The action of 13 January 1797 (known by the French as the Naufrage du Droits de l'Homme; "shipwreck [or sinking] of the Droits de l'Homme") was a minor...
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The action of 25 January 1797 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought in the Gulf of Cádiz. The Spanish third-rate ship of the...
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is considered the birth of the flag of Italy). January 13 – Action of 13 January 1797, part of the War of the First Coalition: Two British Royal Navy frigates...
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French expedition to Ireland (1796) (redirect from Action of 30 December 1796)
was able to drive the French ship of the line Droits de l'Homme ashore in the action of 13 January 1797 with the loss of over 1,000 lives. In total, the...
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French ship Droits de l'Homme (1794) (category Maritime incidents in 1797)
stragglers from the fleet, and engaged Droits de l'Homme in the action of 13 January 1797. Heavily damaged by the British ships and unable to manoeuvre...
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War of the First Coalition: Italian Campaign 100km 62miles 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 Lodi 4 3 2 1 The Battle of Rivoli (14 January 1797) was a key...
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Frigate (category Ship designs of the Dutch Republic)
all their guns (see the action of 13 January 1797, for an example when this was decisive). The Royal Navy captured a number of the new French frigates...
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Henry Hart (Royal Navy officer) (category Royal Navy personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars)
frigate HMS Indefatigable, participating in the action of 13 January 1797 before following Pellew to the ship of the line HMS Impetueux where he experienced...
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18-pounder long gun (category Naval guns of France)
the firepower of a frigate when she fought the action of 13 January 1797 in stormy weather, leading to her destruction at the hand of two British frigates...
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Susan Pellew (category Wives of knights)
was made Baron Exmouth of Canonteign in 1814. In 1797, as her husband's fame increased following the action of 13 January 1797, when Pellew's frigate...
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