The French squadron sailed between the cutters and luggers on the one side and the three British ships on the other, so the small vessels fled back to Plymouth.

MacBride lost his temper and ordered Hall to sail back to Guernsey to deliver a letter to Saumarez.

Tacking back and forth, Crescent sailed around Guernsey's north side and then south to Saint Peter Port.

[7] On 20 January 1795, the British government seized the Dutch men of war, East Indiamen, and merchant vessels then in Plymouth.

[9] On 20 May 1801 HMS Clyde, Captain Charles Cunningham, and Cockchafer sailed from Plymouth to Jersey where they were to be part of a squadron with Philippe d'Auvergne as commodore.

[11] Loss: On 1 November 1801 Cockchafer was under the command of V. Philpot, variously referred to as her master, or a lieutenant, when she foundered off Guernsey in a gale.