Battle of the Glorious First of June

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18th-century battle battle of the French Revolutionary Wars naval battle

The Battle of the Glorious First of June was a major 1794 naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars in which the British Royal Navy won a decisive victory over the French Atlantic fleet in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Glorious First of June	3
Glorious First of June campaign (Channel operations)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century battle ⓘ battle of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Combat de Prairial NERFINISHED ⓘ Glorious First of June NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Battle of Ushant NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	French Atlantic Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
britishKilledAndWounded	over 1,100 ⓘ
britishShipsLost	0 ships of the line ⓘ
commander	Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy	battle honours in the Royal Navy ⓘ naval medals issued in Britain ⓘ
conflictIn	War of the First Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	French First Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1794-06-01 ⓘ
endDate	1794-06-01 ⓘ
era	Age of Sail ⓘ
fleetSizeBritishShipsOfTheLine	25 ⓘ
fleetSizeFrenchShipsOfTheLine	26 ⓘ
frenchKilledAndWounded	over 4,000 ⓘ
frenchPrisonersTaken	over 3,000 ⓘ
frenchShipOfTheLineSunk	1 ⓘ
frenchShipsOfTheLineCaptured	6 ⓘ
hasParticipant	Admiral Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ Contre-amiral Jean François Renaudin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves NERFINISHED ⓘ Vice-Admiral Thomas Pasley NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ west of Ushant ⓘ
notableEvent	sinking of Vengeur du Peuple ⓘ
notableFor	first major fleet action of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
notableShip	HMS Bellerophon NERFINISHED ⓘ HMS Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ HMS Queen Charlotte NERFINISHED ⓘ Montagne NERFINISHED ⓘ Vengeur du Peuple NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	intercept French grain convoy from the United States ⓘ
partOf	French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Atlantic campaign of May 1794 NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
startDate	1794-05-28 ⓘ
strategicOutcome	French grain convoy reached France ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	decisive British naval victory ⓘ
theatre	Atlantic theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1794 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood → notableBattle → Battle of the Glorious First of June ⓘ

Admiral Sir William Cornwallis → participatedIn → Battle of the Glorious First of June ⓘ

subject surface form: William Cornwallis

this entity surface form: Glorious First of June campaign (Channel operations)

Battle of Groix → isAfter → Battle of the Glorious First of June ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glorious First of June

Battle of Groix → relatedTo → Battle of the Glorious First of June ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glorious First of June

Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse → participatedIn → Battle of the Glorious First of June ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glorious First of June