French corsair <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Surcouf" id="mwUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Robert Surcouf">Robert Surcouf</a>, commander of the 18-gun ship <i id="mwUg">La Confiance</i>, captures the British 38-gun <i id="mwUw">Kent</i>.