The action of 23 April 1794 took place between a British squadron of five frigates under the command of Sir John Borlase Warren and three frigates and a corvette under the command of Chef d'escadre F. Desgarceaux during the French Revolutionary Wars. Three of the French ships were captured.
Capture of Pomone, Engageante and Babet by Thomas Whitcombe
Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet was a British Royal Navy officer, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1807.
Sir John Borlase Warren, by Daniel Orme, 1799
Memorial to Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet, in St Mary's Church, Attenborough
Portrait of his daughter, Frances Maria Warren, between c. 1820 and c. 1830