Glorious First of June

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The Glorious First of June was a major naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1794, in which the British Royal Navy decisively defeated the French Atlantic fleet in the Atlantic Ocean.

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instanceOf battle of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
belligerent French First Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
BritishCasualtiesKilledAndWounded approximately 1,200 ⓘ
BritishShipsOfTheLineEngaged 25 ⓘ
BritishShipsOfTheLineLost 0 ⓘ
campaign Atlantic campaign of May–June 1794 ⓘ
combatant French Atlantic Fleet ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
commander Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart ⓘ
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse ⓘ
Richard Howe ⓘ
commemoratedBy medals and naval honors awarded in Britain ⓘ
paintings by naval artists such as Nicholas Pocock ⓘ
conflict French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
date 1 June 1794 ⓘ
endDate 1 June 1794 ⓘ
followedBy continued Royal Navy dominance in the Atlantic during the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
FrenchCasualtiesKilledAndWounded approximately 4,000–7,000 ⓘ
FrenchPrisonersTaken approximately 3,000–3,500 ⓘ
FrenchShipsOfTheLineCaptured 7 ⓘ
FrenchShipsOfTheLineEngaged 26 ⓘ
FrenchShipsOfTheLineSunk 1 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Combat de Prairial ⓘ
Third Battle of Ushant ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
western Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
notableEvent sinking of the French ship Vengeur du Peuple ⓘ
notableShip HMS Bellerophon ⓘ
HMS Brunswick ⓘ
HMS Queen Charlotte ⓘ
Montagne ⓘ
Vengeur du Peuple ⓘ
objective British attempt to intercept French grain convoy from the United States ⓘ
partOf War of the First Coalition ⓘ
precededBy earlier actions between British and French fleets in May 1794 ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance demonstrated British naval superiority over the French Atlantic fleet ⓘ
first major fleet action of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
startDate 28 May 1794 ⓘ
strategicContext French effort to protect vital grain convoy to relieve famine in France ⓘ
strategicOutcome French grain convoy largely escaped and reached France ⓘ
tacticalOutcome decisive British tactical victory at sea ⓘ
year 1794 ⓘ

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HMS Bellerophon → participatedIn → Glorious First of June ⓘ
HMS Bellerophon → participatedIn → Battle of the First of June 1794 ⓘ
linked to: Glorious First of June
HMS Bellerophon → battleHonour → The Glorious First of June 1794 ⓘ
linked to: Glorious First of June
HMS Orion → participatedInBattle → Glorious First of June ⓘ
HMS Orion → battleHonour → The Glorious First of June 1794 ⓘ
linked to: Glorious First of June
Océan → participatedIn → Glorious First of June ⓘ
Ushant → siteOf → Glorious First of June (Battle of the Glorious First of June) ⓘ
linked to: Glorious First of June
Third Battle of Ushant → alsoKnownAs → Glorious First of June ⓘ
subject linked to: Ushant
James Saumarez → notableBattle → Glorious First of June ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Sir James Saumarez
1st Baron Gambier → participantIn → Glorious First of June ⓘ
Battle of the Glorious First of June → alsoKnownAs → Glorious First of June ⓘ
Combat de Prairial → alsoKnownAs → Glorious First of June ⓘ
French Atlantic Fleet → notableEngagement → Glorious First of June ⓘ
Montagne → participatedIn → Glorious First of June ⓘ
Atlantic campaign of May–June 1794 → hasPart → Glorious First of June ⓘ