Action of 20 October 1793

时间

1793年10月20日

类型

战役

坐标

49.67° N, 1.25° W

Description

1793 minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars

Naval

是

1793 action of the War of the First Coalition

The action of 20 October 1793 was fought off Cape Barfleur in the English Channel during the War of the First Coalition. The early months of the year had seen a number of French frigates raiding British merchant shipping in the Channel, and HMS Crescent under Captain James Saumarez was deployed to watch the port of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin with the aim of disrupting the operations of the French frigates Réunion and Sémi…

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