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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |||
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| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : Rippon (74)
1812-1821 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | Christopher ColeBritish Naval Sailor Service 1780-1828 | ||
| Name : Royalist (16)
1807-1819 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop | James John Gordon BremerBritish Naval Sailor Service 1794-1849 | 2 killed, 9 wounded | |
| Name : Scylla (16)
1809-1846 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop | Colin MacDonaldBritish Naval Sailor Service 1793-1846 | 2 wounded | |
Empire Français | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : Le Weser (44)
1812-1813 French 44 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | 4 killed, 15 wounded Captured | ||
On September 30th 1813, the Franco-Batavian frigates Trave, 40, and Weser, 40, put to sea from the Texel for a cruise to the Azores. On October 16th, they were separated by a gale which dismasted both of them. On the 18th, the Weser, then off Ushant, making for Brest, was found by the Scylla, 18, Commander Colin M'Donald, which repeatedly hailed, received a broadside, and then made sail ahead.
On the 20th, the Scylla fell in with the Royalist, 18, Commander James John Gordon Bremer; and the two sloops together went in search of the enemy. They discovered her in a few hours, and, at 3.30 P.M. brought her to action. In an hour and a half they were so cut up that they had to haul off to refit; but on the following morning they renewed the action, and the Ripon, 74, Captain Sir Christopher Cole, then nearing, the Weser struck, and was taken possession of by the Royalist. The Scylla had 2 men wounded, and the Royalist, 2 killed and 9 wounded, including Lieutenant James Waring, and Master William Wilson. The Weser had 4 killed and 15 wounded.