Action of 23 April 1794

Action of 23 April 1794
Part of the naval operations during the War of the First Coalition

Capture of Pomone, Engageante and Babet
by Thomas Whitcombe
Date23 April 1794
Location
South-west of Guernsey
Result British victory
Belligerents
 France  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
France F. Desgareaux [1] Sir John Borlase Warren
Richard Strachan
Strength
3 frigates
1 corvette
5 frigates
Casualties and losses
2 frigates and the corvette captured.
Pomone:
80 and 100 killed and wounded
Babet:
30 and 40 killed and wounded
Engageante:
30 to 40 men killed and wounded[2]
Flora:
1 killed, 3 wounded
Arethusa:
3 killed, 5 wounded
Melampus :
5 killed, 5 wounded[3]
Concorde:
1 killed, 12 wounded[2]

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. Three of the French ships were captured.

  1. ^ Rouvier
  2. ^ a b "The late Sir Richard Strachan". The Naval and Military Magazine. 3: 256. 1828. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. ^ Parkinson, C. Northcote (2008). "The Life of Edward Pellew, Viscount Exmouth". pellew.com. Retrieved 22 April 2011.