Battle of Bantry Bay

E270542

The Battle of Bantry Bay was a 1689 naval engagement during the Williamite War in Ireland, in which French and English fleets clashed off the southwest coast of Ireland without a decisive victor but with significant strategic implications for control of the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Bantry Bay canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
associatedMonarch James II of England ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
belligerent Jacobite-aligned French forces ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Williamite forces ⓘ
combatantSide Jacobite side ⓘ
Williamite side ⓘ
linked to: Williamites
commander Châteaurenault ⓘ
Herbert, Earl of Torrington ⓘ
conflictOf Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
conflictType naval engagement ⓘ
countryNear Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
date 1689-05-01 ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
fleetType sailing ships of the line ⓘ
followedBy continued Williamite–Jacobite fighting in Ireland ⓘ
hasCategory Battles involving England ⓘ
Battles involving France ⓘ
History of County Cork ⓘ
Naval battles of the Nine Years' War ⓘ
location Bantry Bay ⓘ
southwest coast of Ireland ⓘ
navalTheatre Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
notableConsequence demonstrated French naval reach in Atlantic ⓘ
secured French landing of supplies for Jacobites ⓘ
opponent English fleet ⓘ
French fleet ⓘ
partOf Nine Years' War ⓘ
partOfCampaign French intervention in Ireland ⓘ
precededBy French decision to aid James II in Ireland ⓘ
primaryWeaponry naval artillery ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
significance affected control of maritime access to Ireland ⓘ
strategicObjective control of sea routes to Ireland ⓘ
support for James II in Ireland ⓘ
tacticalOutcome English fleet failed to prevent French supply mission ⓘ
French fleet avoided destruction ⓘ
theatreOfWar Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
year 1689 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Beachy Head (1690) → precededBy → Battle of Bantry Bay ⓘ
Sir George Rooke → participatedIn → Battle of Bantry Bay ⓘ
Bantry Bay → historicalEvent → Battle of Bantry Bay ⓘ