Action of 9 February 1799 (South Africa)
The action of 9 February 1799 was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars between a British Royal Navy frigate and a French privateer frigate fought 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of the southeastern coast of what is now Natal in South Africa. The 32-gun French frigate Prudente had since the start of the war been part of a squadron operating from Île de France (now Mauritius). This squadron had dispersed during 1798, with the ships sent on independent commerce raiding operations across the British trade routes in the Indian Ocean. Prudente had subsequently been seized in the autumn of that year by Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic, the Governor of Île de France, and sold to a private raiding company.
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Action of 9 February 1799 (South Africa)
The action of 9 February 1799 was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars between a British Royal Navy frigate and a French privateer frigate fought 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of the southeastern coast of what is now Natal in South Africa. The 32-gun French frigate Prudente had since the start of the war been part of a squadron operating from Île de France (now Mauritius). This squadron had dispersed during 1798, with the ships sent on independent commerce raiding operations across the British trade routes in the Indian Ocean. Prudente had subsequently been seized in the autumn of that year by Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic, the Governor of Île de France, and sold to a private raiding company.
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The action of 9 February 1799 ...... dente was forced to surrender.
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2 killed, 11 wounded
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1799-02-09
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British victory
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FrigateHMS Daedalus
PrivateerfrigatePrudente
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France
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Captain Emanuel-Hippolite Le Jolliff
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Captain Henry Lidgbird Ball
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date
1799-02-09
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the French Revolutionary Wars
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off Southern Africa
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result
British victory
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The action of 9 February 1799 ...... to a private raiding company.
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Action of 9 February 1799 (South Africa)
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Action of 9 February 1799
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