Retaking of the Crash, 11th August 1799

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Retaking of the Crash

11th August 1799
Part of : The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780 - 1784)
Previous action : Battle of Camperdown 11.10.1797
 

Great Britain

 
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Espiegle (16) James Boorder
Pylades (16) Adam Mackenzie (d.1823)
Courier (12) Thomas Searle (1777-1849)
 

Batavian Republic

 
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Crash (6)   Captured
 

Notes on Action


DescriptionTRN5
On August 11th, the British sloops, Pylades, 16, Commander Adam Mackenzie, and Espiegle, 16, Captain James Boorder, with the cutter Courier, 10, Lieutenant Thomas Searle, attacked the ex-British brig Crash, 12, which was lying between Schiermonnikoog and the Dutch mainland. The Courier led, followed by the other two, and after a fifty minutes' action the Dutch flag was hauled down. The British loss was three killed or wounded.
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