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Action of 27 February 1809

Index Action of 27 February 1809

The Action of 27 February 1809 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. [1]

23 relations: Antoine Roux, Bernard Dubourdieu, Court-martial, First French Empire, François-André Baudin, François-Gilles Montfort, French frigate Pauline (1807), French frigate Pénélope (1806), French frigate Pomone (1805), French frigate Proserpine (1809), French Revolutionary Wars, French ship Ajax (1806), French ship Suffren (1801), Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume, Invasion of Algiers in 1830, Legion of Honour, Napoleonic Wars, Raking fire, Seventy-four (ship), Ship of the line, Striking the colors, Toulon, United Kingdom.

Antoine Roux

Ange-Joseph Antoine Roux, "Antoine Roux" (1765–1835) was a French fine art painter who specialised in maritime painting, sometimes referred to as marine art.

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Bernard Dubourdieu

Bernard Dubourdieu (28 April 1773 – 13 March 1811) was a French rear-admiral who led the allied French-Venetian forces at the Battle of Lissa in 1811, during which he was killed.

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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First French Empire

The First French Empire (Empire Français) was the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte of France and the dominant power in much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

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François-André Baudin

François-André Baudin (2 December 1774 - Strasbourg, 18 June 1842) was a French naval officer.

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François-Gilles Montfort

François-Gilles Montfort (Saint-Malo, 16 January 1769 - Marseille, 25 March 1826) was a French naval officer.

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French frigate Pauline (1807)

Pauline was a 44-gun of the French Navy.

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French frigate Pénélope (1806)

The Pénélope was a 44-gun ''Armide'' class frigate of the French Navy.

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French frigate Pomone (1805)

Pomone was a 40-gun of the French Navy, built at Genoa for the puppet government of the Ligurian Republic, which was annexed as part of France in June 1805, a month after Pomone was completed.

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French frigate Proserpine (1809)

HMS Proserpine was a 44-gun frigate of the Royal Navy. The French Navy captured her off Toulon about a year after her commissioning and took her into service as Proserpine. She served in various capacities such as a frigate, troopship, hospital ship, and prison hulk until 1865.

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French Revolutionary Wars

The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution.

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French ship Ajax (1806)

Ajax was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

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French ship Suffren (1801)

The Suffren was a ''Téméraire'' class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

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Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume

Count Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume (13 April 1755 in La CiotatLevot, p.206 – 28 July 1818 in AubagneLevot, p.208) was a French Navy officer and Vice-admiral.

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Invasion of Algiers in 1830

The Invasion of Algiers in 1830 was a large-scale military operation by which the Kingdom of France, ruled by Charles X, invaded and conquered the Ottoman Regency of Algiers.

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Legion of Honour

The Legion of Honour, with its full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers formed into various coalitions, financed and usually led by the United Kingdom.

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Raking fire

In sailing naval warfare, raking fire is fire directed parallel to the long axis of an enemy ship from ahead or astern.

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Seventy-four (ship)

The "seventy-four" was a type of two-decked sailing ship of the line which nominally carried 74 guns.

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Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through to the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside firepower to bear.

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Striking the colors

Striking the colors, meaning to lower the flag (the "colors") which signifies a ship's or garrison's allegiance, is a universally recognized indication of surrender, particularly for ships at sea.

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Toulon

Toulon (Provençal: Tolon (classical norm), Touloun (Mistralian norm)) is a city in southern France and a large military harbour on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_27_February_1809

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