HMS Sylph (1795)
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HMS Sylph was a 16-gun Albatross-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy designed by William Rule and launched in 1795 at Deptford Dockyard. Her namesake was the air spirit sylph. She commissioned in Augus
HMS Sylph (R) and the cutter Mary Ann, 1795
Sylph in action off Santander against a French frigate (44) on the night of 31 July 1801 was heavily damaged before breaking off, by Robert Dodd
Sylph meets French frigate Artémise (44) on the night of 28 September 1801 at Cape Penas, 1801 and was obliged to bear away and decline the action:
HMS Artois (1794)
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HMS Artois was a fifth-rate Artois-class frigate of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir John Henslow and launched in 1794 at Rotherhithe as the lead ship of her class. She served for the majority of her c
HMS Sylph (1795)
…1797 Sylph participated in the destruction of the French 28-gun frigate La Calliope off the coast of Brittany. Sylph was in company with HMS Pomone, HMS Artois, HMS Anson, and the cutter Dolly when they came across a French convoy of fourteen ships guarded by Calliope, a corvette, and a brig-corvette off Ushant…
Sir Edmund Nagle, who commanded Artois for almost all her service