Battle

Action of 10 February 1809

8 Feb 1809 – 10 Feb 1809 · 19.83° N, 61.50° W

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When
8 Feb 1809 – 10 Feb 1809
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
19.83° N, 61.50° W
Description
1809 naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars
Naval
yes

Action of 10 February 1809

Naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars

The action of 10 February 1809 was a minor naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, in which a British Royal Navy squadron chased and captured the French frigate Junon in the Caribbean Sea. Junon was on a mission to carry trade goods from the Îles des Saintes near Guadeloupe back to France and was part of a succession of French warships sent during 1808 and the early months of 1809 in an effort to break the British b…

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