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Battle of Jobourg

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under her own name. In his report on the action, Seymour wrote of Palmer that " I am quite at a loss how to express, in adequate terms, my admiration of Captain Palmer's skill and decision on so interesting an occasion, and his new ship's company, his officers and his own able and intrepid conduct."
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and first spied the French ships, with two small prizes, at anchor from across a promontory, assuming them to be Spanish or Portuguese ships. When the French failed to respond to the coded signals however the British captains realised that the strangers must be enemy vessels and resolved to attack
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and she surrendered. Casualties were heavy on both ships, but both prizes were successfully returned to Britain and commissioned into the Royal Navy. This was the final naval engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition, which came to an end with
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The battle was the last significant naval action of the War of the Sixth Coalition, the Allied armies entering Paris on 30 March and Napoleon, isolated and defeated, abdicating on 6 April. Combat in the Atlantic would continue with the
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Palmer's first task was to pull both ships away from the immediate shoreline; in addition to the risk of grounding, a French gun battery had opened fire at random in the dark, shot striking both British and French ships. By 07:00 both
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proved to be a fast ship, Nourse successfully holding off pursuit through an exchange of fire at a distance of more than 2 nautical miles (3.7 km). At 17:30 French fire stopped as the range lengthened once more, and
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was rapidly approaching the combat, threatening to overwhelm the stricken frigate even as a fire broke out on the main topsail. The fire was soon extinguished, and Bulford contemplated an attempt to
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could be clearly seen advancing under all sail from the northwest. As a shift in the wind to the northwest at 11:00 offered the French an opportunity of escape, the frigates separated, the damaged
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as the damage was too severe for regular service. Unable to continue their cruise, the frigates turned north towards Europe. By 26 March the squadron was sailing eastwards in the
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in the Central North Atlantic. Sighting distant sails at 04:00, the French captains soon confirmed that the convoy, sailing northwest towards its destination of
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had been sighted so close to the French ships that it came under immediate fire, which tore up the rigging, killed a petty officer and wounded another sailor.
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with picked crews and commanders departed France with instructions to attack British merchant shipping in the Atlantic. The first squadron was dispatched from
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s bow and raking the ship each time, causing serious damage so that by 03:45 Philibert's mizzenmast had collapsed over the side. Fifteen minutes later
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in the lead, the British ships succeeded in cutting ahead of the French by 12:45, Eveleigh firing his bow guns ahead of the French and exchanging
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The French ensign from 'L'Etoile'. This was the last naval ensign to be captured from the French during the Napoleonic Wars and was presented to
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was however the final encounter of dozens between individual frigates in the almost continuous 23-years of warfare between Britain and France.
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engaged one another, Mackenzie took his repaired ship through the gap between them, exchanging two broadsides at close range with
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before pulling away, Du Petit-Thouars considering that Philibert needed no assistance against the damaged British frigate.
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3 nautical miles (5.6 km) ahead of Palmer's pursuit. Philibert turned northeast in a further effort to get away, but
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at 10:30. The French ship held off returning fire with its bow guns until 16:05 when the range had narrowed considerably,
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for support, Palmer firing long-distance broadsides at the French while signalling for support from the nearby 74-gun
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sometime earlier. Both frigates were newly built and in good condition, both being commissioned into the Royal Navy,
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s intervention was timely, allowing Eveleigh to extinguish a small fire which had broken out in his rigging before
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captured several valuable British merchant ships before being intercepted and defeated on 16 January 1814 near the
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At 12:00 the French ships sailed for the open sea southeast along the coast of Maio, pursued by the British.
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in 1805 and had made no serious effort to put to sea since the abortive attempt which ended in defeat at the
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by the Allied European armies and was retreating to the borders of France, while the British army under the
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rejoined the combat at 14:30. Another fire broke out almost immediately, and although it was extinguished
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s main damage was in the hull, with losses of 40 killed and 73 wounded from a crew of 327. The damage to
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at 01:35 on 27 March. Faced with the risk of grounding in the dark, Philibert turned and opened fire on
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More than three decades later the battle was among the actions recognised by a clasp attached to the
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had been successfully extracted around Jobourg point, coming to anchor near the coastal village of
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of French ports, which had operated effectively and almost continuously since the outbreak of the
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lost nine killed, including Captain Eveleigh, and 37 wounded. Both ships were badly damaged and
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had considerable damage to her rigging and 13 dead and 25 wounded from a crew of 284.
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and the frigates fought a fierce engagement close inshore. After more than two hours,
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in a gesture of surrender at 16:15, Seymour taking possession of the French ship.
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suffered in the high winds, losing several topsails which impeded her speed. With
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began to pull away, Philibert finally calling off pursuit at 08:00 on 19 January.
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was "in a state not less of surprise than of joy at her extraordinary escape".
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towards Santiago, both British ships arriving soon afterwards in the port of
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In late October, small raiding squadrons, each consisting of two newly built
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s flight distracting the French sufficiently to allow the convoy to escape.
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and the war coming to a close, the French squadron was intercepted near the
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in particular needed substantial temporary repairs and was forced to erect
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was subsequently considered to have been lucky not to have been captured:
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finally ceased fire, with Philibert hailing to announce his surrender.
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the starboard bow of Philibert's ship. In the course of the manoeuvre,
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so severe that Palmer immediately ordered the ship to make for
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on 4 January in the mid-Atlantic and a furious battle against
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s quarterdeck, tearing away fittings and detonating a loaded
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trade routes was at this stage only contested by the small
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and the handful of French raiders capable of evading the
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The French squadron then sailed southwest, arriving at
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disappearing over the horizon three hours later with
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Capture of the Étoile by the Hebrus off Cape La Hogue
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Battle of Maio
Napoleonic Wars

Nicholas Pocock
Jobourg
Normandy
English Channel
49°42′N 01°58′W / 49.700°N 1.967°W / 49.700; -1.967
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French Empire
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Third Coalition
Anglo-Spanish War
Russo-Persian War
Franco-Swedish War
Fourth Coalition
Russo-Turkish War
First Serbian Uprising

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