British forces in India were considerably stronger than the French , with the British Indian Army supported Supporting by British Army detachments and a Royal Navy squadron under Rear-Admiral William Cornwallis .

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 .

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 Bali Strait Incident was an encounter between a squadron of six French Navy frigates and six British East India Company ( EIC ) East Indiamen in the Bali Strait on 28 January 1797 .

In 1796 , a large squadron of French frigates arrived in Arriving the Indian Ocean under the command of Contre-amiral Pierre César Charles de Sercey .

Forced to make repairs , Sercey took Bringing his squadron to the allied Batavian city of Batavia , sheltering Placing there until January 1797 .

On 28 January , at the entrance to the Strait , Sercey 's squadron and the East Indiamen met Come_together .

Sercey , under orders not to risk Risk his squadron , and fearing that he was facing Confronting_problem a superior force , retreated Escaping , declining Agree_or_refuse_to_act to risk Risk a battle .

Their first squadron came Self_motion under fire Attack at the entrance of Rocquencourt and attempted to escape Escaping through the fields .

The French squadron comprised Containing six frigates engaged Hostile_encounter on a commerce raiding Attack operation Military_operation against British trade routes passing Motion_directional through captured Conquering parts of the Dutch East Indies , and posed Causation a considerable threat to the weakened British naval forces in the region .

The British force consisted of two 74-gun ships of the line hastily paired to oppose Agree_or_refuse_to_act the eastward advance Self_motion of the French squadron .

The French squadron , commanded Control by Contre-amiral Pierre César Charles de Sercey , had left Departing their base on Île de France in July , cruising Patrolling off Ceylon and Tranquebar before sailing Self_motion eastwards .

After raiding Attack the shipping at Banda Aceh on 1 September the squadron sailed Self_motion eastwards to attack Attack Penang .

To eliminate Removing the threat these isolated frigates posed , Hood ordered Arranging a squadron under Rear-Admiral John Gell to investigate Research the harbour at Genoa .

The squadron arrived Arriving on 5 October and discovered Know `` Modeste '' and two smaller warships at anchor .

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 Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Algeciras ( also known as the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar ) was a naval battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter on the night of 12 July 1801 ( 23 messidor an IX of the French Republican Calendar ) between a squadron of British Royal Navy ships of the line and a larger squadron of ships from the Spanish Navy and French Navy in the Gut of Gibraltar .

The Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Algeciras ( also known as the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar ) was a naval battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter on the night of 12 July 1801 ( 23 messidor an IX of the French Republican Calendar ) between a squadron of British Royal Navy ships of the line and a larger squadron of ships from the Spanish Navy and French Navy in the Gut of Gibraltar .

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 .

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 .

Retiring for repairs , both sides called up Request reinforcements , the French receiving Receiving support Supporting first , from the Spanish fleet based at Cadiz , which sent Sending six ships of the line to escort the French squadron to safety .

Arriving Arriving at Algeciras on 9 July , the combined squadron was ready GetReady to sail Self_motion again on 12 July , departing Departing Algeciras to the westwards during the evening .

The British squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez , having effected Influence its own hasty repairs , set off Placing in pursuit .

Finding Know that his ships were falling Motion_directional behind , Saumarez instructed Request his captains to separate Forming_relationships and attack Attack the combined squadron as best they were able to .

In the aftermath of the action Response , `` Venerable '' was towed Body_movement off the shoreline and back to Gibraltar for repairs , while the remainder of the British squadron restored Recovering the British blockade of the French and Spanish ships in Cadiz , returning Arriving the situation to that in place before the battle .

the bombing Attack operation was carried out Action by the vietnam people 's air force ( vpaf ) unk thang squadron , using Using captured Conquering republic of vietnam air force ( unk ) a-37 dragonfly aircraft flown Motion by vpaf pilots and unk defectors led by nguyen thanh trung who had bombed Attack the presidential palace in saigon on 8 april 1975 .

a british ship of the line , hms `` swiftsure '' under captain benjamin hallowell was passing Motion_directional westwards through the southern mediterranean near cape derna when it encountered Hostile_encounter a much larger french squadron under contre-amiral UNK ganteaume that was also returning Arriving westwards after a failed attempt to reinforce the besieged Besieging french garrison in egypt .

at 14:00 , three french vessels were within long gunshot Attack and hallowell decided Deciding that his only hope of escape Escaping lay in disabling Destroying the three ships before the rest Preserving of the french squadron could join Participation the engagement Hostile_encounter .

This had trapped the French army in Egypt on the African side of the Mediterranean , and all efforts to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength and resupply Supply them had ended Process_end in failure , including three separate expeditions Attack by Ganteaume 's squadron .

New orders Arranging from the Admiralty demanded Request that he subdue Hindering and blockade Besieging the Spanish port of Cádiz , where much of the battered Attack Spanish squadron had sought shelter .

Encouraged Influence by this success , Jervis dispatched Sending a small squadron under recently promoted Cause_to_make_progress Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson with the aim of seizing Santa Cruz by means of an amphibious attack Attack .

Finally , `` A '' Company of the Argylls , the Argyll scout platoon and one squadron of the SARs were moved Self_motion to a point north of the crossing Sending along the canal to provide Supply a diversion and to test Testing German defences in that area .

The rest of the French squadron continued to flee Escaping separately during the night , each pursued Self_motion by two East Indiamen .

Two British ships of the line , HMS `` Alexander '' and HMS `` Canada '' were intercepted Attack while returning Arriving to Britain through the Celtic Sea by a large French squadron .

The French squadron had sailed Self_motion from Brest in search of an inward bound British convoy in October , but instead encountered Hostile_encounter the two British ships returning Self_motion from escorting an outward-bound convoy .

The Royal Navy squadron remained Hold in operation until 1870 .

the united states deployed Arranging the 74th air control Control squadron to kuwait on august 24 , 1995 .

the specific battle management functions Being_in_operation the 74th air control Control squadron and its counterparts performed Hold included Cause_to_be_included surveillance Scrutiny , data link management and weapons control Control .

The main strategic consequence of the engagement was the disclosure Reveal_secret of the cruisers ' positions Employment to the British Admiralty , which led to Causation the Battle Hostile_encounter of Coronel where the entire German East Asia Squadron defeated Conquering a Royal Navy squadron .

On board , Captain Edward Berry sailed Self_motion as a passenger , charged Judgment_communication with carrying Carry_goods despatches to the squadron under Earl St Vincent off Cadiz .

Thompson , Berry and most of the British officers were exchanged Exchange and acquitted Judgment_communication at court martial , and the captains were knighted for their services , while `` Leander '' and many of the crew were recaptured Conquering in March 1799 by a Russian squadron that seized Conquering Corfu , and returned Arriving to British control Control by order Request of Tsar Paul .

`` Généreux '' survived another year in the Mediterranean , but was eventually captured Conquering off Malta in 1800 by a British squadron under Lord Nelson .

at 16:00 , with repairs Recovering on `` thames '' ongoing , a french squadron of three frigates and a brig , under captain zacharie allemand , arrived Arriving , firing Use_firearm on `` thames '' as they approached Arriving .

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

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Havana was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start between the British Caribbean squadron and a Spanish squadron based near Havana during the War Military_operation of Jenkins ' Ear .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Havana was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start between the British Caribbean squadron and a Spanish squadron based near Havana during the War Military_operation of Jenkins ' Ear .

`` 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 .

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 british commander , vice-admiral sir george elphinstone , then reinforced Cause_change_of_strength the garrison and stationed Placing a naval squadron at the cape to protect Defending the british conquest .

Lucas 's journey took Conquering nearly six months , with his squadron suffering Bodily_harm shortages of drinking water leading to Causation a near-mutinous state among his crews .