Action of 21 October 1794
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The action of 21 October 1794 was a minor naval engagement between Great Britain and France fought off the Breton coast of France during the second year of the French Revolutionary Wars. French frigat
Portrait of Sir Edward Pellew by Thomas Lawrence, c.1797
HMS Galatea (1794)
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HMS Galatea was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy designed by George Parsons at Bursledon and launched in 1794. Before she was broken up in 1809 she captured numerous prizes and participat
Action of 21 October 1794
…Sir Edward Pellew in the frigate HMS Arethusa, accompanied by HMS Artois under Captain Edmund Nagle, HMS Diamond under Captain Sir Sidney Smith and HMS Galatea under Captain Richard Goodwin Keats. All four ships had specially selected crews and equipment and the squadron formed the elite force of the Channel…
Painting of Galatea by Thomas Whitcombe
Galatea drawn in 1794
The Needles from the cliffs inshore at The Needles Batteries