Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "Minerve" an fara umurce shi ne da Kyaftin Jaques Collet, ya shiga sabis a farkon zamanin
Yaƙin Haɗin Gwiwa na Hudu tsakanin Burtaniya da ƙawayenta, da Faransa ta Napoleon. A watan Afrilu na 1806 ta kasance wani ɓangare na rundunar sojan ruwa a ƙarƙashin Rear Admiral Zacharie Allemand kuma ya ƙunshi jiragen ruwa guda biyar, jiragen ruwa guda biyar, da ƙananan jiragen ruwa guda huɗu da aka kafa a ƙarƙashin batutuwan bakin teku na Île-d'Aix suna jiran damar da za su shiga teku. 'Yan Burtaniya sun san wurin da rundunar sojan Allemand take; a ranar 25 ga Afrilu Admiral Edward Thornbrough, ya aika da jirgin ruwan Burtaniya kusa da Île-d'Aix don ƙidaya jiragen ruwan abokan gaba. Allemand ya umarci "Minerve" da kuma corvettes guda uku, "Lynx", "Sylphe", da "Palinure", don saduwa da jirgin ruwa na Birtaniya, wanda ya haifar da rikici wanda babu jirgi da ya lalace sosai. Sauran jiragen ruwa guda uku na Burtaniya sun kusanci - jirgin ruwa, jirgin ruwa mai bindigogi 16, da kuma mai yankewa - kuma Kyaftin Collet ya kawo karshen yakin ta hanyar tafiya "Minerve" zuwa wani matsayi a karkashin makaman bindigogi na tsibirin.