Qualla: Battle of Mykonos https://qualla.com/battle-of-mykonos en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Mykonos https://qualla.com/battle-of-mykonos Battle of Mykonos: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-mykonos/ A French commodore named Jacques-Mélanie Rondeau had sworn an oath: he would never strike his colors, never lower his flag in surrender. On 17 June 1794, with a British ship of war bearing down on his frigate in the harbor of Mykonos, that oath stopped being a point of honor and became a death sentence for dozens of his men. This was a minor engagement in the sprawling French Revolutionary Wars, a footnote in the careers of the admirals who never even heard of it. But for a little over an hour, in a sheltered Aegean bay, it was the only war in the world.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/d/j/battle-of-mykonos-wp/swdj-battle-of-mykonos-the-oath.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Mykonos: An Hour of Broadsides https://qualla.com/battle-of-mykonos/ When the firing began it did not stop for an hour and ten minutes. The two ships lay anchored and immobile, unable to maneuver, unable to dodge, simply pouring iron into each other at close range. On paper Romney carried ten more guns, but the match was closer than that suggests;...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/d/j/battle-of-mykonos-wp/swdj-battle-of-mykonos-an-hour-of-broadsides.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Mykonos: The Ship That Outlived the Battle https://qualla.com/battle-of-mykonos/ The Sibylle did not vanish into the wreckage of a lost cause. The British purchased her into their own navy as HMS Sybille, and one historian called her one of the finest frigates in the fleet. In 1799, under Captain Edward Cooke, she fought a celebrated action in the Indian Ocea...

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