Action of 13 September 1810
The action of 13 September 1810 was an inconclusive frigate engagement during the Napoleonic Wars between British Royal Navy and French Navy frigates during which a British frigate was defeated by two French vessels near Isle de France (now Mauritius), but British reinforcements were able to recapture the ship before the French could secure her. The British frigate was HMS Africaine, a new arrival to the Indian Ocean. She was under the command of Captain Robert Corbet, who had served there the previous year. Corbet was a notoriously unpopular officer and his death in the battle provoked a storm of controversy in Britain over claims that Corbet had either committed suicide at the shame of losing his ship, been murdered by his disaffected crew, or been abandoned by his men, who were said to
Action of 18 September 1810Action of 19 February 1801French frigate Africaine (1798)HMS Boadicea (1797)HMS Otter (1805)HMS Staunch (1804)Josias RowleyList of battles involving France in modern historyMauritius campaign of 1809–1811Pierre François Étienne Bouvet de MaisonneuveRené Lemarant de KerdanielRobert Corbet
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Action of 13 September 1810
The action of 13 September 1810 was an inconclusive frigate engagement during the Napoleonic Wars between British Royal Navy and French Navy frigates during which a British frigate was defeated by two French vessels near Isle de France (now Mauritius), but British reinforcements were able to recapture the ship before the French could secure her. The British frigate was HMS Africaine, a new arrival to the Indian Ocean. She was under the command of Captain Robert Corbet, who had served there the previous year. Corbet was a notoriously unpopular officer and his death in the battle provoked a storm of controversy in Britain over claims that Corbet had either committed suicide at the shame of losing his ship, been murdered by his disaffected crew, or been abandoned by his men, who were said to
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The action of 13 September 181 ...... rships, recapturing Africaine.
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10 killed, 35 wounded, 10 captured
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1810-09-13
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Inconclusive
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frigateHMS Africaine, later reinforced byHMS BoadiceaandbrigsHMS OtterandHMS Staunch
frigatesAstréeandIphigénie
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1810-09-13
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Off Île Bourbon, Indian Ocean
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Inconclusive
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frigate HMS Africaine, later r ...... rigs HMS Otter and HMS Staunch
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frigates Astrée and Iphigénie
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The action of 13 September 181 ...... by his men, who were said to
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