British Royal Navy frigate HMS Sybille defeats…

February 1799 CE

British Royal Navy frigate HMS Sybille defeats the French frigate Forte, off the mouth of the Hooghly River in the Bay of Bengal on February 28, 1799, but both captains are killed.

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Hooghly River Murshidabad District West Bengal India View →

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Britain, Kingdom of Great View → India, East India Company rule in View → India, French View → French First Republic View →

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Colonization of Asia, French View → Colonization of Asia, British View → French Revolutionary Wars, or “Great French War” View → French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1799 View → Action of 28 February 1799 View →

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Conflict View → Mayhem View →

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