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The action of 27 February 1809 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. Two 44-gun frigates, Pénélope and Pauline, sortied from Toulon harbour to chase a British frigate, HMS Proserpine, which was conducting surveillance of French movements. First sneaking undetected and later trying to pass herself as a British frigate coming to relieve Proserpine, Pénélope approached within gun range before being identified. With the help of Pauline, she subdued Proserpine and forced her to surrender after a one-hour fight.

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  • The action of 27 February 1809 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. Two 44-gun frigates, Pénélope and Pauline, sortied from Toulon harbour to chase a British frigate, HMS Proserpine, which was conducting surveillance of French movements. First sneaking undetected and later trying to pass herself as a British frigate coming to relieve Proserpine, Pénélope approached within gun range before being identified. With the help of Pauline, she subdued Proserpine and forced her to surrender after a one-hour fight. Proserpine was sailed to Toulon and commissioned in the French Navy, where she served until 1865. Captain Otter remained a prisoner in France until the end of the war; he was court martialed for the loss of his ship on 30 May 1814, and honourably acquitted. (en)
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  • None
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  • First French Empire
  • United Kingdom
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  • 1809-02-27 (xsd:date)
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  • French victory
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  • HMS Proserpine
  • Later 2 ships of the line supporting
  • Pauline
  • Pénélope
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  • Two sailing frigates are exchanging broadsides, while a third frigate in the distance approaches the two others from the rear and fires at extreme range. All three ships are surrounded by large clouds of smoke (en)
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  • Capture of HMS Proserpine by Pénélope and Pauline. Watercolour by Antoine Roux. (en)
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  • None (en)
  • Proserpine captured (en)
  • one killed, one mortally wounded, 11 lightly wounded. (en)
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  • First French Empire (en)
  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • Captain Bernard Dubourdieu (en)
  • Captain Charles Otter (en)
  • Captain François-Gilles Montfort (en)
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  • 0001-02-27 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • 1809-02-27 (xsd:date)
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  • 300 (xsd:integer)
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  • the Napoleonic Wars (en)
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  • off Cape Sicié, near Toulon (en)
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  • French victory (en)
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  • The action of 27 February 1809 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. Two 44-gun frigates, Pénélope and Pauline, sortied from Toulon harbour to chase a British frigate, HMS Proserpine, which was conducting surveillance of French movements. First sneaking undetected and later trying to pass herself as a British frigate coming to relieve Proserpine, Pénélope approached within gun range before being identified. With the help of Pauline, she subdued Proserpine and forced her to surrender after a one-hour fight. (en)
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  • Action of 27 February 1809 (en)
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