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) 1780-1808 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	John Borlase Warren (1^st Baronet of Little Marlow)British Naval Sailor Service 1774-1804	Fleet Flagship
Name : Diamond (38) 1794-1812 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	William Sidney SmithBritish Naval Sailor Service 1779-1814
Name : Diana (38) 1794-1815 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	Jonathon FaulknorBritish Naval Sailor Service 1770-1808
Name : Arethusa (38) 1781-1814 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	Sir Edward PellewBritish Naval Sailor Service 1776-1814
Name : Artois (38) 1794-1797 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	The Hon. Charles FitzgeraldBritish Naval Sailor Service 1778-1808 , Edmund NagleBritish Naval Sailor Service 1777-1814
Name : Santa Margarita (36) 1779-1836 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	Eliab HarveyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1779-1795

République Française

Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Volontaire (36) 1794-1794 French 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Name : L'Espion (18) 1794-1795 French 18 Gun Unrated Corvette
Name : Le Alerte (16) 1794-1794 French 16 Gun Unrated Corvette

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 Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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