Action of 13 March 1806
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The action of 13 March 1806 was a naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, fought when a British and a French squadron met unexpectedly in the mid-Atlantic. Neither force was aware of the presence of
Contemporary engraving of the action
1794 portrait of Warren
Illustration of the battle by Nicholas Pocock
John Borlase Warren
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Admiral of the White Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet was a Royal Navy officer, diplomat and politician who sat in the British House of Commons between 1774 and 1807.
Action of 13 March 1806
…in separate campaigns. The British squadron consisted of seven ships of the line accompanied by associated frigates, led by Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir John Borlase Warren, were tasked with hunting down and destroying the French squadron of Counter-admiral Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez, which had departed Brest for…
Portrait of his daughter, Frances Maria Warren, between c. 1820 and c. 1830