Cika wannan jumla: "Desaix" ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin farko na Algeciras a cikin Algeciras Bay a gabar tekun Spain a ranar 6 ga Yuli 1801 a matsayin wani ɓangare na rundunar sojojin Faransa a ƙarƙashin umurnin Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois, wanda ya kafa rundunarsa a cikin layin yaƙi tare da jiragensa 500 yards (460 mita) a nesa da kuma jirginsa, jirgi mai linzami 80 na layin "Formidable", a ƙarshen arewacin, tare da "Desaix" a bayanta. Kamar yadda jiragen ruwa na rundunar Birtaniya a karkashin umurnin Rear Admiral James Saumarez ya shiga bay, an kwantar da su, kuma Linois ya umarci ma'aikatan jirginsa su yi amfani da jiragen ruwa a cikin ruwa mai zurfi. A halin da ake ciki, Birtaniya 74-gun na uku na jirgin ruwa na layi a karkashin Kyaftin Samuel Hood, ya bude wuta a kan "Desaix" a nesa a 08:50. Da karfe 09:15, jirgin ruwan Saumarez, jirgin ruwa na uku mai bindigogi 74 na layin, ya sauka a cikin kogin kuma ya shiga aikin, kuma ya harba a kan "Desaix". Lokacin da iska mai sauƙi ta fara busawa daga arewa maso yamma, Linois ya umarci jiragensa su yanke igiyoyin anga kuma su matsa zuwa wurare masu kyau kusa da bakin teku, amma "Desaix" ya yi tsalle a gaban Algeciras a lokacin motsa jiki. "Desaix" yana daya daga cikin manyan jiragen ruwa na Faransa da suka shiga cikin yakin, wanda ya ƙare a nasarar Faransa.