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| rdfs:label | - Action of 25 September 1806
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| rdfs:comment | - At 05:00 the leading British ship, HMS Monarch, was within range and opened fire on the French squadron, which divided. One frigate went north and was intercepted by HMS Mars, while another, accompanied by the two corvettes, turned south and managed to outrun HMS Windsor Castle. The main body of the French force remained together and met the attack of Monarch and the British flagship HMS Centaur with their broadsides. Although outnumbered and outclassed by the British squadron the French ships fought hard, inflicting damage on the leading British ships and severely wounding Commodore Hood. Eventually the strength of the British squadron told, and despite a fierce resistance the French ships surrendered one by one, the British capturing four of the seven vessels in the squadron.
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| Strength | - Corvettes: Lynx and Sylphe
- Frigates: Thétis , Infatigable , Minerve , Armide and Gloire
- Six ships of the line and one brig . Only HMS Centaur, HMS Monarch and HMS Mars engaged.
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| Commander | - Commodore Eleonore-Jean-Nicolas Soleil
- Commodore Sir Samuel Hood
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| Casualties | - 7
- Unknown, but believed to be heavy. Four frigates captured.
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| Place | - Bay of Biscay, near Rochefort
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| abstract | - At 05:00 the leading British ship, HMS Monarch, was within range and opened fire on the French squadron, which divided. One frigate went north and was intercepted by HMS Mars, while another, accompanied by the two corvettes, turned south and managed to outrun HMS Windsor Castle. The main body of the French force remained together and met the attack of Monarch and the British flagship HMS Centaur with their broadsides. Although outnumbered and outclassed by the British squadron the French ships fought hard, inflicting damage on the leading British ships and severely wounding Commodore Hood. Eventually the strength of the British squadron told, and despite a fierce resistance the French ships surrendered one by one, the British capturing four of the seven vessels in the squadron.
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