British naval blockade of Europe

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Royal Navy operation military strategy naval blockade

The British naval blockade of Europe was a Royal Navy strategy during the Napoleonic Wars that aimed to strangle French trade and weaken Napoleon’s empire by controlling maritime access to the European continent.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
British naval blockade of France	1
British strategy against Napoleonic France	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy operation ⓘ military strategy ⓘ naval blockade ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Europe ⓘ
belligerent	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
commandedBy	various Royal Navy admirals ⓘ
conflict	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
counteredBy	Continental System ⓘ
describedBySource	naval histories of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
endTime	1814 ⓘ
hasPart	blockade of Dutch ports ⓘ blockade of French Atlantic ports ⓘ blockade of Italian ports under French influence ⓘ blockade of Spanish ports under French control ⓘ blockade of the Mediterranean coast of France ⓘ blockade of the North Sea coast ⓘ
influenced	Anglo-American tensions before the War of 1812 ⓘ global trade patterns in the early 19th century ⓘ
legalBasis	Orders of Council ⓘ surface form: Orders in Council
location	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ English Channel ⓘ European coastal waters ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ North Sea ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
notableCommander	Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood ⓘ surface form: Cuthbert Collingwood Edward Pellew ⓘ Horatio Nelson ⓘ James Gambier ⓘ
objective	control maritime access to the European continent ⓘ maintain British naval supremacy ⓘ protect British commerce ⓘ strangle French trade ⓘ weaken Napoleon’s empire ⓘ
opposedTo	First French Empire ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
partOf	British naval blockade of Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British strategy against Napoleonic France
result	disruption of French overseas trade ⓘ economic pressure on Napoleon’s allies ⓘ increase of smuggling ⓘ shortages of colonial goods in continental Europe ⓘ
startTime	1803 ⓘ
uses	close blockade tactics ⓘ convoy system ⓘ distant blockade tactics ⓘ naval patrols ⓘ search of neutral shipping ⓘ seizure of enemy merchant ships ⓘ

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Continental System → counteredBy → British naval blockade of Europe ⓘ

Système continental → counteredBy → British naval blockade of Europe ⓘ

Berlin Decree → inResponseTo → British naval blockade of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: British naval blockade of France

British naval blockade of Europe → partOf → British naval blockade of Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British strategy against Napoleonic France