Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Minerve" yakatanga kurairwa naCaptain Jaques Collet, achipinda mubasa mumazuva ekutanga eHondo yeChitatu yeChitatu
pakati peBritain nevatsigiri vayo, neFrance yaNapoleon. Muna Kubvumbi 1806 aiva chikamu chechikwata chaitungamirirwa neContra-Admiral Zacharie Allemand uye chaisanganisira ngarava shanu-dze-line, mafrigate mashanu, uye ngarava ina diki dzakasungwa pasi pemahombekombe emabhatiri eIle-d'Aix vakamirira mukana wekuenda kugungwa. MaBritish aiziva nzvimbo yeAllemand's squadron; musi wa25 Kubvumbi Admiral Edward Thornbrough, akatumira maBritish frigate pedyo neIle-d'Aix kuti averenge ngarava dzevavengi. Allemand akarayira "Minerve" uye corvettes nhatu, "Lynx", "Sylphe", uye "Palinure", kusangana neBritish frigate, zvichitungamirira kukakavadzana uko pasina ngarava yakakuvadzwa zvikuru. Dzimwe ngarava nhatu dzeBritain dzakatevera kusvika - ngarava yechikepe, ngarava ine zvombo zvine zvombo gumi nezvitanhatu, uye mudziyo wokucheka zvombo - uye Kaputeni Collet akagumisa kukakavadzana nokufamba nechikepe che"Minerve" kuenda kunzvimbo yaidzivirirwa nezvombo zvepachitsuwa chacho.