Sibylle was a 38-gun Hébé-class frigate of the French Navy. She was launched in 1791 at the dockyards in Toulon and placed in service in 1792. After the 50-gun fourth rate HMS Romney captured her in 1
Sibylle (left) at the Battle of Mykonos
Capture of Sybille by Romney
Sybille fighting Forte
HMS Sybille capturing Chiffonne
Action of 28 February 1799
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The action of 28 February 1799 was a minor naval engagement of the East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought off the mouth of the Hooghly River in the Bay of Bengal between the Fren
French frigate Sibylle (1791)
…in a hunt for the French frigate Forte, under Captain Beaulieu-Leloup. The ships met on 28 February in the Balasore Roads in the Bay of Bengal at the action of 28 February 1799. Sybille took Forte by surprise and captured her, as Forte's captain mistook Sybille for a merchantman. Cooke was wounded in the action and died at…
Memorial to Cooke in Westminster Abbey