. "3 killed" . "1794-10-21"^^ . "Antoine Th\u00E9venard"@en . . . . "--10-21"^^ . . . . . . . . "Map of the region, the approximate location of the action marked in red"@en . . "Action of 21 October 1794"@en . . . "5 wounded" . . . . . . . . "8"^^ . . . . . . . . "3"^^ . . . . "1"^^ . . . . "5"^^ . . . . "The action of 21 October 1794 was a minor naval engagement between Great Britain and France fought off the Breton coast of France during the second year of the French Revolutionary Wars. French frigates had been raiding British Atlantic trade routes with considerable success since the outbreak of the war, and in response the Admiralty had formed a frigate squadron to patrol the French Channel and Atlantic coasts in search of French raiders. On 13 October 1794, the large, modern and powerful 40-gun French frigate R\u00E9volutionnaire under the command of Captain Antoine Ren\u00E9 Th\u00E9venard sailed from Le Havre for a raiding cruise against British trade routes in the Atlantic. Eight days later, while rounding the Breton headland of Ushant about 25\u201330 nautical miles (56 km) out to sea, R\u00E9volutionnaire encountered the British frigate squadron, commanded by Commodore Sir Edward Pellew, which had secured a number of victories over French raiding frigates during the previous two years. Pellew ordered his ships to give chase, as Th\u00E9venard fled towards the French coast before the British numerical supremacy. One British ship was faster than the others, the 38-gun HMS Artois under Captain Edmund Nagle cutting R\u00E9volutionnaire off from the shore and bringing the larger French ship to action. For 45 minutes Artois battled R\u00E9volutionnaire until support arrived, at which point the French frigate's crew surrendered their ship in defiance of their captain's orders. Casualties and damage were light on both sides, and R\u00E9volutionnaire was rapidly commissioned into the Royal Navy, joining the squadron that had captured her and subsequently capturing the French frigate Unit\u00E9 at the action of 13 April 1796."@en . . . . . . "British victory"@en . . . . . "4 frigates" . . . . . "France" . . . . "1794-10-21"^^ . . . . . . . . "The action of 21 October 1794 was a minor naval engagement between Great Britain and France fought off the Breton coast of France during the second year of the French Revolutionary Wars. French frigates had been raiding British Atlantic trade routes with considerable success since the outbreak of the war, and in response the Admiralty had formed a frigate squadron to patrol the French Channel and Atlantic coasts in search of French raiders. On 13 October 1794, the large, modern and powerful 40-gun French frigate R\u00E9volutionnaire under the command of Captain Antoine Ren\u00E9 Th\u00E9venard sailed from Le Havre for a raiding cruise against British trade routes in the Atlantic. Eight days later, while rounding the Breton headland of Ushant about 25\u201330 nautical miles (56 km) out to sea, R\u00E9volutionnaire "@en . . . . "France"@en . . . . . . "Action of 21 October 1794"@en . . . . . . "14249"^^ . . "Off Ushant, Atlantic Ocean"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "1 frigate" . "Edward Pellew"@en . . . . . . "the French Revolutionary Wars"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "35430066"^^ . . "British victory" . . . . . . . . "1056459867"^^ . "4"^^ . . . . "1"^^ . . . .