by John Marshall

“ The next morning they were again discovered and pursued by Captain Mansel, but succeeded in effecting their escape into Teneriffe. The Penguin’s loss on this occasion was very trifling, considering the length of the contest, and the superiority of the enemy, whose fire appears to have been directed principally against her rigging. She had not a man slain, and only a few persons wounded. ”

“ Captain Mansel commanded the Adventure 44, armed en flute, during the expeditions against the Helder and Quiberon [2] , and subsequently the Penguin of 18 guns, on the Irish station. In Feb. 1801, being on his passage to the Cape of Good Hope with despatches for Sir Roger Curtis, he fell in with and was attacked by a French squadron, consisting of a corvette mounting 24 guns, and two other ships, of 16 guns each. ”