Scenario Ideas From "On This Day"

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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)

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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)

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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....l_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)

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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....l_I/P_331.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dryad_(1795)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...serpine_(1785)

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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....l_I/P_096.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nymphe_(1780)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...%A9op%C3%A2tre

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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...._III_P_268.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hippomenes_(1803)

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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....l_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_...Minerve_(1794)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...%A9mise_(1794)

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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)

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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

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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/showthre...f-two-Blanches

http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_Hi...l_IV_P_139.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_..._Topaze_(1805)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torche_(1795)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...e_Faune_(1804)

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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_Hi...l_IV_P_249.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Amfitrite_(1804)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Guerriere_(1806)

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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)

[Coog]

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_Hi...l_I/P_099.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Boston_(1762)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...buscade_(1790)

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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)

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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_Hi..._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)

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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)

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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_Hi..._II/P_227.html

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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_Hi...l_IV_P_163.htm

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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_...Bellone_(1779)

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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/battlesbr.../n257/mode/2up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bellona_(1760)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...urageux_(1753)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Brilliant_(1757)

http://threedecks.org/index.php?disp..._ship&id=12538

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._sail_frigates

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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)

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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_Hi...l_IV_P_287.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Comus_(1806)

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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_Hi..._III_P_194.htm

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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_...%A9n%C3%A9reux

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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_Con..._HMS_Guerriere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Guerriere_(1806)

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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)

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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_Hi...l_V/P_273.html

https://archive.org/stream/battlesof...e/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_...icienne_(1778)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nereide_(1779)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...Bellone_(1807)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...Minerve_(1809)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victor_(1808)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean...Lautaro_(1818)

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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

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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)

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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_...e_Aigle_(1782)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphig%C..._class_frigate

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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

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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_...ligente_(1801)

http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_Hi...l_V/P_078.html

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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_Hi..._VI/P_139.html

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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_..._Renard_(1812)

http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_Hi..._VI/P_160.html

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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_...September_1810

http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_Hi...l_V/P_299.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...ricaine_(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_...%C3%A9e_(1809)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Iphigenia_(1805)

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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_...September_1779

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_class_frigate

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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_Hi...l_V/P_042.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Carnation_(1807)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...alinure_(1804)

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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_Hi..._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)

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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_...Berceau_(1794)

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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_Hi...l_I/P_357.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Terpsichore_(1785)

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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)

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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_..._Uranie_(1788)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Thames_(1758)

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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)

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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_Uni...HMS_Macedonian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_United_States_(1797)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Macedonian

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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)

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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_Hi...l_V/P_081.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Amethyst_(1799)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...3%A9tis_(1788)

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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)