<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Muna 1802, kusawirirana kwakamukazve pakati peBritain neFrance, nyika yokupedzisira zvino iri pasi pokutonga kwoMutungamiriri Mukuru Napoleon Bonaparte. Achiziva kuti kudzokera kuhondo kwakanga kusingadzivisiki, Napoleon akarayira Mauto Emuchadenga eFrance kugadzirira simba nokuda kwebasa rakatambanudzwa muIndian Ocean, simba iro raizokwanisa kuparira kurasikirwa kukuru pakutengeserana kweBritain kubva munharaunda yacho. Ngarava huru yechikwata ichi yaifanira kuva ngarava inokurumidza ye Marengo, ngarava ine pfuti 74 yaitungamirirwa naContra-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois. Linois akanga ari mukuru mukuru ane ruzivo uyo akanga achibatanidzwa neBritish pane dzimwe nguva munguva dzeFrance Revolutionary Wars: muna May 1794, akabatwa apo frigate yake Atalante yakamhanya pakati peAtlantic ne. Akakurumidza kuchinjana, ngarava yake inotevera Inoshamisa yakabatwa mushure mekudzivirira kwakasimba paHondo yeGroix, uye gore rakatevera akabatwa zvakare mu Unité yake itsva uye akazotora chikamu mu Expédition dIrlande ine njodzi mu Nestor mushure mekutsinhana kwechitatu kwevasungwa. Hondo yake inokosha zvikurusa yakaitika muna July 1801, apo akatungamirira boka revaFrance mukati mokukunda kwavo muHondo Yokutanga yeAlgeciras  <response>: , kwaakabatwa. Akanga ariwo mukutungamira kwechikamu pakukundwa muHondo yechipiri yeAlgeciras mazuva mana gare gare, asi chiito ichi chakawedzera mukurumbira wake mukati meFrench Navy semutungamiri akabudirira. Marengo yaiperekedzwa neAtalante, Sémillante uye uye inotakura Côte dOr uye Marie Françoise. Sezviri pachena chikwata ichi chakatumirwa kuIndian Ocean kunotora Pondicherry ndokuisa gavhuna mutsva mumakoroni eFrance eIndian Ocean, General Charles Decaen. Ngarava yacho yaitakura varwi 1 350 uye huwandu hukuru hwezvokushandisa zvose zviri zviviri rwendo rwemwedzi mina kuenda kuIndia nemabasa akawedzerwa aitarisirwa ayo aifanira kuitevera. 