 Complete the following phrase:  Gosselin joined the Royal Navy on 2 August 1778 as a follower of Captain Philip Boteler in the brand new frigate . He later transferred with Captain Boteler to the ship-of-the-line in June 1779. On 16 August Ardent was captured by a combined Franco-Spanish fleet near Portsmouth. Gosselin spent three months as a prisoner of war at Alençon. After his release he joined the ship-of-the-line , the flag ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, on 11 October 1780. On Barfleur Gosselin took part in a number of major actions of the American Revolution as a part of the fleet of Admiral Sir George Rodney, including the Battle of Fort Royal, Battle of the Chesapeake, and the 