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List of naval battles of the French Revolutionary Wars
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, Italy:
French expedition to Sardinia
1792-12-21
1793-05-25 , Defeat:
French Republic:
Laurent Jean François Truguet, Truguet , Victory:
KD Sardinia:
Domenico Millelire
Enlightenment in Spain, KD Spain:
Juan de Lángara, Lángara , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Siege of Toulon
1793-08-29
1793-12-19 , Victory:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Jean François Carteaux, Carteaux
Jacques François Dugommier, Dugommier
Napoleon
Jean François Cornu de La Poype, Poype
Charlot , Defeat:
Armée des Émigrés, French Royalists:
d'Imbert
Federalist revolts#Marseille and Toulon, French Federalists
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Hood
Charles O'Hara, O'Hara
William Sidney Smith, Smith
Lord Mulgrave, Mulgrave
Enlightenment in Spain, KD Spain:
Juan de Lángara, Lángara
Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli, Gravina
KD Naples
Kingdom of Sicily, KD Sicily
Kingdom of Sardinia, KD Sardinia , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Guernsey:
Action of 23 April 1794
1794-04-23 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Desgareaux , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet, Warren
Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet, Strachan , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Atlantic campaign of May 1794
1794-05-02
1794-06-01 , Inconclusive:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse, Joyeuse
Joseph-Marie Nielly, Nielly , Inconclusive:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Howe
George Montagu (Royal Navy officer), Montagu , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Glorious First of June
1794-06-01 , Inconclusive:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joyeuse , Inconclusive:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Howe , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Croisière du Grand Hiver
1794-12-24
1795-02-03 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joyeuse
François Joseph Bouvet, Bouvet , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer), Smith , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Spain:
Battle of the Gulf of Roses
1795-02-14 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Guet , Victory:
Enlightenment in Spain, KD Spain:
Lángara , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Italy:
Battle of Genoa (1795)
1795-03-13
1795-03-14 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Pierre Martin (Admiral), Martin , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham, Hotham
Kingdom of Naples, KD Naples , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Cornwallis's Retreat
1795-06-16
1795-06-17 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joyeuse , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
William Cornwallis , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Battle of Groix
1795-06-23 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joyeuse , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, Hood , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Battle of the Hyères Islands
1795-07-13 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Pierre Martin (Admiral), Martin , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham, William Hotham
Horatio Nelson
Kingdom of Naples, KD Naples , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Portugal:
Battle of the Levant Convoy
1795-10-07 , Victory:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joseph de Richery, Richery , Defeat:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Taylor , -style="vertical-align: top;" , South Africa:
Capitulation of Saldanha Bay
1796-08-17 , Defeat:
:
Engelbertus Lucas (1747 - 1797), Lucas , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Elphinstone , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Canada:
Newfoundland expedition
1796-08-28
1796-09-05 , Victory:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joseph de Richery, Richery
Enlightenment in Spain, Spain:
Jose Solano y Bote, Solano , Defeat:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Newfoundland: James Wallace (Royal Navy officer), Wallace
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, Bantry Bay:
French expedition to Ireland (1796)
December 1796 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Lazare Hoche, Hoche
Morard de Galles, Galles , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Sir Robert Kingsmill, 1st Baronet, Kingsmill
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Pellew , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Portugal:
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797)
1797-02-14 , Defeat:
Enlightenment in Spain, Spain:
José de Córdoba y Ramos, Ramos
Morales
Francisco Javier Winthuysen y Pineda, Winthuysen
Moreno
Amblimont , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Jervis
William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Waldegrave
Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet, Thompson
Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Harburn, Parker
Horatio Nelson, Nelson , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Netherlands:
Battle of Camperdown
1797-10-11 , Defeat:
:
Jan Willem de Winter, Winter , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, Duncan , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf
1798-05-07 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Muskein , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Price , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Egypt:
Battle of the Nile
1798-08-01
1798-08-03 , Defeat:
French Republic:
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Aigalliers , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Nelson , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Malta:
Siege of Malta (1798–1800)
1798-09-02
1800-09-04 , Defeat:
French Republic:
Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois, Vaubois
Jean-Baptiste Perrée, Perrée
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Villeneuve , Victory:
National Congress Battalions, Maltese irregulars:
Emmanuele Vitale, Vitale
Francesco Saverio Caruana, Caruana
Vincenzo Borg, Borg
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Nelson
Alexander Ball, Ball , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Ireland:
Battle of Tory Island
1798-10-12 , Defeat:
French Republic:
Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart, Bompart , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet, Warren , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Raid on Dunkirk (1800)
1800-07-07 , Defeat:
French Republic:
Castagnier , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Henry Inman (Royal Navy officer), Inman , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Denmark:
Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
1801-04-02 , Defeat:
:
Olfert Fischer, Fischer
Steen Andersen Bille (1751-1833), Bille , Victory:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom:
Hyde Parker (admiral), Parker
Nelson , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Spain:
Algeciras campaign
1801-06-13
1801-07-14 , Inconclusive:
French Republic:
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois, Linois
Enlightenment in Spain, Spain:
Mondragón , Inconclusive:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom:
James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez, James Saumarez , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Raids on Boulogne
1801-08-04
1801-08-16 , Victory:
French Republic:
Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville, Tréville , Defeat:
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French expedition to Sardinia
1792-12-21
1793-05-25 , Defeat:
French Republic:
Laurent Jean François Truguet, Truguet , Victory:
KD Sardinia:
Domenico Millelire
Enlightenment in Spain, KD Spain:
Juan de Lángara, Lángara , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Siege of Toulon
1793-08-29
1793-12-19 , Victory:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Jean François Carteaux, Carteaux
Jacques François Dugommier, Dugommier
Napoleon
Jean François Cornu de La Poype, Poype
Charlot , Defeat:
Armée des Émigrés, French Royalists:
d'Imbert
Federalist revolts#Marseille and Toulon, French Federalists
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Hood
Charles O'Hara, O'Hara
William Sidney Smith, Smith
Lord Mulgrave, Mulgrave
Enlightenment in Spain, KD Spain:
Juan de Lángara, Lángara
Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli, Gravina
KD Naples
Kingdom of Sicily, KD Sicily
Kingdom of Sardinia, KD Sardinia , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Guernsey:
Action of 23 April 1794
1794-04-23 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Desgareaux , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet, Warren
Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet, Strachan , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Atlantic campaign of May 1794
1794-05-02
1794-06-01 , Inconclusive:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse, Joyeuse
Joseph-Marie Nielly, Nielly , Inconclusive:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Howe
George Montagu (Royal Navy officer), Montagu , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Glorious First of June
1794-06-01 , Inconclusive:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joyeuse , Inconclusive:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Howe , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Croisière du Grand Hiver
1794-12-24
1795-02-03 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joyeuse
François Joseph Bouvet, Bouvet , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer), Smith , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Spain:
Battle of the Gulf of Roses
1795-02-14 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Guet , Victory:
Enlightenment in Spain, KD Spain:
Lángara , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Italy:
Battle of Genoa (1795)
1795-03-13
1795-03-14 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Pierre Martin (Admiral), Martin , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham, Hotham
Kingdom of Naples, KD Naples , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Cornwallis's Retreat
1795-06-16
1795-06-17 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joyeuse , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
William Cornwallis , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Battle of Groix
1795-06-23 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joyeuse , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, Hood , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Battle of the Hyères Islands
1795-07-13 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Pierre Martin (Admiral), Martin , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham, William Hotham
Horatio Nelson
Kingdom of Naples, KD Naples , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Portugal:
Battle of the Levant Convoy
1795-10-07 , Victory:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joseph de Richery, Richery , Defeat:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Taylor , -style="vertical-align: top;" , South Africa:
Capitulation of Saldanha Bay
1796-08-17 , Defeat:
:
Engelbertus Lucas (1747 - 1797), Lucas , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Elphinstone , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Canada:
Newfoundland expedition
1796-08-28
1796-09-05 , Victory:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Joseph de Richery, Richery
Enlightenment in Spain, Spain:
Jose Solano y Bote, Solano , Defeat:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Newfoundland: James Wallace (Royal Navy officer), Wallace
, -style="vertical-align: top;"
, Bantry Bay:French expedition to Ireland (1796)
December 1796 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Lazare Hoche, Hoche
Morard de Galles, Galles , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Sir Robert Kingsmill, 1st Baronet, Kingsmill
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Pellew , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Portugal:
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797)
1797-02-14 , Defeat:
Enlightenment in Spain, Spain:
José de Córdoba y Ramos, Ramos
Morales
Francisco Javier Winthuysen y Pineda, Winthuysen
Moreno
Amblimont , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Jervis
William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Waldegrave
Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet, Thompson
Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Harburn, Parker
Horatio Nelson, Nelson , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Netherlands:
Battle of Camperdown
1797-10-11 , Defeat:
:
Jan Willem de Winter, Winter , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, Duncan , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf
1798-05-07 , Defeat:
French First Republic, French Republic:
Muskein , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Price , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Egypt:
Battle of the Nile
1798-08-01
1798-08-03 , Defeat:
French Republic:
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Aigalliers , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Nelson , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Malta:
Siege of Malta (1798–1800)
1798-09-02
1800-09-04 , Defeat:
French Republic:
Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois, Vaubois
Jean-Baptiste Perrée, Perrée
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Villeneuve , Victory:
National Congress Battalions, Maltese irregulars:
Emmanuele Vitale, Vitale
Francesco Saverio Caruana, Caruana
Vincenzo Borg, Borg
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Nelson
Alexander Ball, Ball , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Ireland:
Battle of Tory Island
1798-10-12 , Defeat:
French Republic:
Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart, Bompart , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet, Warren , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Raid on Dunkirk (1800)
1800-07-07 , Defeat:
French Republic:
Castagnier , Victory:
Kingdom of Great Britain, KD Great Britain:
Henry Inman (Royal Navy officer), Inman , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Denmark:
Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
1801-04-02 , Defeat:
:
Olfert Fischer, Fischer
Steen Andersen Bille (1751-1833), Bille , Victory:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom:
Hyde Parker (admiral), Parker
Nelson , -style="vertical-align: top;" , Spain:
Algeciras campaign
1801-06-13
1801-07-14 , Inconclusive:
French Republic:
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois, Linois
Enlightenment in Spain, Spain:
Mondragón , Inconclusive:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom:
James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez, James Saumarez , -style="vertical-align: top;" , France:
Raids on Boulogne
1801-08-04
1801-08-16 , Victory:
French Republic:
Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville, Tréville , Defeat:
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