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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Predicate Object
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
Northwest Atlantic Ocean
surface form: 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 Glorious First of June
this entity surface form: Battle of the First of June 1794
HMS Bellerophon battleHonour Glorious First of June
this entity surface form: The Glorious First of June 1794
HMS Orion participatedInBattle Glorious First of June
HMS Orion battleHonour Glorious First of June
this entity surface form: The Glorious First of June 1794
Océan participatedIn Glorious First of June
Ushant siteOf Glorious First of June
this entity surface form: Glorious First of June (Battle of the Glorious First of June)
Ushant alsoKnownAs Glorious First of June
subject surface form: Third Battle of Ushant
Captain Sir James Saumarez notableBattle Glorious First of June
subject surface form: James Saumarez