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Action of 1 January 1800

When
1 January 1800
Where
Gulf of Gonâve, off the coast of Haiti
Part of
Action of 1 January 1800

USS Experiment, becalmed with four merchantmen in the Gulf of Gonâve, repelled an attack by 14 armed barges loyal to André Rigaud.

On 1 January 1800, while becalmed in the Gulf of Gonâve off Haiti with a convoy of four merchant vessels, the 12-gun schooner USS Experiment under Lieutenant William Maley was attacked by 14 armed barges loyal to Brigadier-General André Rigaud, a mulatto commander then embroiled in the War of the South against Toussaint Louverture. The convoy fought off the assault, and the engagement ended indecisively.

Sources

  1. USS Experiment (1799) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-01-18
  2. Quasi-War Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-03

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