HMS Romney captured the French frigate Sibylle in Mykonos harbour on 17 June 1794, after a broadside exchange with anchored ships.

The engagement was fought in the main harbour of Mykonos on 17 June 1794, during the War of the First Coalition. Sibylle and Romney lay anchored and immobile in the bay before Mykonos town, exchanging broadsides with no opportunity to manoeuvre. Rondeau used a delay during surrender negotiations to position Sibylle between Romney's line of fire and the town. Sibylle carried a broadside weight of about 380 pounds against Romney's 414 pounds from 24-pounder long guns, which historian William James judged not a decided overmatch for a 40-gun French frigate. James credited the French with fighting hard but criticised Rondeau for communicating an oath not to strike his colours.

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