Pelican vs Médée, 23rd September 1796

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Pelican vs Médée

23^rd September 1796
Part of : The French Revolutionary Wars (1793 - 1802)
Previous action : Action off Sumatra 9.9.1796
Next action : Terpsichore vs Mahonesa 13.10.1796


Great Britain

Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Pelican (18) 1795-1806 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop	Thomas HarveyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1794-1821

République Française

Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : La Médée (32) 1778-1800 French 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Notes on Action

DescriptionTRN4
On September 23rd, the Pelican, 18, Captain John Clarke Searle, attacked the French Medee, 36, in the West Indies, and fought with her a close action of two hours' duration, when the Frenchman retired. The Pelican was so cut up that she could not pursue. After such an astounding action the value of the carronade, in certain cases, seems self-evident. It appears that the Medee's captain imagined that the Pelican was a frigate " with her mizen-mast out."

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TRN4William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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