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| rdfs:comment | - On the morning of 7 October, off Cape St Vincent, the British Mediterranean Fleet, which consisted of about thirty merchant ships richly laden sailing to Great Britain and convoyed by the ships of line HMS Censeur, HMS Bedford, HMS Fortitude and four frigates under Commodore Thomas Taylor’s command, fell in with a French fleet led by Rear-Admiral Joseph de Richery consisting of six ships of line and three frigates. This fleet, which was being pursued unsuccessfully since two days before by a squadron of equal force sent by Admiral Hotham, had been dispatched in mid-September by the French Admiralty from Toulon to sail to Newfoundland to attack the British fishing industry, and came across with the British fleet.
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| Partof | - the French Revolutionary War
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| Commander | - Commodore Taylor
- Rear-Admiral Richery
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| Campaign | - War of the First Coalition
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| Place | - off Cape St Vincent, Portugal
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| abstract | - On the morning of 7 October, off Cape St Vincent, the British Mediterranean Fleet, which consisted of about thirty merchant ships richly laden sailing to Great Britain and convoyed by the ships of line HMS Censeur, HMS Bedford, HMS Fortitude and four frigates under Commodore Thomas Taylor’s command, fell in with a French fleet led by Rear-Admiral Joseph de Richery consisting of six ships of line and three frigates. This fleet, which was being pursued unsuccessfully since two days before by a squadron of equal force sent by Admiral Hotham, had been dispatched in mid-September by the French Admiralty from Toulon to sail to Newfoundland to attack the British fishing industry, and came across with the British fleet. As soon as the French fleet was sighted, Commodore Taylor made the signal for the convoy to disperse and ordered his ships to form a line of battle to allow time for the merchant vessels to escape. The French frigates were dispatched to prevent its escape and they succeeded in capturing almost all of the convoy. During the engagement HMS Censeur lost her topmasts, and with no possibility of escape, she struck her colours to three French ships of line which had cut off her retreat. HMS Bedford and HMS Fortitude, with the other warships, managed to escape.
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