The masters of all three British vessels, together with their crews, some 20 men in all, were on Contre Amiral Magon at the time of her capture and Cruizer took them on board.
On the morning of 24 November 1807, at about 9am, Ann was sailing in the Straits of Gibraltar when she observed 10 gunboats coming towards her and Vensejo.
The wind was too weak to permit the two British vessels to escape so MacKenzie prepared for action.
However, MacKenzie did not try to take possession as he had only 30 men of his crew aboard Ann, but had 42 prisoners and dispatches.
The Spanish attempted to close with and board Ann but MacKenzie used his sweeps to manoeuvre her, thus maintaining fire on them.
[6] In 1847 the Admiralty awarded any surviving claimants the Naval General Service Medal with a clasp that commemorated the vessel's name and the date of the action,[7] however no one came forward to collect it.
While returning from Halifax, Nova Scotia Foxhound foundered in the Atlantic in August 1809 with the loss of her entire crew.
[9] There exists a record of a hired armed brig Anne that served from 1810 to 1813 under the command of Lieutenant J.
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