Action off Porqueroiles, 31st August 1810

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Action off Porqueroiles

31^st August 1810
Part of : The Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815)
Previous action : Battle of Mauritius 23.8.1810
Next action : Capture of the Africaine 12.9.1810


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Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Repulse (74) 1803-1820 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line	John HallidayBritish Naval Sailor Service 1795-1815
Name : Philomel (16) 1806-1817 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	Gardiner Henry GuionBritish Naval Sailor Service 1794-1825

Notes on Action

DescriptionTRN5
On August 31st 1810, the Philomel, 18, Commander Gardiner Henry Guion, while endeavouring to prevent the passage of two storeships from Bandol to Toulon, was threatened with capture by a division of the French fleet which stood out as before to cover the approach. Repulse, 74, Captain John Halliday, with the greatest bravery and coolness, interposed between the British sloop and three French 40-gun frigates which, closely supported by several ships of the line, were attempting to cut off the Philomel; and, after a quarter of an hour's firing, he forced them to retire.

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TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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