Action of 22 October 1793
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The action of 22 October 1793 was a minor naval engagement fought in the Mediterranean Sea during the War of the First Coalition, early in the French Revolutionary Wars. During the engagement a lone B
Painting of the action by Nicholas Pocock
HMS Agamemnon (1781)
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HMS Agamemnon was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She saw service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and fought in many major nava
Action of 22 October 1793
…the War of the First Coalition, early in the French Revolutionary Wars. During the engagement a lone British Royal Navy ship of the line, the 64-gun HMS Agamemnon, attacked the French Navy large frigate Melpomène, part of a larger squadron, off the coast of Sardinia. Although Agamemnon chased Melpomène some…
Agamemnon at the action of 22 October 1793
A model of Agamemnon at Bucklers Hard
Agamemnon (left) battling Ça Ira on 13 March 1795. The frigates HMS Inconstant (left, background) and Vestale (right) are also visible.
Diagram of the Battle of Copenhagen, showing Agamemnon grounded near the Middle Ground