What the records say
- When
- 13 Jul 1795
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 43.00° N, 6.30° E
- Description
- 1795 naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars
- Naval
- yes
Battle of the Hyères Islands
1795 battle of the War of the First Coalition
The Battle of the Hyères Islands was a fleet action fought between a combined British and Neapolitan fleet and the French Mediterranean Fleet on 13 July 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Since the start of the war in 1793 the French fleet had suffered a series of damaging defeats and was restricted to limited operations off the French Mediterranean Coast in the face of a determined allied blockade.
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