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The action of 6 April 1809 was a small naval battle fought between the French frigate Niémen and several British frigates, principally HMS Amethyst, as part of the blockade of Brest, France during the Napoleonic Wars. During the Wars, a central part of British strategy was to isolate French ports from international trade in an attempt to both restrict French imports of food and military supplies and simultaneously to damage the French economy. To achieve this, British warships maintained a constant vigil off the French coastline, attacking ships that attempted to enter or leave French ports. Despite the threat that their ships faced, communication and the transfer of supplies between France and her colonies was vital to the French war effort, and the French Navy made constant attempts to e

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  • Action of 6 April 1809 (en)
  • Acción del 6 de abril de 1809 (es)
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  • The action of 6 April 1809 was a small naval battle fought between the French frigate Niémen and several British frigates, principally HMS Amethyst, as part of the blockade of Brest, France during the Napoleonic Wars. During the Wars, a central part of British strategy was to isolate French ports from international trade in an attempt to both restrict French imports of food and military supplies and simultaneously to damage the French economy. To achieve this, British warships maintained a constant vigil off the French coastline, attacking ships that attempted to enter or leave French ports. Despite the threat that their ships faced, communication and the transfer of supplies between France and her colonies was vital to the French war effort, and the French Navy made constant attempts to e (en)
  • La acción del 6 de abril de 1809 fue una batalla naval menor entre la fragata francesa y varias fragatas británicas, principalmente el , que formó parte del bloqueo de Brest, Francia, durante las guerras napoleónicas. Durante estas guerras, una parte importante de la estrategia británica consistió en aislar los puertos franceses del mercado internacional en un intento de restringir las importaciones francesas de comida y provisiones militares y simultáneamente dañar la economía francesa. Con el fin de conseguir esto, varios barcos de guerra británicos ejercían una vigilancia constante de la costa francesa y atacaban a los barcos que trataban de acceder a los puertos franceses o partir de ellos. A pesar de la amenaza que tenían que afrontar los barcos, la comunicación y el transporte de pr (es)
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  • Action of 6 April 1809 (en)
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  • Combat de la frégate Niemen contre les frégates Aréthusa et Amethyst, by Jean-Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager (en)
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