Naval campaigns, operations and battles of the French Revolutionary Wars

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List of naval battles of the French Revolutionary Wars

Today's location of the battle, its name and dateFrench leaderCoalition leader
Flag of Italy.svg Italy:
French expedition to Sardinia
1792-12-21
1793-05-25
Defeat:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Truguet
Victory:
War Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1785-1802).svg KD Sardinia:
Domenico Millelire
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg KD Spain:
Lángara
Flag of France.svg France:
Siege of Toulon
1793-08-29
1793-12-19
Victory:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Carteaux
Dugommier
Napoleon
Poype
Charlot
Defeat:
Flag of Royalist France.svg French Royalists:
d'Imbert
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Federalists
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Hood
O'Hara
Smith
Mulgrave
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg KD Spain:
Lángara
Gravina
Bandera de Napoles - Trastamara.svg KD Naples
Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4.svg KD Sicily
War Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1785-1802).svg KD Sardinia
Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey:
Action of 23 April 1794
1794-04-23
Defeat:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Desgareaux
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Warren
Strachan
Flag of France.svg France:
Atlantic campaign of May 1794
1794-05-02
1794-06-01
Inconclusive:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Joyeuse
Nielly
Inconclusive:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Howe
Montagu
Flag of France.svg France:
Glorious First of June
1794-06-01
Inconclusive:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Joyeuse
Inconclusive:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Howe
Flag of France.svg France:
Croisière du Grand Hiver
1794-12-24
1795-02-03
Defeat:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Joyeuse
Bouvet
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Smith
Flag of Spain.svg Spain:
Battle of the Gulf of Roses
1795-02-14
Defeat:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Guet
Victory:
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg KD Spain:
Lángara
Flag of Italy.svg Italy:
Battle of Genoa (1795)
1795-03-13
1795-03-14
Defeat:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Martin
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Hotham
Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg KD Naples
Flag of France.svg France:
Cornwallis's Retreat
1795-06-16
1795-06-17
Defeat:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Joyeuse
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
William Cornwallis
Flag of France.svg France:
Battle of Groix
1795-06-23
Defeat:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Joyeuse
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Hood
Flag of France.svg France:
Battle of the Hyères Islands
1795-07-13
Defeat:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Martin
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
William Hotham
Horatio Nelson
Bandera de Napoles - Trastamara.svg KD Naples
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal:
Battle of the Levant Convoy
1795-10-07
Victory:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Richery
Defeat:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Taylor
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa:
Capitulation of Saldanha Bay
1796-08-17
Defeat:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Batavian Republic:
Lucas
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Elphinstone
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada:
Newfoundland expedition
1796-08-28
1796-09-05
Victory:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Richery
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain:
Solano
Defeat:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Simple arms of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland: Wallace
Flag of Ireland.svg Bantry Bay:
French expedition to Ireland (1796)
December 1796
Defeat:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Hoche
Galles
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Kingsmill
Pellew
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal:
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797)
1797-02-14
Defeat:
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain:
Ramos
Morales
Winthuysen
Moreno
Amblimont
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Jervis
Waldegrave
Thompson
Parker
Nelson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands:
Battle of Camperdown
1797-10-11
Defeat:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Batavian Republic:
Winter
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Duncan
Flag of France.svg France:
Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf
1798-05-07
Defeat:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Muskein
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Price
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt:
Battle of the Nile
1798-08-01
1798-08-03
Defeat:
Flag of France.svg French Republic:
Aigalliers
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Nelson
Flag of Malta.svg Malta:
Siege of Malta (1798–1800)
1798-09-02
1800-09-04
Defeat:
Flag of France.svg French Republic:
Vaubois
Perrée
Villeneuve
Victory:
Unofficial Flag of Malta (pre-1943).svg Maltese irregulars:
Vitale
Caruana
Borg
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Nelson
Ball
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland:
Battle of Tory Island
1798-10-12
Defeat:
Flag of France.svg French Republic:
Bompart
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Warren
Flag of France.svg France:
Raid on Dunkirk (1800)
1800-07-07
Defeat:
Flag of France.svg French Republic:
Castagnier
Victory:
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg KD Great Britain:
Inman
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark:
Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
1801-04-02
Defeat:
Flag of Denmark (state).svg:
Fischer
Bille
Victory:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom:
Parker
Nelson
Flag of Spain.svg Spain:
Algeciras campaign
1801-06-13
1801-07-14
Inconclusive:
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic:
Linois
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain:
Mondragón
Inconclusive:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom:
James Saumarez
Flag of France.svg France:
Raids on Boulogne
1801-08-04
1801-08-16
Victory:
Flag of France.svg French Republic:
Tréville
Defeat:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom:
Nelson