by John Marshall

“ Moubray visited Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Smyrna, Malta, and Ancona; and he appears to have continued in the Juno until after her remarkable escape from the inner harbour of Toulon [2] , when he was discharged into Lord Hood’s flagship, the Victory of 100 guns, on promotion.
On the 27th May, 1794, Mr. Moubray was appointed Lieutenant of la Mozelle sloop, in which vessel we find him present at the capture of two French line-of-battle ships, by the fleet under Vice-Admiral Hotham, Mar. 14, 1795 [3] . ”

“ Captain Brisbane, with his usual intrepidity, having decided upon trying the passage, la Mozelle bore up, and the Frenchmen, knowing it was impossible to follow, opened their fire in succession to sink her: all the spare sails had previously been spread between decks, with a quantity of tar, and every thing else inflammable, Captain Brisbane being determined to destroy his sloop, rather than that she should be captured.
Oil the 19th Aug. 1796, Lieutenant Moubray joined la Virginie frigate. Captain Anthony Hunt. ”

“ In July following, la Mozelle narrowly escaped being captured by an enemy’s squadron, consisting of one 80-gun ship and four 74’s, which had been sent from Toulon to attack a small force under Captain Horatio Nelson, employed in cooperation with the Austrian army at Vado. ”