 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kwa1799 Bay reBengal rakanga risina kudzivirirwa zvikuru. Mutungamiriri wehondo yeBritain, Rear-Admiral Peter Rainier, akanga atora ngarava dzake zhinji kumadokero akananga kuGungwa Dzvuku kunobatanidzwa mukurwisana nehondo yaNapoleon Bonaparte muEgypt, kuchisiya frigate imwe chete kuti ichengetedze kutengeserana kwezvikepe munharaunda yacho. Ngarava iyi yaiva HMS Sybille, ngarava hombe, ine simba yakatorwa kuvaFrench muHondo yeMykonos muna 1794. Ichirema matani anopfuura 1 000 bm uye nebhatiri guru rezvombo 28 zvombo zve 18-pounder refu zvakawedzerwa nematanhatu 9-pounder pfuti refu uye gumi nemana 32-pounder cannonades, Sybille yakanga iri ngarava inotyisa, asi yakanyanya kuderera kupfuura Forte yakakura. Vakawanda vevashandi veSybille vakanga varwara apo ngarava yakanga yakamira paCalcutta, ichisiya isina vanhu. Kuti avatsive, vashandi vakanga vawedzerwa neboka revarwi vaibva mungarava inonzi HMS Fox uye varwi vaibva kuScotch Brigade. Aitungamirirwa akanga ari Kaputeni Edward Cooke, uyo akanga azvizivisa amene pakuvamba muhondo kupfurikidza nokurukurirano yokuzviisa pasi peguta rechiteshi chengarava reFrance reMediterranean reToulon muna 1793. Chiito ichi, pasi pokutyisidzirwa nokuurayiwa neboka reRepublican muguta racho, chakatungamirira kukombwa kweToulon nokuparadzwa kweinenge hafu yeFrench Mediterranean Fleet. Muna January 1798 Cooke naSybille vakanga vapinda muKupamba kwakabudirira paManila. 