The raid was the third of series of actions intended to eliminate Removing the threat posed to British trade routes by the Dutch squadron : at the Action of 26 July 1806 and the Action of 18 October 1806 , British frigates sent Sending on reconnaissance missions to the region succeeded in attacking Attack and capturing Conquering two Dutch frigates and a number of other vessels .

This expedition , composed Come_together of seven ships of the line and three frigates under the orders of Rear-Admiral Richery sailed Self_motion from Cadiz in August 1796 accompanied by a much stronger Spanish squadron , commanded Control by General Solano , which had the aim of escorting it to the coast of Newfoundland .

The French made Action numerous efforts to supply Supply their colonies during this period , attempting to use Using fast frigates to bring Bringing food and military Military_operation stores to the Caribbean past the British blockades , themselves a response Response to Napoleon 's Continental System , but often losing Earnings_and_losses the vessels in the process .

Discovered Know at anchor off Pointe-Noire on 22 January by the British brig HMS `` Hazard '' , `` Topaze '' was isolated and attacked Attack by two British frigates , led Causation by Captain Samuel Pechell in HMS `` Cleopatra '' .

The actual force that had been chosen Choosing by Collingwood to carry out the operation Military_operation was small—only eight ships-of-the-line and four frigates .

Seeking to eliminate any threat to valuable British merchant convoys passing through the Malacca Straits , Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew determined Deciding in early 1806 that the Dutch naval forces based at Java , which included several ships of the line and three frigates , had to be defeated to ensure British dominance in the region .

The Action of 10 April 1795 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars in which a squadron of French Navy frigates was intercepted by a British battle squadron under Rear-Admiral John Colpoys which formed Cause_to_amalgamate part of the blockade of the French naval base of Brest in Brittany .

In late 1810 , French frigates `` Elisa '' and `` Amazone '' sailed Self_motion from Le Havre to join Becoming_a_member with a larger squadron at Cherbourg , but were intercepted Preventing_or_letting by a British frigate squadron and forced Conquering to shelter at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue .

at 13:00 the english frigates approached Arriving the harbor and attacked Attack a genoese and a sicilian galley .

A strike group consisting of one missile boat and two frigates attacked Attack the group of ships off the coast of Karachi .

The Action of 18 September 1810 was a naval battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter between British Royal Navy and French Navy frigates in the Indian Ocean during the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter .

The engagement Hostile_encounter was one of several between rival frigate squadrons contesting Competition control Control of the French island base of Île de France , from which French frigates had raided Attack British trade routes during the war Hostile_encounter .

The action came Arriving in the immediate aftermath Catastrophe of the Battle Hostile_encounter of Grand Port , in which four British frigates had been lost Earnings_and_losses , and just four days after a fifth British frigate had been captured Conquering and subsequently recaptured Conquering in the Action of 13 September 1810 .

`` Vénus '' was faster than `` Ceylon '' , and although Captain Charles Gordon almost reached Arriving the safety of Île Bourbon , he was run Self_motion down and forced Causation to engage Hostile_encounter the French ship during the night , both frigates inflicting Change_sentiment severe damage Damaging on one another before the wounded Bodily_harm Gordon surrendered Surrendering to the approaching corvette .

The British squadron consisted of seven ships of the line accompanied by associated frigates , led Conquering by Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren , were tasked Request with hunting Military_operation down and destroying Destroying the French squadron of Contre-Admiral Jean-Baptiste Willaumez , which had departed Departing Brest for raiding Attack operations in the South Atlantic in December 1805 , at the start of the Atlantic campaign Military_operation of 1806 .

The French Navy sought to disrupt Hindering British trade by intercepting Know and capturing Conquering merchant ships with roving frigates , a strategy countered Response by protecting British convoys with heavier warships , particularly in European waters .

These ships were soon joined Becoming_a_member by French Navy frigates and began Process_start to inflict losses Earnings_and_losses on shipping in the region .

The voyage of the `` Glorioso '' involved Cause_to_be_included four naval engagements fought in 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession between the Spanish 70-gun ship of the line `` Glorioso '' and several British squadrons of ships of the line and frigates which tried to capture it .

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 .

The British convoy , escorted Patrolling by ( 74 guns , under Captain Sir John Moutray ) and two frigates - `` Thetis '' ( 36 guns ) and `` Southampton '' ( 36 guns ) , sailed Self_motion from Portsmouth on 27 July .