Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Omume nke 12 August 1782 bụ obere otu ụgbọ mmiri nke megidere French 32-gun frigate "Bellone" na British 28-gun HMS "Coventry" na-aga n'ihu na
Agha nke Trincomalee. Ọ bụ ezie na ụgbọ mmiri abụọ ahụ bụ frigates, "Bellone" so na klas "Iphigénie" ma bụrụ nnukwu frigate maka oge ya, na-ebu batrị nke egbe ogologo 18-pounder, ebe "Coventry" bụ nke isii nke nwere naanị egbe ogologo 9-pounder. Ọzọkwa, "Bellone" nwere uru nke ifufe. Ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri nke "Coventry" bụ ihe dị ka otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ nke nke "Bellone", ma n'oge ahụ, ndị agha ọ na-ebu kwadoro ya. N'agbanyeghi nsogbu ndị a, "Coventry" jisiri ike merụọ "Bellone" ahụ, ma gbuo ọtụtụ ndị isi ndị ọrụ. Mgbagwoju anya nke a kpatara na "Bellone" mere ka "Coventry" gbapụ gaa Madras.