View Full Version : Scenario Ideas From "On This Day"
There have been a lot daily events posted over the past couple of years that would have given some ideas for historical scenarios. I had later wished that I had recorded them some way for future use. Now that I am organizing all the daily event posts into a consecutive thread, I have the opportunity to see them all again. As I run across events that look like scenario material, I'll post them on this thread.
Although the types of SoG ships are limited for now, I'll be posting scenarios that could likely be used in the future as more SoG models become available, have substitutions made for unavailable models with available ones, or use ships from a different manufacturer. I won't go into the details of setting up the scenario, but leave it to you to read through the event and pick out what parts appeal to you. Most scenarios will be for typical games involving a relatively small number of ships instead of huge fleet actions. I'll also post scenarios for ideas that have been discussed such as cutting out actions involving small boats.
I'll attempt to make each post such that you may scroll through the thread and be able to see something that interests you without having to read through every event.
Boarding Action
The Action of 1 January 1800 was a naval battle of the Quasi-War that took place off the coast of present-day Haiti, near the island of Gonâve in the Bight of Léogâne. The battle was fought between an American convoy of four merchant vessels escorted by the United States naval schooner USS Experiment, and a squadron of armed barges manned by Haitians known as picaroons.
United States
10-gun schooner - USS Experiment
Merchant brig - Daniel and Mary
Merchant schooner - Sea Flower
Merchant schooner - Mary
Merchant schooner - Washington
Haitians
Numerous barges
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_1_January_1800
Ship of the Line vs Frigates
The Action of 13 January 1797 was a small naval battle fought between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany during the French Revolutionary Wars.
France
74-gun Ship of the Line - Droits de l'Homme
Great Britain
44-gun frigate - HMS Indefatigable
36-gun frigate - HMS Amazon
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_13_January_1797
Frigate vs Frigates
The capture of USS President was the result of a naval action fought at the end of the War of 1812. The frigate President tried to break out of New York Harbor, but was intercepted by a British squadron of four frigates and was forced to surrender after a battle with HMS Endymion.
United States
44-gun frigate - USS President
Great Britain
40-gun frigate - HMS Endymion
38-gun frigate - HMS Pomone
38-gun frigate - HMS Tenedos
58-gun raze - HMS Majestic
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_USS_President
Diamondback
01-12-2014, 19:18
For the record, while DdlH is a standard French Temeraire, this Amazon (1795) should not be confused with the 1773 Amazons in-game. Indefatigable was one of two (IIRC) razee frigates from Ardent-class 64's.
Frigate vs Frigate
The Action of 22 January 1783 was a single ship action fought off the Chesapeake Bay during the American War of Independence. The British frigate HMS Hussar under the command of Thomas McNamara Russell captured the French frigate Sybille under the command of Théobald René, Comte de Kergariou-Loemaria. The circumstances of the battle included controversial violations of accepted rules of war regarding the flying of false flags and distress signals.
Great Britain
28-gun frigate - HMS Hussar
France
32-gun frigate - Sibylle
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_22_January_1783
Frigates and Sloop vs Frigate With Shore Battery
The Action of 22 January 1809 was a minor naval engagement fought off the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe during the Napoleonic Wars.
France
40 gun frigate - Topaze
Shore battery
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Cleopatra
32-gun frigate - HMS Jason
16-gun ship-sloop - HMS Hazard
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_22_January_1809
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_V/P_148.html
Note - HMS Hazard is described in wikipedia link as a brig but is listed elsewhere as a Cormorant class ship-sloop
Frigate vs Frigate
On 2 January 1783, HMS Magicienne, met the Sibylle. The ships fought inconclusively, reducing each other to wrecks before parting.
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Magicienne
France
32-gun frigate - Sibylle
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_22_January_1783 (See Background section)
Ship of the Line vs Frigates
The Action of 25 January 1797 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought in the Gulf of Cádiz. The Spanish third-rate ship of the line San Francisco de Asís was attacked and pursued for several hours by three British fifth-rates frigates and a sixth-rate corvette.
Spain
74-gun ship of the line - San Francisco de Asís
Great Britain
40-gun frigate
40-gun frigate
34-gun frigate
28-gun corvette
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_25_January_1797
Note - No names are given for the British ships.
Frigate vs Frigate
The USS Constellation vs La Vengeance, or the Action of 1 February 1800, was a single-ship action fought between frigates of the French Navy and the United States Navy during the Quasi-War. The battle resulted in the American frigate USS Constellation severely damaging the French frigate La Vengeance and forcing her to flee.
United States
36-gun frigate - USS Constellation
France
38-gun frigate - La Vengeance
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_vs_La_Vengeance
Frigates vs Frigate With Shore Battery
On 8 August 1796, off Guadeloupe, the French 38-gun frigate La Vengeance encountered the 32-gun HMS Mermaid.
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Mermaid
40-gun frigate - HMS Beaulieu
French
38-gun frigate - La Vengeance
Shore batteries
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1438-On-this-day-8-August-a-cutting-out-expedition&p=25843&viewfull=1#post25843
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_340.html
Ship of the Line Squadron vs Ship of the Line Squadron
The Battle of San Domingo was a naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars fought on 6 February 1806 between squadrons of French and British ships of the line off the southern coast of the French-occupied Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (San Domingo in contemporary British English) in the Caribbean Sea. The French squadron, under Vice-Admiral Corentin Urbain Leissègues in the 120-gun Impérial, had sailed from Brest in December 1805, one of two squadrons intending to raid British trade routes as part of the Atlantic campaign of 1806.
Great Britain
74-gun ship of the line - HMS Superb
74-gun ship of the line - HMS Northumberland
74-gun ship of the line - HMS Spencer
64-gun ship of the line - HMS Agamemnon
80-gun ship of the line - HMS Canopus
74-gun ship of the line - HMS Donegal
74-gun ship of the line - HMS Atlas
France
80-gun ship of the line - Alexandre
120-gun ship of the line - Impérial
74-gun ship of the line - Diomède
74-gun ship of the line - Jupiter
74-gun ship of the line - Brave
For more details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_battle_at_the_Battle_of_San_Domingo
Frigate vs Frigate
The USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente, or the Action of 9 February 1799, was the first United States naval victory against a foreign naval vessel. A single-ship action fought between frigates of the French Navy and the United States Navy during the Quasi-War, the battle resulted in the USS Constellation's capture of L'Insurgente.
United States
38-gun frigate - USS Constellation
France
40-gun frigate - L'Insurgente
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_vs_L%27Insurgente
Frigate vs Frigate
17 February, 1805 HMS Cleopatra captured by the French frigate Ville-de-Milan off the coast of North America.
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Cleopatra
France
40-gun frigate - Ville-de-Milan
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?779-Feb-17th-1805-Frigate-HMS-Cleopatra-Captured
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cleopatra_(1779)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Milan_(1805)
Frigate vs Sloops
The British warships HMS Cyane and HMS Levant fought USS Constitution on 20 February 1815 in mid-Atlantic.
United States
44-gun frigate - USS Constitution
Great Britain
22-gun corvette - HMS Cyane
20-gun ship-sloop - HMS Levant
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_HMS_Cyane
http://www.1812privateers.org/NAVAL/constitution.html
Sloop vs Xebec
22 February 1799 - British brig-sloop Espoir vs. Spanish xebec Africa
Great Britain
14-gun brig-sloop - HMS Espoir
Spain
14-gun xebec - Africa
For further details: http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?795-1799-February-22nd-British-brig-sloop-Espoir-vs-Spanish-xebec-Africa
Sloop vs Sloop
On 24 February 1813, the ship-sloop USS Hornet engaged the Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Peacock.
United States
18-gun ship sloop - USS Hornet
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Peacock
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_HMS_Peacock
Cutting Out Action
Boats from HMS Menelaus cut out the French brig St Joseph.
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS Menelaus
ship's boats
France
two shore batteries
merchant brig - St. Joseph
For more details: http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?352-On-This-Day-29th-February-1812-(and-1884)
Frigate vs Frigate
During the early morning hours of the 1st of March 1799, HMS Sybille, formally the French ship Sibylle, captured the French frigate Forte in the Bay of Bengal.
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS Sybille
France
42-gun frigate - Forte
For more details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?822-On-this-day-1-March
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Sibylle_(1792)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Forte_(1794)
Frigate vs Frigate
On the 8th of March 1808, HMS St. Fiorenzo concluded a three-day intermittent engagement with the Piémontaise, a French 40-gun frigate.
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS St Fiorenzo
France
40-gun frigate - Piémontaise
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?864-On-this-day-8-March
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_St_Fiorenzo_(1794)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Piémontaise_(1804)
Frigates vs Frigate and Corvette
On March 9 1797, HMS St. Fiorenzo and HMS Nymphe captured the French frigate Résistance and corvette Constance en route to Brest.
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS St Fiorenzo
32-gun frigate - HMS Nymphe
France
50-gun frigate - Résistance
24-gun corvette - Constance
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?871-On-this-day-9-March
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_St_Fiorenzo_(1794)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nymphe_(1780)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_sail_frigates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_frigate_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy
Frigates and Sloop vs Frigate and Transport
On the 10th of March 1783, the final naval battle of the American War of Independence was fought off the coast of Cape Canaveral. The USS Alliance, a 36-gun frigate under the command of Captain John Barry, was escorting the USS Duc de Lauzun, a 20-gun armored transport, to the United States when they were pursued by three ships of the Royal Navy – HMS Alarm (32-gun frigate), HMS Sybil (32-gun frigate), and HMS Tobago (18-gun sloop-of-war).
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Alarm
32-gun frigate - HMS Sybil
18-gun ship-sloop - HMS Tobago
United States
36-gun frigate - USS Alliance
20-gun armed transport - USS Duc de Lauzun
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?874-On-this-day-10-March
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Alliance_(1778)
http://books.google.com/books?id=pFmJ9HTq7QIC&pg=PT222&lpg=PT222&dq=hms+sybil&source=bl&ots=FJTKvVVbFn&sig=SsK5wBbtejUQNVW-HZLzNNQMNPI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hiY8UcizKaGY2AWQioCoCg&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=hms%20sybil&f=false
Frigate Squadron vs Frigate Squadron
On the 13th of March 1811, the Battle of Lissa took place between French, Italian, and British forces off the island of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea. The French sought to capture the island from the British, and, thereby, gain supremacy of, the Adriatic.
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS Active
32-gun frigate - HMS Amphion
32-gun frigate - HMS Cerberus
22-gun corvette - HMS Volage
France
40-gun frigate - Favorite
40-gun frigate - Flore
40-gun frigate - Danaé
Italy
40-gun frigate - Corona
32-gun frigate - Carolina
32-gun frigate - Bellona
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?899-On-this-day-13-March
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lissa_(1811)
http://ageofsail.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/battle-of-lissa/
Frigate vs Frigate
On 13 March 1795 the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively captured the French frigate Tourterelle.
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Lively
France
28-gun frigate - Tourterelle
For further details:
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_282.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Lively_(1794)
http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=6986
Frigate vs Frigate
On the 15th of March 1808, the French frigate Sémillante began an engagement with HMS Terpsichore that continued for the next several days.
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Terpsichore
France
40-gun frigate - Sémillante
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Terpsichore_(1785)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_V/P_067.html
Ship of the Line Squadron vs Ship of the Line Squadron
On the 16th of March 1781, British and French ships fought the Battle of Cape Henry off the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.
Great Britain
90-gun ship of the line - HMS London
74-gun ship of the line - HMS Royal Oak
74-gun ship of the line - HMS Bedford
64-gun ship of the line - HMS Robust
64-gun ship of the line - HMS Europe
64-gun ship of the line - HMS Prudent
64-gun ship of the line - HMS America
50-gun frigate - HMS Adamant
France
80-gun ship of the line - Duc de Bourgogne
74-gun ship of the line - Conquérant
74-gun ship of the line - Neptune
64-gun ship of the line - Provence
64-gun ship of the line - Ardent
64-gun ship of the line - Jason
64-gun ship of the line - Eveille
44-gun frigate - Romulus
For further Details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?910-On-this-day-16-March
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Henry
http://books.google.com/books?id=hpI_AAAAYAAJ&dq=mahan%20arbuthnot%201781&pg=PA491#v=onepage&q&f=false
Sloop vs Sloop
On the 18th of March 1799, HMS Telegraph captured the French ship Hirondelle near Île de Batz.
Great Britain
14-gun brig-sloop - HM Hired Brig Telegraph
France
16-gun brig-sloop - privateer Hirondelle
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_hired_brig_Telegraph_(1798)
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?914-On-this-day-18-March
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_II/P_333.html
Sloop vs Sloop
On the 23rd of March 1815, U.S.S. Hornet defeated HMS Penguin off Tristan da Cunha in the south Atlantic.
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Penguin
United States
18-gun ship-sloop - USS Hornet
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?939-On-this-day-23-March
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(1805_brig)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Penguin_(1813)
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/war1812/atsea/hnt-peng.htm
David Manley
01-23-2014, 14:02
Just a minor point, its HMS Penguin, not "the" HMS Penguin. "The" should never be used before the acronym HMS.
Just a minor point, its HMS Penguin, not "the" HMS Penguin. "The" should never be used before the acronym HMS.
You're correct. I'll have to be careful when I'm copying and pasting.
Frigate vs Sloops
On the 26th of March 1806, HMS Pique, formally the French ship Pallas, captured the French brigs Phaéton and Voltigeur.
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Pique
France
16-gun brig-sloop - Phaéton
16-gun brig-sloop - Voltigeur
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?947-On-this-day-26-March
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_IV/Vol_IV_P_226.htm
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/18-1900/P/03553.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_brig_Phaeton_(1804)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_brig_Voltigeur_(1804)
Frigate vs Frigate and Sloop
On the 28th of March 1814, HMS Phoebe (36) and HMS Cherub (18) captured USS Essex (36) and USS Essex Junior (20) at the port Valparaíso, Chile.
United States
32-gun frigate - USS Essex
20-gun ship-rigged tender - Essex Junior (Optional)
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Phoebe
18-gun ship-sloop - HMS Cherub
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?958-On-this-day-28-March
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Valparaiso
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Essex_(1799)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Phoebe_(1795)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Essex_Junior
Note - USS Essex Junior is included as optional as she did not participate in the battle.
Sloop vs Sloop
On the 1st of April 1797, during the French Revolutionary Wars, HMS Hazard captured the French privateer Hardi off of Ireland. Having pursued the French Brig (18) for seven hours, the British 16-gun ship-sloop caught her prey due to the loss of boss its topmasts.
Great Britain
16-gun ship-sloop - HMS Hazard
France
18- gun brig-sloop - Hardi
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?972-On-this-day-1-April
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_II/P_082.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hazard_(1794)
Sloops vs Frigate and Sloops
On the 8th of April 1782, ships of the U.S. Continental Navy and Great Britain fought with each other in what is known as the Battle of Delaware Bay.
United States
16-gun ship-sloop - Privateer Hyder Ally
10-gun ship-sloop - Privateer Charming Sally
12-gun ship-sloop - Privateer General Greene
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Quebec
24-gun ship-sloop - HMS General Monk
16-gun brig-sloop - Privateer Fair American
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?999-On-this-day-8-April-the-Battle-of-Delaware-Bay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Delaware_Bay
http://books.google.com/books?id=N_DEF2nRFj4C&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=tory+brig+fair+american&source=bl&ots=kl5vR8v6oE&sig=ka6qnKlKpP4edfaK8KkVNJ9lCBw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RbTjUszyAczJsQSE3YHIDA&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=tory%20brig%20fair%20american&f=false
Frigates vs Frigates With Shore Battery
On the 9th of April 1799, HMS St. Fiorenzo and HMS Amelia engaged the French frigates Vengeance, Sémillante, Cornélie, and a gun vessel, as well as a shore battery protecting them.
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS St. Fiorenzo
38-gun frigate - HMS Amelia
France
38-gun frigate - Vengeance
32-gun frigate - Sémillante
40-gun frigate - Cornélie
gun cutter
shore battery
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1010-On-this-day-9-April-Fighting-weather-batteries-and-ships
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_II/P_334.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_St_Fiorenzo_(1794)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Amelia_(1796)
Comte de Brueys
01-25-2014, 10:04
Thank you for that lot of work, Bobby. :salute:
I'm shure I'll use some of those encounters for a mission.
Frigate vs Frigate
The Action of 10 April 1795 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which a squadron of French Navy frigates was intercepted by a British battle squadron under Rear-Admiral John Colpoys which formed part of the blockade French naval base of Brest in Brittany. The French squadron split up in the face of superior British numbers, the three vessels seeking to divide and outrun the British pursuit. One frigate, Gloire was followed by the British frigate HMS Astraea and was ultimately brought to battle in a closely fought engagement.
France
32-gun frigate - Gloire
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Astraea
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1014-On-this-day-10-April
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_10_April_1795
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphig%C3%A9nie_class_frigate
Frigate Squadron vs Frigate Squadron
The Action of 23 April 1794 took place between a British squadron of five frigates under the command of Sir John Borlase Warren and three frigates and a corvette under the command of Chef d'escadre F. Desgarceaux during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Flora
38-gun frigate - HMS Arethusa
36-gun frigate - HMS Melampus
32-gun frigate - HMS Concord
36-gun frigate - HMS Nymphe
France
36-gun frigate - HMS Engageante
40-gun frigate - HMS Pomone
36-gun frigate - HMS Résolue
20-gun corvette - HMS Babet
For further details :
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_200.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_23_April_1794
Note - The order of battle for the ship lists in the Wikipedia article shows the actual number of guns instead of ratings as I have shown above.
Sloop vs Sloop
The capture of HMS Epervier was a naval action fought off the coast of Florida near Cape Canaveral on 28 April 1814, between the ship-rigged sloop of war USS Peacock, commanded by Master Commandant Lewis Warrington, and the Cruizer-class brig-sloop Epervier under Commander Richard Wales.
United States
22-gun ship-sloop - USS Peacock
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Epervier
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_HMS_Epervier
Frigate vs Frigate, Corvette, Sloop, Cutter, and Gunboats
On the 3rd of May 1810, the HMS Spartan engaged Neapolitan ships in the Bay of Naples.
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS Spartan
Naples
40-gun frigate - Cérès
28-gun corvette - Fama
8-gun brig-sloop - Sparvière
10-gun cutter - Achille
7 gunboats
For further details:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_V/P_246.html
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1150-On-this-day-3-May
Sloop vs Xebec Frigate
The Action of 6 May 1801 was a minor naval engagement between the 32-gun xebec-frigate El Gamo of the Spanish Navy under the command of Don Francisco de Torris and the much smaller 14-gun brig HMS Speedy under the command of Thomas, Lord Cochrane.
Great Britain
14-gun brig-sloop - HMS Speedy
Spain
32-gun xebec-frigate - El Gammo
For further details:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_III/Vol_III_P_144.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_6_May_1801
Cutter vs Brig-Sloop
On this day 7 May 1779 USS Providence captured the brig HMS Diligent, 12 guns, off Sandy Hook. Providence was armed with 12 × 4-pounder guns and 14 × railside swivel guns.
United States
12-gun cutter - USS Providence
Great Britain
12-gun brig-sloop - HMS Diligent
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Providence_(1775)
Cutting Out Action
On the 8th of May 1807, boats from the 22-gun Laurel class sixth-rate post ship HMS Comus, cut out the Spanish San Pedro de Apostol from the harbor at Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
Great Britain
22-gun corvette - HMS Comus
Ship's boats
Spain
Felucca merchantman
Shore batteries
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1174-On-this-day-8-May-a-cutting-out-expedition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Comus_(1806)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_IV/Vol_IV_P_324.htm
Schooner vs Sloop
The Danish schooner The Alban was under the command of Lieutenant Thøger Emil Rosenørn when she encountered HMS Rifleman on 11 May 1811 near the Shetland Islands. HMS Rifleman chased The Alban for twelve hours before she succeeded in capturing the Dane.
Denmark
12-gun schooner - The Alban
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Rifleman
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Alban_(1806)
Frigate vs Frigate
On the 19th of May 1808, the HMS Virginie captured the Dutch frigate Guelderland.
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS Virginie
Netherlands
36-gun frigate - Guelderland
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1201-On-this-day-19-May-a-British-and-Dutch-exchange
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_V/P_036.html
http://books.google.com/books?id=s785AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA233&lpg=PA233&dq=frigate+Guelderland&source=bl&ots=lCyIFEHIj5&sig=RVloLg1qDoi_zE9URdtELggRd1w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ks_nUqu2HbLIsASQw4G4CQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=frigate%20Guelderland&f=false
Ship of the Line vs Frigate Squadron With Shore Batteries
The Action of 22 May 1812 took place off Groix when a small French two-frigate squadron comprising Ariane and Andromaque, returning from a commerce raiding campaign in the Atlantic, met the 74-gun HMS Northumberland while trying the slip to Lorient through the British blockade.
Great Britain
74-gun ship of the line - HMS Northumberland
12-gun brig-sloop - HMS Growler
France
40-gun frigate - Ariane
40-gun frigate - Andromaque
16-gun brig-sloop - Mameluck
Shore batteries
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1208-On-this-day-22-May-Watch-out-for-shallow-waters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_22_May_1812
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_VI/P_048.html
Sloop vs Sloop
On 26 May 1811, HMS Alacrity under Commander Nisbit Palmer, an 18-gun Cruizer class brig sloop, encountered the French brig-of-war Abeille, of twenty 24-pounder carronades, off Bastia, Corsica.
France
18-gun brig-sloop - Abeille
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Alacrity
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?453-On-This-Day-26-May
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_V/P_364.html
http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=13209
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Alacrity_(1806)
Frigates vs Frigates
On the 27th of May 1793, an engagement took place between the HMS Venus and the Sémillante, 375 nuatical miles off the west coast of Spain.
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Venus
36-gun frigate - HMS Nymphe (Optional)
France
36-gun frigate - Sémillante
32-gun frigate - Cléopâtre (Optional)
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1219-On-this-day-27-May-HMS-Venus-engages-the-Sémillante
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_093.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_18_June_1793
Note - HMS Nymphe and Cléopâtre are listed as optional as they became involved after primary engagement.
Frigate vs Sloops
USS Alliance, becalmed, engaged the Britsh sloops HMS Atalanta and HMS Trepassey.
United States
36-gun frigate - USS Alliance
Great Britain
14-gun ship-sloop - HMS Atalanta
14-gun brig sloop - HMS Trepassey
For further details:
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?454-May-29th
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Alliance_(1778)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Atalanta_(1775)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Trepassey_(1779)
Frigate vs Frigate
The 28-gun HMS Carysfort under Captain Francis Laforey was cruising the Eastern Atlantic for signs of a French convoy when on 29 May 1794 lookouts sighted two sails ahead. Laforey immediately advanced on the strange sails, which were soon revealed to be the 32-gun French frigate Castor, Captain L'Huillier in command, towing a Dutch merchant ship.
Great Britain
28-gun frigate - HMS Carysfort
France
32-gun frigate - Castor
Merchant brig
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate_action_of_29_May_1794
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Carysfort_(1766)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Castor_(1785)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_205.html
Frigate vs Frigate
The Capture of USS Chesapeake, or the Battle of Boston Harbor, was fought on 1 June 1813, between HMS Shannon and the USS Chesapeake, as part of the War of 1812.
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS Shannon
United States
38-gun frigate - USS Chesapeake
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_USS_Chesapeake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chesapeake_(1799)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Shannon_(1806)
Frigate vs Frigate
At 1030 on 1 June 1780, USS Trumbull's masthead lookout sighted a sail to windward what soon proved to be the British 32-gun letter-of-marque Watt.
United States
28-gun frigate - USS Trumbull
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - Letter-of-marque Watt
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Trumbull_(1776)
Frigates vs Frigates and Corvette
On 8 June the French frigate Tribune, and her remaining two companions, the frigate Tamise and the corvette Legere, were sailing off the south coast of Ireland. Tribune was under the command of Commodore John Moulston, an American who had served in the French Navy for 16 years. At daybreak the British frigates Unicorn and Santa Margarita spotted the three French vessels and proceeded to chase them.
France
36-gun frigate - Tribune
32-gun frigate - Tamise
18-gun corvette - Legere
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Unicorn
36-gun frigate - HMS Santa Margarita
For further details:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_328.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Unicorn_(1794)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Santa_Margarita_(1779)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tribune_(1796)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Thames_(1758)
Figate vs Frigate
On 13 June 1796, about 12 leagues south of Cape Clear, Ireland, the 36-gun frigate HMS Dryad, under the command of Captain Lord Amelius Beauclerk, captured the 38-gun French frigate Proserpine following a relatively brief chase but a bitter action.
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Dryad
France
38-gun frigate - Proserpine
For further details:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_331.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dryad_(1795)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Proserpine_(1785)
Frigate vs Frigate
On 18 June 1793, as the 32-gun French frigate Cléopâtre sailed off Guernsey under Lieutenant de vaisseau Mullon, she encountered HMS Nymphe, under Captain Edward Pellew.
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Nymphe
France
32-gun frigate - Cléopâtre
For further details:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_096.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nymphe_(1780)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Cl%C3%A9op%C3%A2tre
Sloop vs Sloop
On 21 June 1804 HMS Hippomenes engaged a Guadeloupe privateer, the Buonaparte.
Great Britain
18-gun ship-sloop - HMS Hippomenes
France
18-gun brig-sloop - privateer Buonaparte
For further details:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_III/Vol_III_P_268.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hippomenes_(1803)
Frigates vs Frigates
While off Minorca on 24 June 1795 HMS Lowestoffe, a 32-gun frigate under Captain Robert Middleton, and HMS Dido, a 28-gun Frigate under Captain George Henry Towry, encountered two French frigates, the 40-gun Minerve and the 32-gun Artémise.
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Lowestoffe
28-gun frigate - HMS Dido
France
40-gun frigate - Minerve
32-gun frigate - Artémise
For further details:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_289.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Lowestoffe_(1761)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dido_(1784)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Minerve_(1794)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Art%C3%A9mise_(1794)
Sloop vs Sloop
The ship-rigged sloop of war USS Wasp engaged the Cruizer class brig-sloop HMS Reindeer in one of the hardest-fought naval actions in the War of 1812.
United States
22-gun ship-sloop - USS Wasp
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Reindeer
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_HMS_Reindeer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wasp_(1814)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Reindeer_(1804)
Ship vs Schooner
The U.S. warship, Delaware, commanded by Capt. Stephen Decatur, Sr., captured a French privateer, La Croyable, off Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, on 7 July 1798.
United States
20-gun ship - USS Delaware
France
14-gun schooner - La Croyable
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Delaware_(1798)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Croyable
Frigate vs Frigate, Corvette, and Sloops
On the 19th of July 1805, the French frigate Topaze (40), and corvettes Départment des Landes (22), Torche (18), and Faune (16) captured the HMS Blanche off the coast of Puerto Rico. The Blanche was subsequently burned.
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS Blanche
France
40-gun frigate - Topaze
22-gun corvette - Départment des Landes
18-gun sloop - Torche
16-gun sloop - Faune
For further details:
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1390-On-this-day-19-July-the-tale-of-two-Blanches
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_IV/Vol_IV_P_139.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Topaze_(1805)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torche_(1795)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_corvette_Faune_(1804)
Frigate vs Frigate
On the 19th of July 1806, the newly named HMS Blanche, formally the Spanish ship Amfitrite, captured the Guerrière.
France
38-gun frigate - Guerrière
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS Blanche
For further details:
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_IV/Vol_IV_P_249.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Amfitrite_(1804)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Guerriere_(1806)
Frigate vs Frigate
On the 29th of July 1782, the HMS Santa Margarita, a 36-gun fifth rate frigate under the command of Captain Elliot Salter, captured the 36-gun Amazone off Cape Henry, Virginia.
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Santa Margarita
France
36-gun frigate - Amazone
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Santa_Margarita_(1779)
Frigate vs Frigate
On the 31st of July 1793, the HMS Boston, under the command of Captain George Courtenay, and the French Embuscade, under the command of Captain Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart, fought a duel of the coast of New Jersey.
France
32-gun frigate - Embuscade
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Boston
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_31_July_1793
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_099.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Boston_(1762)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Embuscade_(1790)
Schooner vs Polacca
The Action of 1 August 1801 was a single-ship action of the First Barbary War fought between the American schooner USS Enterprise and the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli off the coast of modern-day Libya.
United States
12-gun schooner - USS Enterprise
Tripoli
14-gun polacca - Tripoli
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_1_August_1801
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(1799)
Frigate Squadron vs Frigate
At 14:30 on 3 August 1801, a squadron of patrolling frigates, HMS Phoenix, HMS Pomone, and HMS Pearl engaged the French frigate Carrère, which was escorting a small convoy from Porto Ercole to Porto Longone.
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Phoenix
40-gun frigate - HMS Pomone
32-gun frigate - HMS Pearl
France
38-gun frigate - Carrère
Merchanmen
For further details:
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_III/Vol_III_P_096.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Phoenix_(1783)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pomone_(1794)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Carrere_(1801)
Schooner vs Schooner
The Capture of HMS Dominica was a notable single-ship action that occurred on 5 August 1813 off the Bermudas during the War of 1812. American privateer Decatur and the Royal Navy warship Dominica engaged in a fierce contest that ended with the capture of the British ship after a long battle.
Great Britain
18-gun schooner - HMS Dominica
Merchantman
United States
7-gun schooner - Privateer Decatur
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_HMS_Dominica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur_(privateer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dominica_(1810)
Sloop vs Frigate
On 7 August HMS Espoir, with fourteen 6-pounder guns and gave her a crew of 80 men, was escorting the Oran convoy when she encountered the Genoese pirate, the 26-gun Liguria, some three leagues off Cape Windmill.
Great Britain
14-gun brig-sloop - HMS Espoir
Merchantmen
Genoese Pirate
26-gun frigate - Liguria
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Espoir_(1797)
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_II/P_227.html
Frigate vs Frigate
On 10 August 1805 the 36-gun frigate HMS Phoenix, under the command of Captain Thomas Baker, came across the 40-gun French frigate Didon off Cape Finisterre.
France
40-gun frigate - Didon
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Phoenix
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Phoenix_(1783)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Didon_(1805)
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_IV/Vol_IV_P_163.htm
Frigate vs Frigate
On 12 August 1782, the 28-gun frigate HMS Coventry, under the command of Captain Andrew Mitchell. encountered the 32-gun French frigate Bellone off Friars Hood, Ceylon.
Great Britain
28-gun frigate - HMS Coventry
France
32-gun frigate - Bellone
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Coventry_(1757)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Bellone_(1779)
Ship of the Line and Frigate vs Ship of the Line and Frigates
On the 13th of August 1761, the HMS Bellona (74), accompanied by the HMS Brilliant (36), pursued and engaged the French Courageux (74) and two frigates. Though the French frigates eventually escaped fighting the Brilliant, the Courageux struck her colors to the Bellona.
Great Britain
74-gun ship of the line - HMS Bellona
36-gun frigate - HMS Brilliant
France
74-gun ship of the line - Courageux
26-gun frigate - Hermione
32-gun frigate - Malicieuse
For further details:
https://archive.org/stream/battlesbritishn00allegoog#page/n257/mode/2up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bellona_(1760)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Courageux_(1753)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Brilliant_(1757)
http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=12538
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_sail_frigates
Sloop vs Sloop
On 14 August 1813, USS Argus, under the command of Master Commandant William Henry Allen, and HMS Pelican, under the command of Commander John Fordyce Maple, engaged in battle.
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Pelican
United States
16-gun brig-sloop - USS Argus
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Argus_(1803)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pelican_(1812)
Corvette vs Frigate
On 15 August 1807 HMS Comus encountered the Danish frigate Frederiksværn (Fredrickscoarn in British usage).
Great Britain
22-gun corvette - HMS Comus
Denmark
32-gun frigate - Frederiksværn
For further details:
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_IV/Vol_IV_P_287.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Comus_(1806)
Sloop vs Sloop
On 17 August 1803 at 1 p.m. the 18-gun brig-sloop HMS Racoon encountered the French navy's brig Mutine, of eighteen 18-pounder guns.
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Racoon
France
18-gun brig sloop - Mutine
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Racoon_(1795)
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_III/Vol_III_P_194.htm
Frigate vs Ship of the Line
The Action of 18 August 1798 was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought between the British fourth rate ship HMS Leander and the French ship of the line Généreux.
France
74-gun ship of the line - Généreux
Great Britain
50-gun frigate - HMS Leander
For more details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_18_August_1798
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Leander_(1780)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Le_G%C3%A9n%C3%A9reux
Frigate vs Frigate
The USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere, was a single ship action between the two ships during the War of 1812, approximately 400 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
United States
44-gun frigate - USS Constitution
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS Guerriere
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution_vs_HMS_Guerriere
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Guerriere_(1806)
Frigate vs Frigate
On 20 August 1800 the frigate HMS Seine, under the command of Captain David Milne, attacked the French frigate Vengeance in the Mona Passage.
France
38-gun frigate - Vengeance
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS Seine
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Seine_(1798)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vengeance_(1800)
Frigate Squadron vs Frigate Squadron
The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy. The battle was fought during 20–27 August 1810 over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Isle de France (now Mauritius) during the Napoleonic Wars. The British squadron of four frigates sought to blockade the port to prevent its use by the French through the capture of the fortified Île de la Passe at its entrance.
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Sirius
36-gun frigate - HMS Iphigenia
32-gun frigate - HMS Magicienne
32-gun frigate - HMS Nereide
France
44-gun frigate - Bellone
48-gun frigate - Minerve
20-gun corvette - Victor
26-gun East Indiaman - Windham
East Indiaman - Ceylon
Shore batteries
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grand_Port
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_V/P_273.html
https://archive.org/stream/battlesofbritish02alle#page/328/mode/2up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sirius_(1797)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Iphigenia_(1808)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Magicienne_(1778)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nereide_(1779)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Bellone_(1807)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Minerve_(1809)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victor_(1808)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_ship_Lautaro_(1818)
Jack Aubrey
02-06-2014, 23:14
whow, that`s stuff for some years...great :thumbsup:
Sloop vs Sloop
The Sinking of HMS Avon was a single ship action fought during the War of 1812, and took place on 1 September 1814. In the battle, the ship-rigged sloop of war USS Wasp forced the Cruizer class brig-sloop HMS Avon to surrender.
United States
22-gun ship-sloop - USS Wasp
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Avon
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_HMS_Avon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wasp_(1814)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Avon_(1805)
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w3/wasp-v.htm
Sloop vs Sloop
On 5 September 1813, the USS Enterprise of 16 guns with 102 men sighted HMS Boxer of 14 guns with 66 men off Pemaquid Point, Maine, and closed on the enemy brig. Interestingly, the Boxer was in the area having for a fee escorted an American merchantman with Swedish papers from New Brunswick to the Kennebec River. British Captain Samuel Blyth prepared for a fight to the finish, nailing one's flag to the foremast. In the Enterprise, Lieutenant William Burrows demonstrated similar resolve.
Great Britain
12-gun brig-sloop - HMS Boxer
United States
12-gun brig-sloop - USS Enterprise
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_HMS_Boxer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(1799)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Boxer_(1812)
Ship of the Line vs Frigates
The Action of 5 September 1782 took place during the American War of Independence between two French Navy frigates, Aigle and Gloire, and a lone British 74-gun ship of the line HMS Hector. In a two-day battle, the two frigates severely damaged Hector and only failed to captured her when a British squadron appeared on the horizon.
Great Britain
74-gun ship of the line - HMS Hector
France
38-gun frigate - Aigle
32-gun frigate - Gloire
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_5_September_1782
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Hector_(1756)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Aigle_(1782)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphig%C3%A9nie_class_frigate
Sloop vs Sloop
In the early morning of 6 September 1781, HMS Savage was escorting a convoy when she encountered the sloop-of-war Congress, ten leagues from Charleston. Congress was under the command of Captain George Geddes of Philadelphia.
Great Britain
16-gun ship-sloop - HMS Savage
United States
24-gun ship-sloop - Privateer Congress
For further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_HMS_Savage
Corvette vs Sloop
Commander Charles Napier led the 18-gun brig HMS Recruit into action against the 20-gun French corvette Diligente, under Jean-François Lemaresquier, on 6 September 1808. The action was fierce and resulted in Recruit losing her mainmast and suffering heavy casualties, including Napier, whose leg was broken by a cannon shot. Diligente was only driven off after a lucky shot from Recruit ignited an ammunition store.
France
20-gun corvette - Diligente
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Recruit
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Recruit_(1806)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_corvette_Diligente_(1801)
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_V/P_078.html
Sloop vs Schooner
On 8 September 1812 the schooner HMS Laura, under the command of Lieutenant Charles Newton Hunter, encountered the French privateer brig Diligent (or Diligente or Diligence) off the Delaware River. Laura had just captured three American prizes and was in the process of taking a fourth when Diligent arrived on the scene. Hunter recalled his boat and her men from the prize and sailed to engage, even though he knew from his third prize that Diligent out-manned and outgunned Laura.
Great Britain
12-gun schooner - HMS Laura
France
18-gun brig-sloop - Privateer Diligent
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Laura_(1806)
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_VI/P_139.html
Cutter vs Cutter
On 9 September 1813 10-gun cutter HMS Alphea, under the command of Lieutenant Thomas William Jones, encountered, south-west of Start Point, the French 14-gun privateer cutter Renard, under the command of French captain Leroux-Desrochettes, and owned by the legendary Robert Surcouf.
Great Britain
10-gun cutter - HMS Alphea
France
14-gun cutter - Privateer Renard
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Alphea_(1806)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cutter_Renard_(1812)
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_VI/P_160.html
Frigates vs Frigates and Sloops
The Action of 13 September 1810 was an inconclusive frigate engagement during the Napoleonic Wars between British Royal Navy and French Navy frigates during which a British frigate was defeated by two French vessels near Isle de France (now Mauritius), but British reinforcements were able to recapture the ship before the French could secure her.
Great Britain
40-gun frigate - HMS Africaine
40-gun frigate - HMS Boadicea
16-gun ship-sloop - HMS Otter
12-gun gun-brig - HMS Staunch
France
44-gun frigate - Astrée
36-gunfrigate - Iphigenia
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_13_September_1810
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_V/P_299.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Africaine_(1798)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Boadicea_(1797)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Otter_(1805)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Staunch_(1804)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Astr%C3%A9e_(1809)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Iphigenia_(1805)
Frigate vs Frigate
The Action of 14 September 1779 was a minor naval engagement between a British Royal Naval frigate HMS Pearl and a Spanish frigate Santa Mónica off the Azores during the American War of Independence.
Spain
28-gun frigate - Santa Mónica
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Pearl
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_14_September_1779
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_class_frigate
Sloop vs Sloop
On 3 October 1808, the French brig Palinure, engaged the British Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Carnation, under Commander Charles Mars Gregory, 180 miles northeast of Martinique.
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Carnation
France
16-gun brig - Palinure
For further details:
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_V/P_042.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Carnation_(1807)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_brig_Palinure_(1804)
Jack Aubrey
02-08-2014, 10:50
:surrender:
Jack Aubrey
02-08-2014, 10:50
:wink:
Frigate Squadron vs Frigate Squadron
The Battle of Cape Santa Maria (also known as the "Battle of Cape St Mary"; in Spanish Batalla del Cabo de Santa María) was a naval action of 5 October 1804' that took place off the southern Portuguese coast, in which a British squadron under the command of Commodore Graham Moore attacked a Spanish squadron commanded by Brigadier Don José de Bustamante y Guerra, in time of peace, without declaration of war between the UK and Spain.
Great Britain
44-gun frigate - HMS Indefatigable
38-gun frigate - HMS Lively
32-gun frigate - HMS Amphion
32-gun frigate - HMS Medusa
Spain
40-gun frigate - Medea
34-gun frigate - Fama
36-gun frigate - Mercedes
34-gun frigate - Santa Clara
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_5_October_1804
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_III/Vol_III_P_280.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Indefatigable_(1784)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Lively_(1804)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Amphion_(1798)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Medusa_(1801)
Frigate vs Corvette
USS Boston was cruising about six hundred miles northeast of Guadeloupe when, on the morning of Sunday, 12 October 1800, she sighted a ship and a schooner. They separated, and she chased the ship. The pursuit continued, before the wind, nearly all day. The ship proved to be the French national ship Le Berceau.
France
24-gun corvette - Berceau
United States
28-gun frigate - USS Boston
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Boston_vs_Berceau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Boston_(1799)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_corvette_Berceau_(1794)
Frigate vs Frigate
The Action of 13 October 1796 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought off the coast of Spain between the 32-gun HMS Terpsichore under Captain Richard Bowen and the Spanish 34-gun frigate Mahonesa under Don Tomás de Ayalde. The Mahonesa was captured after a fight lasting an hour and forty minutes.
Spain
34-gun frigate Mahonesa
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Terpsichore
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_13_October_1796
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_357.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Terpsichore_(1785)
Sloop vs Sloop
The capture of HMS Frolic was a naval action fought in the Atlantic on 18 October 1812, between the sloop-of-war USS Wasp, commanded by Master Commandant Jacob Jones, and the Cruizer class brig-sloop HM Brig Frolic, under Commander Thomas Whinyates. The Americans captured the British vessel, but both vessels were damaged and were captured shortly after by a British ship of the line which happened on the scene.
United States
18-gun ship-sloop - USS Wasp
Great Britain
18-gun brig-sloop - HMS Frolic
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_HMS_Frolic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wasp_(1807)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Frolic_(1806)
Frigate vs Frigate
The Action of 24 October 1793 was a minor naval engagement during the first year of the French Revolutionary Wars. While cruising in the Northern Bay of Biscay, the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Thames, under Captain James Cotes, encountered the much larger French frigate Uranie, under Captain Jean-François Tartu.
France
40-gun frigate - Uranie
Great Britain
32-gun frigate - HMS Thames
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_24_October_1793
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Uranie_(1788)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Thames_(1758)
Schooner vs Sloop
The USS Enterprise vs Flambeau was a single ship action fought in October 1800 during the Quasi-War. During the action the USS Enterprise defeated the French privateer brig Flambeau off the leeward side of the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea. Although the Enterprise was outgunned by the Flambeau she was still able to take her as a prize after a short battle.
United States
12-gun schooner - USS Enterprise
France
12-gun brig - Privateer Flambeau
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_vs_Flambeau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(1799)
Frigate vs Frigate
The capture of HMS Macedonian was a naval action fought near Madeira on 25 October 1812 between the frigates USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, and HMS Macedonian, under the command of John Surman Carden. The American vessel won the battle, and after a long bloody battle, the Macedonian was captured and brought back to the United States, the first British warship to ever be brought into an American harbor.
United States
44-gun frigate - USS United States
Great Britain
38-gun frigate Macedonian
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_United_States_vs_HMS_Macedonian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_United_States_(1797)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Macedonian
Schooner vs Schooners With Boarding Action
The Action of 9 November 1822 was a naval battle fought between the American schooner USS Alligator and a squadron of three piratical schooners off the coast of Cuba during the United States Navy's West Indies Anti-Piracy Operation. Fifteen leagues from Matanzas, Cuba, a large band of pirates captured several vessels and held them for ransom. Upon hearing of the pirate attacks, the Alligator under Lieutenant William Howard Allen rushed to the scene to rescue the vessels and seize the pirates.
United States
12-gun schooner - USS Alligator
3 ship's boats
Pirates
5-gun schooner - Pirate Revenge
6-gun schooner - Pirate
3-gun schooner - Pirate
merchant ship - William Henry
merchant brig - Iris
merchant big - Sarah Morril
merchant schooner
merchant schooner
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_9_November_1822
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Alligator_(1820)
Frigate vs Frigate
1808 - HMS Amethyst (36), Cptn. Michael Seymour, captured French frigate Thetis (44), Cptn. Pinsun (Killed in Action). British casualties in the engagement were severe, with 19 killed and 51 wounded, but French losses were several times larger, with 135 dead and 102 wounded.
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Amethyst
France
40-gun frigate - Thétis
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_10_November_1808
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_V/P_081.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Amethyst_(1799)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Th%C3%A9tis_(1788)
Frigate vs Frigate
The Action of 11 November 1779 was a minor naval engagement between the British Royal Naval frigate 28-gun frigate HMS Tartar and the Spanish frigate Santa Margarita off Lisbon during the American War of Independence.
Spain
38-gun frigate - Santa Margarita
Great Britain
28-gun frigate - HMS Tartar
For further detals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_11_November_1779
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Santa_Margarita_(1779)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tartar_(1756)
Frigate vs Frigate
1806 - HMS Dedaigneuse (36), Captain William Beauchamp Proctor, engaged the French frigate Semillante off Mauritius. Semillante hauled off and escaped.
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Dedaigneuse
France
32-gun frigate - Semillante
For further details:
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_V/P_065.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_D%C3%A9daigneuse_(1799)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_S%C3%A9millante_(1792)
Ship of the Line vs Ship of the Line
The Action of 6 December 1782 was a single-ship action fought between HMS Ruby and the French ship Solitaire off the coast of Martinique. The Ruby easily defeated the Solitaire.
France
64-gun ship of the line - Solitaire
Great Britain
64-gun ship of the line - HMS Ruby
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_6_December_1782
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ruby_(1776)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Solitaire_(1774)
Frigate vs Frigate
On 22 December 1797 the 36-gun HMS Phoebe, Captain Robert Barlow, captured the French 36-gun Néréide, Captain Antoine Canon. Phoebe sighted the Néréide at 10am; the pursuit started at 11:30am and ended at 10:45pm with Néréide's surrender.
Great Britain
36-gun frigate - HMS Phoebe
France
36-gun frigate - Néréide
For further details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Phoebe_(1795)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_N%C3%A9r%C3%A9ide_(1779)
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_II/P_092.html
Frigate vs Frigate
On 29 December 1812 at 9:00 AM crewmen aloft the the 44-gun frigate USS Constitution, Captain William Bainbridge, sighted strange sails on the distant horizon. To ascertain the disposition of the unidentified ship the Constitution hoisted private signals (flags) at 11:30 AM, while the assumed British vessel also hoisted its signals, but neither ship made the correct counter-signal. The following day at 12:30 PM the ship, the 38-gun frigate HMS Java, Captain Henry Lambert, hoisted her colors and ensign with Constitution hoisting her colors in reply.
United States
44-gun frigate - USS Constitution
Great Britain
38-gun frigate - HMS Java
For further details:
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1891-On-this-day-29-December-the-USS-Constitution-defats-the-HMS-Java
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Java_(1811)
Diamondback
02-10-2014, 18:42
Constitution vs. Java is a ready-made... Java started life as Pallas-class Renommee, an evolved version of the Wave 2 Hebe sculpt, so all you need is the HMS Sibylle release when it comes out.
And, of course, Old Ironsides herself.
Constitution vs. Java is a ready-made... Java started life as Pallas-class Renommee, an evolved version of the Wave 2 Hebe sculpt, so all you need is the HMS Sibylle release when it comes out.
And, of course, Old Ironsides herself.
I can't find a class for Guerriere. Do you know if she was a Hebe descendant?
Diamondback
02-10-2014, 20:15
OOPS... disregard what previously filled this space. Guerriere appears to have been a one-off, even Boudriot barely acknowledges her existence in his History of the French Frigate 1650-1850.
Bionic Wookie
02-11-2014, 15:09
Frigate vs Sloop
12 August 1812: USS ESSEX 32 (Captain David Porter) captures HMS ALERT 20 (Captain T.L.P. Laugharne)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Essex_vs_HMS_Alert
Bionic Wookie
02-11-2014, 15:13
Frigate vs. Frigate
19 August, 1812 CONSTITUTION 44 (Captain Isaac Hull) captures HMS Guerrier 38 (Captain Stephen Dacres)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution_vs_HMS_Guerriere
Bionic Wookie
02-11-2014, 15:58
Frigate vs Frigate
25 October, 1812 UNITED STATES 44 (Captain Stephen Decatur) captured HMS MACEDONIAN 38 (Captain John Surman Carden)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_United_States_vs_HMS_Macedonian
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