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160: 129: 148: 115: 1156: 41: 1208: 819:, and the Spanish captain Ayalde offered battle. Bowen accepted and the ships fought an extended engagement at close quarters. The Spanish ship took much more serious damage and casualties than the British, and gradually the crew began to slip away from their guns. Ayalde made an attempt to escape, but his ship was too crippled and after a chase of 20 minutes he surrendered. Bowen brought the 1004:
was seen sailing for Cartagena with news of Bowen's arrival. Bowen however determined to fight, and stood towards Ayalde's ship. At 09:30, Bowen pulled close alongside the Spanish frigate and fired a single shot to see how the Spanish vessel would react. Ayalde responded with a full
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As the action continued, Ayalde found that his men were slipping away from their guns and that fewer and fewer could be persuaded to return. Recognising that defeat was now inevitable, he ordered sails set and attempted to retreat to Cartagena. On
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frigates, were "as fair a match as an English officer would wish to fight." Bowen himself paid tribute to Ayalde's bravery in the action, considering that the Spanish captain had fought on long past the point where defeat was inevitable.
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Bowen's ship was undermanned, having landed 30 men for medical treatment at Gibraltar and with another 30 on board unfit for action, and he was concerned that the Spanish fleet he was shadowing might appear at any moment; a Spanish
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during a dispute over strategy, and at the culmination of the siege Spanish forces were accused of deliberately sabotaging a British attempt to destroy the French Mediterranean Fleet at anchor in harbour.
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of 1796 made the British position tenuous, and with Spain's entry into the war Jervis was forced to disperse his limited forces further still, with forces watching Spanish shipping at
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brought Spain back into the war, now as an ally of France. The war in the Mediterranean had reached a stalemate after two inconclusive battles in the spring of 1795, with a British
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and passed the warning along, turning back to his station off Gibraltar. As Lángara passed by, a Spanish frigate stationed in Cartagena, the 34-gun
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in August. On 5 October Spain declared war on Britain and a large Spanish fleet sailed from Cádiz under Lángara to unite with the French at Toulon.
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carried aboard. Broadside weight records the combined weight of shot which could be fired in a single simultaneous discharge of an entire
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systematically eliminated Britain's Italian allies, while diplomatic negotiations brought Spain into an alliance with France, signing the
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With Mann's desertion and the Spanish declaration of war, Jervis found his fleet isolated and outnumbered. Acting on orders from the
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in Toulon but sending successful raiding squadrons against British trade. One such squadron destroyed a large British convoy at the
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and turned to the westward. His losses were minimal, with only four men wounded in the engagement. Casualties on board
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carried by the ship, including the maindeck guns which were taken into consideration when calculating its
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were much heavier; Bowen estimated 30 killed and 30 wounded, Bowen successfully brought both frigates to
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was bought into the Royal Navy under the same name. Bowen was commended for his victory, and awarded a
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command at Jervis' request. Bowen recognised the danger in Mann's desertion, and set sail for the
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was deemed too badly shattered for further active service and never served as a warship, but the
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was taken without a shot being fired. In addition, Winfield, in the second volume of his
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Naval History of Great Britain: Including the History and Lives of the British Admirals
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As the war progressed the Spanish suffered a series of defeats on land in the
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The Line upon a Wind: The Greatest War Fought at Sea Under Sail 1793 – 1815
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The Fall of Toulon: The Last Opportunity the Defeat the French Revolution
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Naval battles of the French Revolutionary Wars involving Great Britain
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under Captain Tomás de Ayalde. The action was the first battle of the
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The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume III
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while storming the town. More than five decades after the battle the
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British forces in the Mediterranean were commanded by Vice-Admiral
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in October 1795 and took shelter in the main Spanish naval base of
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that year, the campaign settling into a stalemate, with the French
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the Spanish signed a peace treaty in August 1795. A year later the
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in the aftermath of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent. In July 1797
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were shattered and the guns in the centre of the ship disabled.
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Naval battles of the French Revolutionary Wars involving Spain
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however was badly battered, suffering heavy casualties; the
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Spain had been an ally of Britain in the first years of the
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On 11 October, Lángara reached the Spanish Mediterranean
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The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 1, 1793–1796
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recognised the action with a clasp attached to the
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Cassell. 1788:"No. 20939" 1668:"No. 14023" 1618:"No. 13954" 1334:Terpsichore 1290:Terpsichore 1254:Terpsichore 1143:Terpsichore 1035:Terpischore 1031:Terpsichore 1015:Terpsichore 1011:wore around 944:Terpsichore 931:Robert Mann 809:Terpsichore 734:Terpsichore 673:East Indies 644:2 June 1807 535:7 July 1799 411:(1796–1808) 53:Terpsichore 1921:Categories 1804:References 1376:Historian 1350:grape shot 1342:Santa Cruz 1294:12-pounder 1117:Casualties 1112:Complement 1085:Commander 1065:carronades 835:Background 725:Royal Navy 634:Montevideo 545:6 May 1801 448:Santa Cruz 192:30 wounded 190:30 killed 49:depicting 1881:(2002) . 1822:(1997) . 1394:HMS  1354:Admiralty 1302:Admiralty 1248:Aftermath 1105:Broadside 1069:broadside 1007:broadside 973:HMS  953:North Sea 942:HMS  935:Gibraltar 896:blockaded 876:Lord Hood 813:Gibraltar 732:HMS  721:Cartagena 715:coast of 685:Zamboanga 649:San Pedro 624:Maldonado 550:Algeciras 488:Trafalgar 326:2nd Genoa 269:1st Genoa 187:4 wounded 177:1 frigate 174:1 frigate 83:Cape Gata 51:HMS  45:Print by 1859:(2005). 1419:Mahonesa 1390:Mahonesa 1382:Mahonesa 1346:Tenerife 1286:Mahonesa 1270:Mahonesa 1262:Mahonesa 1256:and his 1200:Captain 1195:Mahonesa 1148:Captain 1129:Wounded 1039:Mahonesa 1019:Mahonesa 994:windward 990:Mahonesa 981:Mahonesa 890:and the 817:Mahonesa 778:blockade 755:Mahonesa 747:Mahonesa 741:and the 654:Miserere 614:Perdriel 584:San Juan 579:Trinidad 568:Americas 422:Atlantic 249:Sardinia 169:Strength 77:Location 58:Mahonesa 1429:Sources 1396:Romulus 1319:Vestale 1292:, both 1278:guineas 1124:Killed 939:frigate 871:Victory 851:in the 790:Leghorn 729:frigate 727:32-gun 515:Menorca 319:Berwick 308:Mykonos 280:Corsica 1906:  1889:  1867:  1847:  1830:  1698:  1266:Lisbon 1107:weight 1057:cannon 1002:tender 975:Pallas 963:Action 825:Lisbon 782:Toulon 680:Manila 629:Cardal 463:Ferrol 291:Bastia 256:Toulon 118:  94:Result 1364:Notes 1258:prize 1134:Total 1100:Tons 1095:Guns 1090:Navy 1080:Ship 1023:booms 908:Cádiz 888:Genoa 845:Spain 821:prize 802:Cádiz 719:near 717:Spain 690:Macau 443:Cádiz 296:Calvi 134:Spain 1904:ISBN 1887:ISBN 1865:ISBN 1845:ISBN 1828:ISBN 1696:ISBN 1392:and 1288:and 1227:275 1175:182 1141:HMS 1061:rate 902:off 869:HMS 843:and 788:and 703:The 81:off 69:Date 1344:on 1236:60 1233:30 1230:30 1216:921 1213:34 1164:682 1161:32 914:of 823:to 560:2nd 555:1st 1923:: 1790:. 1670:. 1650:^ 1620:. 1601:^ 1583:^ 1553:^ 1523:^ 1475:^ 1436:^ 1407:, 1218:bm 1184:4 1181:4 1178:0 1166:bm 996:. 831:. 804:. 85:, 1912:. 1893:. 1873:. 1851:. 1834:. 1704:. 1071:. 400:e 393:t 386:v 225:e 218:t 211:v

Index

French Revolutionary Wars

Thomas Whitcombe
HMS Terpsichore
Cape Gata
Mediterranean Sea
Great Britain
Spain
Richard Bowen
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Mediterranean campaign of 1793–1796
Sardinia
Toulon
Burning of the French fleet
1st Genoa
22 October 1793
Corsica
Saint-Florent
Bastia
Calvi
Martin's cruise
Mykonos
Gulf of Roses
Berwick
2nd Genoa
24 June 1795
Hyères Islands
Richery's expedition

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