On 7 August 1805, , Captain Austin Bissell and Rear-Admiral Thomas Troubridge, was escorting a fleet of East Indiamen consisting of , , , , Exeter, , and . They were at when they encountered the French ship of the line Marengo and frigate . There was a brief exchange of fire before both sides sailed on. Troubridge reprimanded the captains of Cumberland and Preston for having acted too boldly in exchanging fire with the French.THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY SERVICE - accessed 13 July 2018.
