In 1803 lieutenant de vaisseau François-Gilles Montfort was captain of the gunbrig Venteux.
On 27 June boats from HMS Loire captured Venteux at the Île de Batz, where she was sheltering under the guns of shore batteries.
The British boarded her, and though outnumbered, in a fierce 10-minute struggle succeeded in taking her over.
[4] As captain of the 44-gun frigate Pauline, Montfort took part in the action of 27 February 1809.
For his failure to support these ships, his conduct was deemed cowardly, and he was relieved of command.