Capture of the Révolutionnaire, 21st October 1794

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Capture of the Révolutionnaire

21^st October 1794
Part of : The French Revolutionary Wars (1793 - 1802)
Previous action : Destruction of the Volontaire 23.8.1794
Next action : Action off Mauritius 22.10.1794


Great Britain

Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Diamond (38) 1794-1812 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	William Sidney SmithBritish Naval Sailor Service 1779-1814
Name : Arethusa (38) 1781-1814 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	Sir Edward PellewBritish Naval Sailor Service 1776-1814
Name : Artois (38) 1794-1797 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	Edmund NagleBritish Naval Sailor Service 1770-1819	3 killed, 5 wounded
Name : Galatea (32) 1794-1809 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	Richard Goodwin KeatsBritish Naval Sailor Service 1777-1825

République Française

Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Révolutionnaire (42) 1794-1794 French 42 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	Antoine René ThévenardFrench Naval Sailor Service 1794-1798	Captured 8 killed, 5 wounded

Notes on Action

DescriptionTRN4
On October 21st, the Arethusa, Artois, Diamond, 2 and Galatea, 32, Captain Richard Goodwin Keats, off Ushant, saw and chased a French frigate, the Revolutionnaire, 44, Captain H. A. Thevenard. The French ship was with some difficulty cut off from the land and brought to action by the Artois, 38, Captain Edmund Nagle, which had outsailed the other British ships. A warm action of forty minutes' duration followed before the Diamond came up astern of the Frenchman, though Smith would not spoil the Artois' game by firing. Then, after a gallant and creditable defence in the face of a greatly superior force, Captain Thevenard struck his colours, as his men would no longer fight the ship. He was but just out from port with a raw crew. Captain Nagle was knighted, and his capture purchased for the Navy.

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TRN4William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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