Woodley Losack

[3] As a lieutenant, Losack served on HMS Ville de Paris, the flagship of Admiral William Cornwallis, and participated in the enterprise to cut out la Chevrette, a French corvette, of 20 nine-pounders and 350 men, from under the batteries in Camaret Bay, near Brest, on the night of 21 July 1801.

[7] The action marked the end of the final French attempt to operate in the Indian Ocean during the Napoleonic Wars.

[8] There were recriminations among the British squadron, Schomberg praising Astraea and Phoebe but omitting Racehorse and Galatea from the recommendations in his post-battle report.

[9] Captain Losack was particularly offended as Schomberg had implied that Galatea's distress signal that was flown during the battle was an overreaction in the face of the enemy, despite her casualties being greater than the rest of the squadron combined.

[10][Note 1] He subsequently requested a court martial to clear any suggestion of cowardice from his name but the Admiralty refused,[4] commenting that they were fully satisfied with his conduct.