Single Ship Actions

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List of Single Ship Actions

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The Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667)
Date	Combatants				Notes
1667/02/05		Tiger (32)	vs	Schakerlo (30)	The Shakerloo was taken
War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
Date	Combatants				Notes
1745/03/28		Anglesea (44)	vs	Aquilon (42)	The Anglesea was taken
1747/07/15		Warwick (60)	vs	Glorioso (70)	The Glorioso made off
1747/10/06		King George (38)	vs	Glorioso (70)	The Glorioso withdrew
1747/10/07		Dartmouth (50)	vs	Glorioso (70)	The Dartmouth blew up
1747/10/07		Russell (80)	vs	Glorioso (70)	The Glorioso struck
The American War of Independence (1775-1780)
Date	Combatants				Notes
1779/05/07		Providence (12)	vs	Diligent (12)	Dilgent was taken
1780/06/01		Trumbull (30)	vs	Watt (32)	Both ships wtihdrew damaged
1782/03/16		Success (32)	vs	Santa Catalina (34)	The Santa Catalina was taken and burnt
The French Revolutionary Wars (1793-1802)
Date	Combatants				Notes
1793/03/13		Scourge (16)	vs	Sans Culottes (12)	The privateer Sans-Culotte was taken
1793/05/13		Iris (32)	vs	Citoyenne Française (32)	Inconclusive Action
1793/05/27		Venus (36)	vs	Semillante (32)	Inconclusive
1793/05/27		Hyaena (24)	vs	Concorde (36)	Hyaena was taken
1793/06/17		Nymphe (36)	vs	Cleopatre (32)	Cléopâtre was taken by boarding
1793/07/31		Boston (32)	vs	Embuscade (32)	Inconclusive
1793/10/19		Crescent (36)	vs	Reunion (36)	The Réunion struck
1793/10/24		Thames (32)	vs	Uranie (38)	Inconclusive. The Thames struck to a French squadron later in the day
1794/05/05		Orpheus (32)	vs	Duguay Trouin (34)
1794/05/06		Swiftsure (74)	vs	Atalante (32)	Atalante struck
1794/05/29		Carysfort (28)	vs	Castor (34)	Castor struck
1794/06/17		Romney (50)	vs	Sibylle (44)	Sibylle struck
1794/06/17		Artois (38)	vs	Revolutionnaire (36)	Révolutionnaire struck
1796/12/19		Blanche (32)	vs	Ceres (40)	The Action was inconclusive
1796/12/19		Minerve (38)	vs	Santa Sabina (40)	Santa Sabina struck, but was retaken the next day.
1798/02/25		Marechel de Coburg (12)	vs	Revanche (16)	none
1798/04/21		Mars (74)	vs	Hercule (74)	Hercule struck
1798/12/14		Ambuscade (32)	vs	Bayonnaise (28)	The
1799/03/18		Telegraph (14)	vs	Hirondelle (16)	none
1800/08/20		Seine (40)	vs	Vengeance (40)	none
The Quasi War (1799-1805)
Date	Combatants				Notes
1798/07/07		Delaware (20)	vs	Croyable (14)	The Croyable was taken
1799/02/09		Constellation (38)	vs	Insurgente (32)	Insurgente was taken
1799/12/29		Connecticut (24)	vs	Italic Conquest (18)	The privateer Italic Conqueste was taken
1800/01/21		Herald (18)	vs	Mutine (6)	The Mutine was taken
1800/02/01		Constellation (38)	vs	Vengeance (40)	none
1800/06/17		Enterprise (12)	vs	Cygne (4)	Cygne was taken
1800/07/04		Enterprise (12)	vs	Aigle (74)	Aigle was taken
1800/07/23		Enterprise (12)	vs	Flambeau (12)	Flambeau was taken
1800/10/12		Boston (28)	vs	Berceau (20)	none
The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
Date	Combatants				Notes
1804/04/11		Wilhelmina (22)	vs	Psyche (32)	The action was inconclusive
1805/02/08		Curieux (18)	vs	Dame Ernouf (14)	The privateer Dame Ernouf was taken
1808/08/26		Implacable (74)	vs	(0)
1809/06/27		Cyane (22)	vs	Cerere (32)
The War of 1812 (1812-1814)
Date	Combatants				Notes
1812/08/19		Constitution (44)	vs	Guerriere (38)	Guerriere was taken and later burnt
1812/10/18		Wasp (18)	vs	Frolic (18)	Frolic was taken, but quickly retaken
1812/10/25		United States (44)	vs	Macedonian (38)	Macedonian was taken
1812/12/29		Constitution (44)	vs	Java (38)	Java was taken and later burnt
1813/08/14		Argus (16)	vs	Pelican (18)	The Argus was taken
1813/09/05		Enterprise (12)	vs	Boxer (12)	Boxer was taken