Destruction of the Volontaire, 23rd August 1794

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Destruction of the Volontaire

23^rd August 1794
Part of : The French Revolutionary Wars (1793 - 1802)
Previous action : Capture of the Sibylle 17.6.1794
Next action : Capture of the Révolutionnaire 21.10.1794


Great Britain

Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Flora (36)	John Borlase Warren (1^st Baronet of Little Marlow) (1753-1822)	Fleet Flagship
Name : Diamond (38)	William Sidney Smith (1764-1840)
Name : Diana (38)	Jonathon Faulknor (d.1809)
Name : Arethusa (38)	Sir Edward Pellew (1757-1833)
Name : Artois (38)	Charles Fitzgerald (1756-1810), Edmund Nagle
Name : Santa Margarita (36)	Eliab Harvey (1758-1830)

République Française

Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Volontaire (36)
Name : L'Espion (18)
Name : Le Alerte (16)

Notes on Action

DescriptionTRN4
On August 23rd, early in the morning, the British frigates Flora, Captain Sir John Warren; Arethusa, 38, Captain Sir Edward Pellew; Diamond, 38, Captain Sir William Sidney Smith; Artois, 38, Captain Edmund Nagle; Diana, 38, Captain Jonathan Faulknor; and Santa Margarita, 36, Captain Eliab Harvey, discovered the French frigate Volontaire, 36, Captain Papin, off Brest, and compelled her to anchor off the Penmarcks. There she was vigorously attacked by four of the British ships, and, cutting her cables to take up a better position, was driven ashore. Her pumps could not keep the water down, and therefore Captain Papin abandoned her. At the same time the French corvettes Alerte, 12, and Espion, 18, were driven ashore in Audierne Bay, and boarded by British boats. Fifty-two French prisoners were brought off, but the vessels, as they had many wounded on board, could not be destroyed. The Espion was got off by the French in the night. The Alerte was lost.

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TRN4William Laid Clowes, Digital Book

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