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The Glorious First of June (1 June 1794), also known as the Fourth Battle of Ushant, (known in France as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 or Combat de Prairial) [b] was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars.
The 'Brunswick' and the 'Vengeur du Peuple' at the Battle of the First of June, 1794, painted by Nicholas Pocock.. The Glorious First of June (known in France as Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 and sometimes called the Third Battle of Ushant) of 1794 was the first and largest naval action between the French and British fleets during the French Revolutionary Wars.
The 'Glorious First' was purchased early in the 19th century for the Royal Collection by the Prince of Wales, who displayed it at St James's Palace and - after his accession to the throne in 1820 - commissioned J. M. W. Turner's The Battle of Trafalgar as a pendant for it.
Lord Howe on the Deck of the Queen Charlotte is a 1794 history painting by the British-American artist Mather Brown. [1] [2] It depicts a scene during the Glorious First of June, a naval battle that took place on 1 June 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars. [3]
Captain John Hutt (1746 – 30 June 1794) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served with distinction during the American Revolutionary War and died in 1794 from severe wounds received during the battle of the Glorious First of June, the first major naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars.
The Battle of the First of June, 1794, Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1795. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.. Joseph Hudson (1778–1854) was a veteran of the battle of the Glorious First of June and later a tobacconist to the British royal family who ran a cigar divan in Oxford Street, London.
Battle honour: 'Achille 1761'. She was wrecked in 1780. HMS Thunderer (1783) was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1783; Battle honours: First of June 1794, St. Lucia 1796 and Trafalgar 1805. Broken up 1814. HMS Thunderer (1831) was an 84-gun second-rate launched in 1831, which fought in Syria 1840.
2008-02-11T17:27:20Z Ruhrfisch 631x337 (20700 Bytes) == Summary == {{Information |Description= Map of the position of the ships of the British Royal Navy and the French Navy at the start of their battle on June 1, 1794 |Source= self-made, ship position and wind information is f; Uploaded with derivativeFX