"The most ferocious frigate action ever?" Topic

"Single ship actions, usually between frigates, are remembered as some of the most dramatic actions of the age of fighting sail. They captured the imagination of the public in their own time, making heroes of captains like Pellew and Cochrane, who gained the sort of adulation reserved for pop-stars today and they figure as central elements in the naval fiction of Forrester, Pope, O'Brian and others. Perhaps the most dramatic of all single-frigate action was fought not during the Revolutionary or Napoleonic Wars, but when French was locked in conflict with Britain during the American War of Independence. I was sufficiently impressed by the ferocity of the action fought by the British Frigate Quebec against her French counterpart Surveillante that I have made a précis of information on this now largely forgotten epic…"

From here
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Also…
chrsouchon.free.fr/surveile.htm

Hope you enjoy!

Amicalement
Armand

What a fight.

Indeed. Pretty hot work.

For those interested in frigate action and tales of daring-do, please may I recommend "The Frigates" by James Henderson. A rip roaring account of some of the best frigate actions in the age of sail – honestly, you couldn't make it up and be believed!

Puts Hornblower etc, in their place! Real life trumping fiction!
Be safe
Rory

Happy you enjoyed it boys!. (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Serious stuff.

Interesting!

Glad you enjoyed it too guys.

Amicalement
Armand