HMS Imperieuse (1805)
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HMS Imperieuse was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was originally the Spanish Navy frigate Medea which had been launched at Ferrol in 1797. At the action of 5 October 1804 she was p
Imperieuse (first from right) at the Battle of the Basque Roads
Medea (fourth from left) at the action of 5 October 1804
Lord Cochrane's exploits in the Mediterranean earned Imperieuse a reputation as a highly effective coastal raider
Imperieuse advancing on the grounded French fleet on the morning of 12 April 1809
HMS Indefatigable (1784)
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HMS Indefatigable was one of the Ardent-class 64-gun third-rate ships-of-the-line designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. She was built as a ship-of-the-line, but most of her active s
HMS Imperieuse (1805)
…The British intercepted the Spanish squadron off the southern coast of Portugal on 5 October and demanded their surrender, which Bustamante refused. HMS Indefatigable, Moore's flagship, fired a warning shot across Medea's bow and a general exchange of fire subsequently broke out between the squadrons. Following ten…
Indefatigable (left) at the action of 21 April 1796
Portrait of Sir Edward Pellew by Thomas Lawrence, 1797.
Virginie fighting HMS Indefatigable
Fight of the Indefatigable (left) and Droits de l'Homme, as depicted by Léopold le Guen (1853)