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| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : Jason (38)
1794-1798 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | Charles StirlingBritish Naval Sailor Service 1778-1813 | 7 killed, 11 wounded | |
| Name : Pique (34)
1795-1798 British 34 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | David MilneBritish Naval Sailor Service 1795-1847 | 2 killed, 6 wounded Sunk | |
| Name : Mermaid (32)
1784-1815 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | James NewmanBritish Naval Sailor Service 1790-1795 | ||
République Française | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : La Seine (42)
1793-1798 French 42 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | Julien-Gabriel BigotFrench Naval Sailor | about 170 killed, 100 wounded Captured | |
On June 29th, the British frigates Jason, 38, Captain Charles Stirling, Pique, 36, Captain David Milne, and Mermaid, 32, Captain James Newman Newman, whilst cruising off the Penmarcks, sighted the French frigate Seine, 38, Lieutenant J. G. Bigot, on her. way home from Mauritius, with four hundred soldiers on board, in addition to her crew. She was making her landfall, but, when she saw the British ships, turned south for La Rochelle, hotly pursued. The Mermaid and Jason stretched inshore to cut her off from Lorient. The Pique followed her, and, at 9 P.M., began a running fight, ranging alongside at 11 P.M. The two fought broadside to broadside under sail till, two and a half hours later, the Pique's main top-mast was shot away. Then the Jason came up, and Captain Stirling ordered the Pique to anchor, as the land was very close. Instead of so doing she pressed on and ran aground. A very little later the Jason shared her fate. The Seine drove ashore almost at the same moment. The Jason's stern floated, and, as the tide rose, the ship swung round, offering her stern to the Seine's raking broadsides. The Pique managed to bring some of her guns to bear on the French ship, and then, as the Mermaid was coming up fast, the Seine struck her colours.
The Seine was got afloat, but the Pique had to be abandoned, after being rendered unserviceable.