Second Battle of Groix
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars
Date 23 June 1795 Location Off the West Coast of France Result British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	France
Commanders
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport	Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse
Strength
14 ships of the line	12 ships of the line
Casualties and losses
No ships lost	3 ships captured

The Second Battle of Groix was a naval engagement that took place on 23 June 1795 during the French Revolutionary War off the west coast of France.

A British fleet of 14 ships of the line under Admiral Lord Bridport in Royal George, chased a French fleet of 12 of the line under Vice-Admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse from the southwest toward the Île de Groix, and in a battle lasting around 2hr 40min captured three ships before breaking off the action as the ships were coming too close to the shore. Lord Bridport was much criticized in the navy for his failure to win a more decisive victory.

Ships involved:
Only ships marked * were in action

[edit] Britain (Alexander Hood)

Royal George* 100 (Admiral Alexander Hood, Captain William Domett)
Queen Charlotte* 100 (Captain Sir Andrew Snape Douglas)
Queen 98 (Vice-Admiral Alan Gardner, Captain William Bedford)
London 98 (Vice-Admiral John Colpoys, Captain Edward Griffith)
Prince of Wales 98 (Rear-Admiral Henry Harvey, Captain John Bazely)
Prince 98 (Captain Charles Powell Hamilton)
Barfleur 98 (Captain James Richard Dacres)
Prince George 98 (Captain William Edge)
Sans Pareil* 80 (Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, Captain William Browell)
Valiant 74 (Captain Christopher Parker)
Orion* 74 (Captain James Saumarez)
Irresistible* 74 (Captain Richard Grindall)
Russell* 74 (Captain Thomas Larcom)
Colossus* 74 (Captain John Monkton)
Thalia 36 (Captain Lord Henry Paulet)
Nymphe 36 (Captain George Murray)
Aquilon 32 (Captain Robert Barlow)
Astraea 32 (Captain Richard Lane)
Babet 20 (Captain Edward Codrington)
Maegera 14 (fireship) (Captain Hon. Henry Blackwood)
Incendiary 14 (fireship) (Captain John Draper)
Charon 44 (hospital ship) Commander Walter Locke)
Argus (lugger) 14
Dolly (lugger) 14

[edit] France (Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse)

Peuple Souverain* 118
Alexandre* 74 (François-Charles Guillemet) - Captured
Droits de l'Homme 74
Formidable* 74 (Charles-Alexandre Durand-Linois) - Captured
Fougueux 74
Jean Bart 74
Mucius* 74
Nestor* 74
Révolutionnaire
Redoutable* 74
Tigre* 74 (Jacques Bedout) - Captured
Wattignies* 74
Zélé 74

[edit] References

• The Royal Navy 1793-1815, Gregory Fremont-Barnes, p. 79.