on its arrival Arriving at the cape , the batavian squadron anchored in saldanha bay to take on fresh water before deciding Deciding to abandon GiveUp the operation and sail Self_motion to the french base at unk de france in the western indian ocean .

the ships of the captured batavian force were taken Conquering into the royal navy , joining Becoming_a_member the squadron at the cape ; elphinstone was later made baron keith in recognition of his achievements .

The action came Motion about as a direct consequence of the Battle of Grand Port three weeks earlier , in which a British squadron had been destroyed Destroying in a failed attack Attack on Grand Port harbour on Isle de France .

`` Africaine '' was the first ship to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength Rowley 's squadron , but within three days of her arrival in the region was engaged Hostile_encounter by two French ships while attempting to drive Motion them away from Saint Denis on Île Bourbon .

`` Guerriere '' had been detached from a squadron which had earlier failed to capture `` Constitution '' and was proceeding to Halifax for a refit .

The Raid on Manila of January 1798 was a Royal Navy false flag military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars intended to scout Scrutiny the strength of the defences of Manila , capital of the Spanish Philippines , capture Conquering a Manila galleon and assess the condition of the Spanish Navy squadron maintained in the port .

Thus the presence of a powerful Spanish squadron at Manila posed a threat Warning to the China Fleet , an annual convoy of East Indiaman merchant ships from Macau in Qing Dynasty China to Britain , which was of vital economic importance to Britain .

Once he had determined Deciding from his captives the state of defences in Manila , that the treasure ship had been unloaded at Cavite and that the Spanish squadron was undergoing Process_start extensive repairs and thus unavailable for operations , he sent Sending a raiding party against a squadron of gunboats in the mouth of the Pasig River .

Once he had determined Deciding from his captives the state of defences in Manila , that the treasure ship had been unloaded at Cavite and that the Spanish squadron was undergoing Process_start extensive repairs and thus unavailable for operations , he sent Sending a raiding party against a squadron of gunboats in the mouth of the Pasig River .

The Action of 31 March 1800 was a naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars fought Hostile_encounter between a Royal Navy squadron and a French Navy ship of the line off Malta in the Mediterranean Sea .

The large ship of the line was initially only attacked Attack by `` Penelope '' , which manoeuvered Hold around `` Guillaume Tell '' 's stern , causing Causation severe damage and delaying Change_event_time the French ship sufficiently for Berry to bring Bringing his squadron into action .

The Action of 22 August 1795 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter between a squadron of four British Royal Navy frigates and two frigates and a cutter from the Batavian Navy .

A British squadron of four frigates under the command Control of Captain James Alms was patrolling Patrolling the entrance to the Skagerrak in August 1795 when three sails were spotted Know off the Norwegian coast to the north .

Closing to investigate Scrutiny , the ships were discovered Know to be a Batavian squadron of two frigates and a small cutter .

In the face of the larger British squadron the Batavian force turned Motion away , sailing Self_motion southeast along the Norwegian coast with the British approaching Motion_directional from the south in an effort to cut Removing them off from the neutral Danish shore .

Claas Jager ) ; the remainder of the British squadron continued in pursuit Aiming of the Batavian squadron .

Claas Jager ) ; the remainder of the British squadron continued in pursuit Aiming of the Batavian squadron .

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 .

The Action of 30 May 1798 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter between a small British squadron and a small French squadron off the coast of Normandy , France during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

The Action of 30 May 1798 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter between a small British squadron and a small French squadron off the coast of Normandy , France during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

Closing Motion_directional with the French , the British commander Sir Francis Laforey sought to bring Bringing the French ships to battle Hostile_encounter as they attempted Hold to turn Motion back to Le Havre before the British squadron could attack Attack .

In the autumn of 1810 , a British squadron assigned Request to patrol Patrolling the Baie de la Seine was effectively isolating two French squadrons in the ports of Le Havre and Cherbourg .

On 12 November , the squadron in Le Havre , consisting Cause_to_be_included of frigates `` Elisa '' and `` Amazone '' attempted to reach Arriving Cherbourg at night in order to united Collaboration the squadrons .

This squadron was spotted Know in the early hours of 13 November by the patrolling Patrolling British frigates HMS `` Diana '' and HMS `` Niobe '' , which gave Giving chase Self_motion .

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 .

After four attempts to close with the French the British squadron , under heavy fire Use_firearm , withdrew Escaping .

The French ships were later refloated Recovering , and Malcolm 's squadron maintained the blockade Besieging until 27 November when `` Amazone '' successfully escaped Escaping back to Le Havre .

The Action of 3 July 1810 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter , in which a French frigate squadron under Guy-Victor Duperré attacked Attack and defeated Conquering a convoy of Honourable East India Company East Indiamen near the Comoros Islands .

These were the British flagship `` Windham '' , which held off Hold the French squadron to allow Preventing_or_letting the surviving ship `` Astell '' to escape Escaping , and `` Ceylon '' .

The engagement Hostile_encounter was the third successful French attack Attack on an Indian Ocean convoy Patrolling in just over a year , the French frigates being part of a squadron operating Being_in_operation from the Île de France under Commodore Jacques Hamelin .

although a british frigate squadron under josias rowley was under orders Arranging to eliminate Removing the french raiders , rowley was distracted by the planned Arranging invasion of unk bonaparte , which began Process_start the following week .

The attack Attack on Île Bonaparte was however part of a wider British strategy to seize Conquering and capture Conquering French raiding Attack bases , and the success of the operation severely limited Limiting future French operations as Hamelin 's squadron was required Imposing_obligation for the defence Defending of Île de France .

In late 1808 , a significant Causation French squadron was deployed Arranging to Isle de France ( now Mauritius ) to disrupt Commitment British trade in the Indian Ocean .

The failure Earnings_and_losses of `` Niémen '' to reach Arriving Isle de France also had serious repercussions for the French squadron there .

Allemand 's expedition Attack of 1805 , often referred to as the Escadre invisible ( invisible squadron ) in French sources , was an important French naval expedition Attack during the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter , which formed Coming_to_be a major diversion to the ongoing Trafalgar Campaign Military_operation in the Atlantic Ocean .

In support Supporting of this plan , the French squadron based at Rochefort put Motion to sea in July 1805 , initially with the intention that they would join Participation the Atlantic Fleet from Brest .

When this fleet failed to put Motion to sea , the Rochefort squadron , under Contre-Admiral Zacharie Allemand , went on an extended Expansion raiding cruise Attack across the Atlantic , both to intercept Attack British trade left Departing lightly defended Defending by the concentration of British forces Causation in European waters and with the intention of eventually combining Creating with the French Mediterranean Fleet then blockaded Besieging in Spanish harbours .

On 25 September , Allemand achieved Achieve a major success when his squadron , while waiting Motion for a convoy from the Leeward Islands , encountered Hostile_encounter a seven-ship convoy Patrolling from the island of Saint Helena .

The convoy 's commander , Captain Daniel Woodriff in the fourth rate , sought to interpose Self_motion his ship between the French squadron and his convoy Patrolling and was captured Conquering after a fierce battle .

Another squadron of P-51 Mustangs was assigned Choosing to protect Preventing_or_letting Allied aircraft operating Being_in_operation near Norway from German fighters .

The Action of 18 November 1809 was the most significant engagement Hostile_encounter of a six-month cruise by a French frigate squadron in the Indian Ocean during the Napoleonic Wars .

The French commander , Commodore Jacques Hamelin , raided Attack across the Bay of Bengal with his squadron and achieved Achieve local superiority , capturing Conquering numerous merchant ships Sending and minor warships .

On 18 November 1809 , three ships Sending of Hamelin 's squadron encountered Hostile_encounter a convoy of India-bound East Indiamen , mainly carrying Bringing recruits for the Indian Army , then administered Control by the Honourable East India Company ( HEIC ) .

Only two of the captured Conquering Indiamen were successfully brought Causation to Ile de France : the same storm Catastrophe that nearly destroyed Destroying `` Vénus '' scattered Dispersal the squadron and its prizes , allowing Preventing_or_letting a patrolling Patrolling British frigate to recapture Conquering `` Windham '' just a few miles from the French island .

The Macau Incident was an inconclusive encounter Hostile_encounter between a powerful squadron of French and Spanish warships and a British Royal Navy escort squadron in the Wanshan Archipelago ( or Ladrones Archipelago ) off Macau on 27 January 1799 .

The Macau Incident was an inconclusive encounter Hostile_encounter between a powerful squadron of French and Spanish warships and a British Royal Navy escort squadron in the Wanshan Archipelago ( or Ladrones Archipelago ) off Macau on 27 January 1799 .

The incident took place Process_start in the context of the East Indies campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars , the allied squadron attempting to disrupt a valuable British merchant convoy due Causation to sail from Qing Dynasty China .

This was the second such attempt in three years ; at the Bali Strait Incident of 1797 a French frigate squadron had declined Agree_or_refuse_to_act to engage six East Indiamen on their way to China .

By early 1799 the French squadron had dispersed Dispersal , with two remaining Presence ships deployed Arranging to the Spanish Philippines .

There the frigates had united Cause_to_amalgamate with the Spanish Manila squadron and sailed Self_motion to attack the British China convoy Patrolling gathering at Macau .