Admiral Sir John Talbot GCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in which he fought at several prominent single-ship actions, all of which were successfu
The Battle of Pirano, which Talbot fought in
HMS Milan
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HMS Milan was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously been Ville de Milan, a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, but served for only a year before being chased down and engage
John Talbot (Royal Navy officer)
…coast and following the war retired to his country seat, never returning to service. Talbot's most famous actions were the capture of the French frigate Ville de Milan in 1805 while commander of HMS Leander and the capture of the ship of the line Rivoli in the Adriatic Sea on her maiden voyage, during Battle of Pirano…
Battle between Ville de Milan and HMS Cleopatra, depicted in a contemporary print
The chase of Ville de Milan by HMS Cleopatra