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The Action of 15 February 1783 was a small naval engagement which was fought off Guadeloupe between the French Navy frigate ''Concorde'' of 36 guns and the Royal Navy 74-gun ship of the line . The British were victorious when ''Concorde'' was overhauled and captured.〔McGrigor pg 41〕 Captain Charles Inglis was given command of a squadron of four ships cruising independently in the West Indies. The squadron, consisting of HMS ''St Albans'', the 64-gun , the 74-gun HMS ''Magnificent'' under Captain Robert Linzee and the sloop , had arrived in St. Lucia. They were to eventually help blockade Cap-François off Saint-Domingue with the help of ships of the line from the Jamaica station.〔 On 12 February reports arrived of a French squadron, consisting of ''Triton'', ''Amphion'' and several frigates, having sailed from Martinique and so the squadron was sent to investigate. ''Magnificent'' sailed from Gros Islet Bay in Bay on 12 February 1783 in company with ''Prudent'' and ''St Albans''. On 15 February 1783 a French frigate was sighted just past Guadeloupe island by ''Magnificent''. The frigate was the ''Concorde'' carrying 36 guns and 300 men, and was under the command of Chevalier du Clesmaur.〔 ''Magnificent'' gave chase and by 20:00 as darkness fell ''Concorde'' opened fire on her pursuer with her stern guns.〔 ''Magnificent'' however overhauled the French ship by 21:15, and after fifteen minutes of fighting including a devastating broadside, forced her to strike her colours. ''Magnificent'' then took possession of ''Concorde''.〔 Shortly after surrendering, the ''Concorde''s maintopsail caught fire, forcing the crew to cut away the mainmast to extinguish it.〔 ''Prudent'' and ''St Albans'' arrived two hours later and ''Magnificent'' towed ''Concorde'' to St. John's, Antigua.〔 ''Concorde'' served in the Royal Navy as HMS ''Concorde'' until being broken up in 1811.〔 ==Notes & References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Action of 15 February 1783」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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