Awash on Unfriendly Tides - The Algeciras Campaign and the Daring Escape from the Mediterranean in 1801

In 1801, A French Fleet made a desperate attempt to escape the Mediterranean dominated by the Royal Navy. They had to run the gauntlet of the Straits of Gibraltar and survive the blockading fleet of Admiral Saumarez who had orders to sink, burn or take a prize any French ships trying to sail through the Straits.