Battle of the Gulf of Bridport

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf naval battle
gptkbp:aftermath Increased_British_naval_patrols
gptkbp:battle Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of the Nile
Battle of Cape St. Vincent
gptkbp:casualties approximately 1,000
approximately 2,000
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:British_Royal_Navy
gptkb:French_Navy
gptkbp:commander Vice-Admiral Villaret de Joyeuse
Admiral_Lord_Bridport
gptkbp:date June 23, 1795
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Admiral_Sir_George_Rodney
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Tovey
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Edward_Hawke
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_William_Parker
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Moore
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Anson
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Thomas_Hardy
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Benbow
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Richard_Howe
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Smith
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Jervis
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Charles_Knowles
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Edward_Russell
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Charles_Saunders
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Mordaunt
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Balchen
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Edward_Vernon
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Byng
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Orde
gptkb:Admiral_Horatio_Nelson
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Dacres
Admiral_Sir_John_Baird
Admiral_Sir_John_Broughton
Admiral_Sir_John_Campbell
Admiral_Sir_John_Montagu
Vice-Admiral_François_de_Grasse
gptkbp:historicalContext Part_of_the_larger_conflict_between_Britain_and_France
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Gulf of Bridport
gptkbp:impact Influenced future naval engagements
gptkbp:involved gptkb:HMS_Bellerophon
gptkb:HMS_Audacious
HMS Royal Sovereign
HMS Victory
HMS Temeraire
gptkbp:is_a_source_of Naval records
Contemporary_accounts
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:French_Revolutionary_Wars
gptkbp:legacy Remembered as a key naval battle
gptkbp:location Gulf_of_Bridport
gptkbp:navalFleet Line of battle tactics
Blockade_of_French_ports
gptkbp:result British_victory
gptkbp:significance Strengthened_British_naval_dominance
gptkbp:strategicGoals Control of the English Channel