What the records say
- When
- 12 Oct 1798
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 55.30° N, 8.50° W
- Description
- 1798 naval action off the coast of Donegal, Ireland
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Tory Island
1798 battle of the War of the First Coalition
The Battle of Tory Island was a naval action of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on 12 October 1798 between French and British squadrons off the northwest coast of County Donegal, then in the Kingdom of Ireland. The last action of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the Battle of Tory Island ended the final attempt by the French Navy to land substantial numbers of soldiers in Ireland during the war.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Tory Island: A British Royal Navy squadron, under Sir John Borlase Warren, prevents French Republican ships”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eine weitere Einheit französischer Truppen will im County Donegal landen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page