carrying 12-pounder cannon. Authorisation for the payment of prize money was published in the London Gazette on 4 February 1794, amounting to £5,239 (the equivalent of £ as of ) divided between the men of Crescent and Circe. More than five decades later the battle was among the actions recognised by a clasp attached to the Naval General Service Medal, awarded upon application to all British participants from Crescent still living in 1847. References Bibliography Conflicts in 1793 Naval battles involving France Naval battles of the French Revolutionary Wars Naval battles involving Great Britain