HMS Mediator (1782)
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HMS Mediator was a Roebuck-class 44-gun fifth rate of the Royal Navy. She was built and served during the American War of Independence, but was reduced to a storeship and renamed HMS Camel in 1788. She spent the French Revolutionary and part of the Napoleonic Wars in this capacity before being broken up in 1810.
HMS 'Mediator' engaging French and American vessels, 11–12 December 1782, a 1783 work by Thomas Luny of the action of 12 December 1782
Mediator about to attack the enemy convoy off Cape Ortegal, 12 December 1782
Captain James Luttrell, commander of Mediator at the action of 12 December 1782, and commended by King George III for his skill and bravery.
Cuthbert Collingwood, depicted by Henry Howard. Collingwood commanded Mediator in the West Indies, serving with his friend and colleague Horatio Nelson.
The Preneuse was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort. She served as a commerce raider at Île de France.
Destruction of Preneuse, by Auguste Mayer
Destruction of the Preneuse