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  • Action of 14 December 1798
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  • The Action of 14 December 1798 was a naval skirmish between the 32-gun British frigate, HMS Ambuscade, and the French 24-gun corvette Bayonnaise. Vastly outgunned and outmanoeuvered, Bayonnaise boarded and captured Ambuscade.
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Strength
  • 24
  • 32
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Partof
  • the French Revolutionary Wars
Date
  • 1798-12-14
Commander
  • Captain Henry Jenkins
  • Lieutenant de vaisseau Jean-Baptiste-Édmond Richer
Caption
  • Pierre Ozanne's depiction
Casualties
  • 1
  • 10
  • 30
Result
  • French victory
combatant
  • French Republic
Place
  • off Gironde estuary
Conflict
  • --12-14
abstract
  • The Action of 14 December 1798 was a naval skirmish between the 32-gun British frigate, HMS Ambuscade, and the French 24-gun corvette Bayonnaise. Vastly outgunned and outmanoeuvered, Bayonnaise boarded and captured Ambuscade.