Action of 23 April 1794

Action of 23 April 1794
	Part of the naval operations during the War of the First Coalition
	; Capture of Pomone, Engageante and Babet; by Thomas Whitcombe
Date	23 April 1794
Location	South-west of Guernsey
Result	British victory
Belligerents
France	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
F. Desgareaux †	Sir John Borlase Warren; Richard Strachan
Strength
3 frigates; 1 corvette	5 frigates
Casualties and losses
2 frigates and the corvette captured.; Pomone:; 80 and 100 killed and wounded; Babet:; 30 and 40 killed and wounded; Engageante:; 30 to 40 men killed and wounded	Flora:; 1 killed, 3 wounded; Arethusa:; 3 killed, 5 wounded; Melampus :; 5 killed, 5 wounded; Concorde:; 1 killed, 12 wounded

The action of 23 April 1794 took place between a British squadron of five frigates under the command of Sir John Borlase Warren and three frigates and a corvette under the command of Chef d'escadre F. Desgarceaux during the French Revolutionary Wars. Three of the French ships were captured.

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