Action of 28 February 1799

The action of 28 February 1799 was a minor naval engagement of the East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought off the mouth of the Hooghly River in the Bay of Bengal between the French frigate Forte and the Royal Navy frigate HMS Sybille. Forte was an exceptionally large and powerful ship engaged on a commerce raiding operation against British merchant shipping off the port of Calcutta in British India. To eliminate this threat, Sybille was sent from Madras in pursuit. Acting on information from released prisoners, Edward Cooke, captain of Sybille, was sailing off Balasore when distant gunfire alerted him to the presence of Forte on the evening of 28 February. The French frigate was discovered at anchor in the sandbanks at the mouth of the Hooghly with two recently captured British merchant ships.

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1799  Wikidata
Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle, French First Republic, 

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1799	Action of 28 February 1799	French First Republic, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata