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The action of 24 June 1801 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. A British ship of the line, HMS Swiftsure under Captain Benjamin Hallowell was passing westwards through the Southern Mediterranean near Cape Derna when it encountered a much larger French squadron under Contre-Amiral Honoré Ganteaume that was also returning westwards after a failed attempt to reinforce the besieged French garrison in Egypt. Although Hallowell immediately recognised the danger his vessel was in and turned to flee, the French ships were much faster and soon closed with his ship. At 14:00, three French vessels were within long gunshot and Hallowell decided that his only hope of escape lay in disabling the three ships before the rest of the French squadron could join the engagement.

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  • The action of 24 June 1801 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. A British ship of the line, HMS Swiftsure under Captain Benjamin Hallowell was passing westwards through the Southern Mediterranean near Cape Derna when it encountered a much larger French squadron under Contre-Amiral Honoré Ganteaume that was also returning westwards after a failed attempt to reinforce the besieged French garrison in Egypt. Although Hallowell immediately recognised the danger his vessel was in and turned to flee, the French ships were much faster and soon closed with his ship. At 14:00, three French vessels were within long gunshot and Hallowell decided that his only hope of escape lay in disabling the three ships before the rest of the French squadron could join the engagement. Turning towards the enemy, Hallowell found that his sluggish ship was unable to respond rapidly to French manoeuvres and within two hours Swiftsure was surrounded. Threatened with complete destruction and unable to escape, the British captain surrendered. The action was a rare victory for the French in the Mediterranean Sea, which had been largely under British control since the French Mediterranean Fleet had been destroyed in 1798 at the Battle of the Nile. This had trapped the French army in Egypt on the African side of the Mediterranean, and all efforts to reinforce and resupply them had ended in failure, including three separate expeditions by Ganteaume's squadron. Swiftsure was later commissioned into the French Navy and fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, where the ship was recaptured by the British and rejoined the Royal Navy. Hallowell was subsequently court martialed for the loss of his ship, but was honourably acquitted and returned to naval service. (en)
  • La acción del 24 de junio de 1801 fue un enfrentamiento naval menor que se produjo en el marco de las guerras revolucionarias francesas. El navío de línea HMS Swiftsure, comandado por el capitán , que estaba navegando hacia el oeste a través del Mediterráneo meridional, se encontraba cerca de Derna cuando se topó con una escuadra francesa dirigida por el contraalmirante Honoré Ganteaume, mucho mayor en lo que respecta a tamaño, y que también estaba regresando hacia el oeste tras fracasar en el intento de reabastecer a la guarnición francesa atrapada en Egipto. A pesar de que Hallowell se percató de inmediato de que su buque estaba en peligro y viró para tratar de escapar, los navíos franceses eran mucho más rápidos y consiguieron acercarse velozmente al suyo. A las dos de la tarde, las tres naves francesas ya se habían situado a la distancia óptima para abrir fuego, por lo que Hallowell decidió que su única opción para escapar consistía en tratar de inhabilitar los tres buques rivales antes de que el resto de la escuadra se uniera al combate. No obstante, tras virar hacia su enemigo, Hallowell se percató de que su gran barco no era lo suficientemente veloz como para poder hacer frente a las maniobras de los franceses. Dos horas después, el capitán británico y su tripulación estaban rodeados. A la vista de que la escapada era ya imposible, decidió rendirse. La acción fue una aislada victoria para los franceses en el Mediterráneo, que se encontraba bajo control británico desde que la Marina Real destruyese la flota mediterránea francesa en la batalla del Nilo, acontecida en 1798. Esta había dejado al ejército francés de Oriente atrapado en Egipto y todos los esfuerzos para enviar provisiones y fuerzas —incluyendo tres expediciones llevadas a cabo por la escuadra de Ganteaume— habían resultado infructuosos. Más tarde, el Swiftsure fue puesto en servicio nuevamente por la Marina nacional francesa y tomó parte en la batalla de Trafalgar de 1805, en la cual fue capturado por los británicos y, consecuentemente, volvió a la Marina Real. Asimismo, Hallowell tuvo que someterse a una corte marcial por la pérdida de su buque, pero fue absuelto de cualquier cargo y regresó al servicio naval. (es)
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  • 33 killed and wounded
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  • French Republic
  • United Kingdom
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  • 1801-06-24 (xsd:date)
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  • French victory
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  • Ship of the lineHMS Swiftsure
  • Twoships of the lineand one frigate engaged. Two more ships of the line in support.
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  • Two sailing warships flying flags with three vertical bands lie in front of a third sailing warship that features a flag with a cross hatched design on the top right corner. All three ships are surrounded by large clouds of smoke (en)
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  • The capture of HMS Swiftsure (en)
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  • Swiftsure captured (en)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
  • French Republic (en)
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  • Captain Benjamin Hallowell (en)
  • * Contre-Amiral Honoré Ganteaume * Captain Louis-Marie Le Gouardun * Captain Pierre-Paulin Gourrège (en)
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  • the French Revolutionary Wars (en)
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  • northeast of Cape Derna (en)
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  • French victory (en)
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  • The action of 24 June 1801 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. A British ship of the line, HMS Swiftsure under Captain Benjamin Hallowell was passing westwards through the Southern Mediterranean near Cape Derna when it encountered a much larger French squadron under Contre-Amiral Honoré Ganteaume that was also returning westwards after a failed attempt to reinforce the besieged French garrison in Egypt. Although Hallowell immediately recognised the danger his vessel was in and turned to flee, the French ships were much faster and soon closed with his ship. At 14:00, three French vessels were within long gunshot and Hallowell decided that his only hope of escape lay in disabling the three ships before the rest of the French squadron could join the engagement. (en)
  • La acción del 24 de junio de 1801 fue un enfrentamiento naval menor que se produjo en el marco de las guerras revolucionarias francesas. El navío de línea HMS Swiftsure, comandado por el capitán , que estaba navegando hacia el oeste a través del Mediterráneo meridional, se encontraba cerca de Derna cuando se topó con una escuadra francesa dirigida por el contraalmirante Honoré Ganteaume, mucho mayor en lo que respecta a tamaño, y que también estaba regresando hacia el oeste tras fracasar en el intento de reabastecer a la guarnición francesa atrapada en Egipto. A pesar de que Hallowell se percató de inmediato de que su buque estaba en peligro y viró para tratar de escapar, los navíos franceses eran mucho más rápidos y consiguieron acercarse velozmente al suyo. (es)
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  • Action of 24 June 1801 (en)
  • Acción del 24 de junio de 1801 (es)
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