Vice-Admiral Tryon managed to do it with two battleships in 1893.
No doubt one of Roger Waitout's ancestors got a bit smart with his sempahore?
Is Roger still serving? All those JMCs when any call to one of HM's war canoes would be answered "Ah.....Roger, wait, out...."
Followed by control which could sometimes be less than useful. One on occasion, having twice tried to take him into the Brest FIR, the normally placid VC10K captain advised Roger somewhat frostily "Do that again and we'll be RTB!".