Attack on Ferrol, 25th August 1800 - 26th August 1800

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Attack on Ferrol

25^th August 1800 - 26^th August 1800
Part of : The French Revolutionary Wars (1793 - 1802)
Previous action : Seine vs Vengeance 20.8.1800 - 21.8.1800
Next action : Capture of the Dédaigneuse 26.1.1801 - 28.1.1801


Great Britain

British Squadron, John Borlase Warren (1^st Baronet of Little Marlow)British Naval Sailor Service 1774-1804
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : London (90) 1766-1811 British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line
Name : Renown (74) 1798-1825 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line	Thomas EylesBritish Naval Sailor Service 1790-1814
Name : Impetueux (74) 1794-1813 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1795 Renamed "Impetueux"	Sir Edward PellewBritish Naval Sailor Service 1776-1814
Name : Courageux (74) 1800-1832 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line	Samuel HoodBritish Naval Sailor Service 1780-1814
Name : Captain (74) 1787-1813 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line	Sir Richard John Strachan (6^th Baronet of Thornton, Kincardine)British Naval Sailor Service 1779-1821
Name : Indefatigable (38) 1784-1816 British 38 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line	The Hon. Henry CurzonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1776-1830
Name : Amelia (38) 1796-1816 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	The Hon. Charles HerbertBritish Naval Sailor Service 1789-1805
Name : Amethyst (36) 1799-1811 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	John CookeBritish Naval Sailor Service 1776-1794
Name : Stag (32) 1794-1800 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	Robert WinthropBritish Naval Sailor Service 1790-1807
Name : Brilliant (28) 1779-1811 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate	Charles PagetBritish Naval Sailor Service 1796-1839
Name : Cynthia (18) 1796-1809 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop	John DickBritish Naval Sailor Service 1794-1836
Name : Saint Vincent (14) 1798-1802 British 14 Gun Hired Cutter

Spain

Spanish Squadron, Juan Joaquin MorenoSpanish Naval Sailor Service 1740-1840
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : San Hermenegildo (112) 1789-1801 Spanish 112 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line	Manuel EmparánSpanish Naval Sailor
Name : Real Carlos (112) 1787-1801 Spanish 112 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line	Francisco Javier de Melgarejo y RojasSpanish Naval Sailor Service 1733-1820
Name : San Fernando (98) 1765-1813 Spanish 98 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Name : Argonauta (80) 1798-1805 Spanish 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line	Juan Herrara DavilaSpanish Naval Sailor Service 1743-1843
Name : San Antonio (74) 1785-1801 Spanish 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Name : San Agustín (74) 1768-1805 Spanish 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Name : Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (34) 1788-1804 Spanish 34 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Name : Nuestra Señora da Asunción (34) 1772-1805 Spanish 34 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Name : Santa Clara (34) 1780-1804 Spanish 34 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Name : Nuestra Señora de la Paz (34) 1785-1810 Spanish 34 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Name : Palomo (18) 1795-1795 Spanish 18 Gun Unrated Brig
Name : Vivo (14) 1783-1800 Spanish 14 Gun Unrated Brig

Notes on Action

DescriptionTRN5
After the visit of Sir Edward Pellew's squadron to the coasts of the Morbihan, in June, part of that squadron, together with other ships, was put under the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, and detached from the Channel upon an expedition against six Spanish ships of the line which lay ready for sea in the port of Ferrol. On August 25th, Sir John reached the bay of Playa de Dominos with some small craft and transports, conveying troops under Lieut.-General Sir James Pulteney. That evening, after a fort had been silenced by the fire of the Impetueux, Brilliant, Cynthia, and St. Vincent, gunboat, the troops, with sixteen field-guns, were disembarked without loss, and, aided by a detachment of seamen, drove back a body of the enemy. This skirmish was followed by a somewhat more serious one at daybreak on the 26th, the upshot being that the British made themselves masters of the heights overlooking the town and harbour. But the General, deterred, as his dispatch suggests, by the strength of the enemy and of the defences, made no further effort, and later in the day re-embarked his men. It seems likely that he allowed himself to be misled by the reports of prisoners, and that, in fact, he could have easily taken Ferrol had he seriously attempted the task.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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