privateer `` Surcouf '' from Cherbourg .

The Action of 9 July 1806 was a minor engagement Hostile_encounter between a French privateer frigate and British forces off Southern Ceylon during the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter .

Cruising near the Little Basses Reef on the Southern coast of Ceylon , the 34-gun privateer `` Bellone '' was sighted Hold by the 16-gun British brig HMS `` Rattlesnake '' , which began Process_start chasing Motion the larger French vessel .

although `` bellone '' would normally be much faster than the large british warship , the light winds Motion and `` rattlesnake '' 's determined pursuit prevented Preventing_or_letting the privateer from escaping Escaping and at 17:00 , `` powerful '' was close enough to open Openness fire .

The privateer was later taken Conquering into British service Supply as a sixth rate frigate and prize money was paid Commerce_pay for the captured vessels , but the action Response prompted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale questions in subsequent histories about the lack of efficiency in British gunnery .

several days after unloading Removing the cargo , while sailing Self_motion to cadiz for repairs , `` glorioso '' was attacked Attack successively near cape st vincent by four british privateer frigates and the ships of the line hms `` dartmouth '' and hms `` russell '' from admiral john byng 's fleet .