Naval Battle of Hyères Islands

Naval Battle of Hyères Islands
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Part of the French Revolutionary War

Date	13 July 1795
Location	Hyères Islands, French Mediterranean
Result	British-Neapolitan victory

Belligerents

France

Great Britain

Naples and Sicily

Commanders

Rear Admiral Martin

Vice Admiral Hotham

Strength

Exact strength not clear

6 ships of the line engaged

Casualties and losses

ca 100 men killed,
1 ship of the line lost

11 killed,
28 wounded

v • d • e

War of the First Coalition

Verdun – Valmy – Jemappes – 1st Mainz – Neerwinden – Famars – Hondshoote – Wattignies – Kaiserslautern - Toulon - Tourcoing – Tournay – Ushant – Fleurus – Vosges – 1st Dego – Luxembourg – Genoa – Groix – Quiberon - Hyères – 2nd Mainz – Millesimo – Montenotte – 2nd Dego – Mondovì – Lodi – Castiglione – Neresheim – Amberg – Würzburg – Bassano – Rovereto – Arcole – Rivoli – Neuwied - Camperdown

Revolt in the Vendée – War of the Pyrenees – Anglo–Spanish War

v • d • e Naval Battles of the French Revolutionary Wars

May 1794 – Ushant – Genoa – Groix – Hyères – Camperdown – St Vincent – Nile – Tory Island – Copenhagen – Algeciras

The Naval Battle of Hyères Islands was fought on 13 July 1795 off the Hyères Islands, a group of islands off the French Mediterranean coast, about 25 km east of Toulon. The battle was fought between French warships and British-Neapolitan warships and resulted in a British-Neapolitan victory over the French. The French ship, Alcide was blown up, and only six British ships of the line were actually engaged in the battle.

French Fleet
Rear Admiral Martin commanding
Alcide (74 guns)
Alceste (36 guns)
Justice (40 guns, frigate)
Pulse several other ships of the line and frigates

British-Neapolitan Fleet
Vice Admiral Hotham commanding
British ships
Britannia (100 guns)
Victory (100 guns)
Princess Royal (98 guns)
St George (98 guns)
Windsor Castle (98 guns)
Blenheim (90 guns)
Gibraltar (80 guns)
Captain (74 guns)]]
Fortitude (74 gun)
Bombay Castle (74 guns)
Saturn (74 guns)
Cumberland (74 guns)
Terrible (74 guns)
Defence (74 guns)
Egmont (74 guns)
Culloden (74 guns)
Bedford (74 guns)
Courageux (74 guns)
Audacious (74 guns)
Agamemnon (64 guns)
Diadem (64 guns)
Meleager (32 guns, frigate)
Cyclops (28 guns, frigate)
Ariadne (24 guns, frigate)
Comet (14 guns, frigate)
Eclair (20 guns, frigate)
Fleche (20 guns, frigate)
Moselle (18 guns, frigate)
Mutine (12 guns, frigate)
Resolution (cutter)
Neapolitan Ships
Guiscardo (74 guns)
Sammbita (74 guns)

References

Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.

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