What the records say
- When
- 9 Jul 1806
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 6.47° N, 81.72° E
- Description
- 1806 minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars
- Naval
- yes
Action of 9 July 1806
Minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars
The action of 9 July 1806 was a minor engagement between a French privateer frigate and British forces off Southern Ceylon during the Napoleonic Wars. French privateers operating from the Indian Ocean islands of Île Bonaparte and Île de France were a serious threat to British trade across the Indian Ocean during the Wars, and the British deployed numerous methods of intercepting them, including disguising warships a…
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