sentences:  Francis made the most of this opportunity using his new command, the frigate , to recapture from her French captors at the frigate action of 29 May 1794.He then had to pursue a lengthy but ultimately successful lawsuit against the Admiralty for the prize money from the capture, which they had denied on very questionable technical grounds.Fortunately, the Admiralty bore Laforey no ill will, and gave him the larger frigate in 1795, which he used to take his father back to Antigua, where he was now the military governor of the Leeward Islands.