▁ship - of - the - line ▁, ▁was ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁a ▁lieutenant ▁from ▁Be agle ▁and ▁a ▁mid ship man ▁from ▁Imper ie use . ▁Be agle ▁also ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁bomb ard ment ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁ships ▁Aqu ilon ▁and ▁Ville ▁de ▁Var so vie , ▁sk il fully ▁man oe uv ring ▁to ▁fire , ▁unlike ▁other ▁British ▁ships ▁that ▁were ▁anch oring ▁to ▁eng age . ▁ ▁Be agle ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁ships ▁joining ▁C och rane ▁in ▁ign oring ▁R ear - Ad mir al ▁Robert ▁Stop ford ' s ▁recall ▁order . ▁C och rane ▁task ed ▁her ▁with ▁protect ing ▁A et na ▁during ▁the ▁move ▁up river . ▁New com be ▁therefore ▁placed ▁Be agle ▁between ▁A et na ▁and ▁the ▁ground ed ▁French ▁batt les hips . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁Be agle ▁took ▁heavy ▁damage ▁to ▁her ▁rig ging ▁and ▁exp ended ▁nearly ▁all ▁of ▁her ▁pow der . ▁Be agle ▁had ▁one ▁man ▁wounded . ▁ ▁New com be ' s ▁achiev ements ▁and ▁val our ▁resulted ▁in ▁his ▁receiving ▁promotion ▁to ▁post - capt ain ▁after ▁the ▁battle . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 7 ▁the ▁Admir alty ▁awarded ▁the ▁then - sur v iving ▁participants ▁in ▁the ▁battle ▁the ▁Naval ▁General ▁Service ▁Medal ▁with ▁the ▁cl asp ▁" Bas que ▁Ro ads ▁ 1 8 0 9 ". ▁Two ▁of ▁Be ag les ▁sister ▁ships , ▁ ▁and ▁ ▁were ▁also ▁present ▁at ▁the ▁Bas