<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Isenzo sango-12 Agasti 1782 sasiyisenzo esincane somkhumbi owodwa esiphikisana ne-French 32-gun frigate Bellone kuya ku-British 28-gun HMS Coventry ekuhambeni kweMpi yaseTrincomalee  <response>: . futhi. Nakuba zombili lezi zikebhe zaziyizikebhe ezincane, i-Bellone yayingeyeqembu le-Iphigénie futhi yayiyizikebhe ezincane ezinkulu ngesikhathi sayo, ithwala ibhethri lezikhali ezinde ezingamakhilogremu angu-18, kuyilapho i-Coventry yayiyisilinganiso sesithupha esihlome kuphela ngezibhamu ezinde ezingamakhilogremu angu-9. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Bellone yayinenzuzo yomoya. Abasebenzi beCoventry babecishe babe izingxenye ezintathu zalabo beBellone, kodwa kulokhu kwaqiniswa amabutho ayewathwele. Naphezu kwalezi zimo ezicindezelayo, i-Coventry yakwazi ukubangela ukulimala okukhulu ku-Bellone, futhi ngokuzimisela kakhulu ukudubula iningi labasebenzi abaphezulu. Ukudideka okwaba umphumela ku-Bellone kwavumela i-Coventry ukuba ibalekele eMadras. 