the Battle of the Basque Roads

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf naval battle
gptkbp:aftermath disruption_of_French_naval_operations
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:HMS_Orion
gptkb:HMS_Hercules
gptkb:HMS_Albion
gptkb:HMS_Conqueror
gptkb:HMS_Dreadnought
gptkb:HMS_Valiant
gptkb:HMS_Bellerophon
gptkb:HMS_Neptune
gptkb:HMS_Swiftsure
gptkb:HMS_Revenge
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkb:HMS_Ajax
gptkb:HMS_Royal_Oak
gptkb:HMS_Vanguard
gptkb:HMS_Audacious
gptkb:HMS_Colossus
gptkb:HMS_Majestic
gptkb:HMS_Bellona
gptkb:HMS_Tonnant
HMS Resolution
HMS Royal Sovereign
HMS Victory
HMS Agamemnon
HMS Triumph
HMS Agincourt
HMS Barfleur
HMS Defiance
HMS Temeraire
HMS Thunderer
gptkbp:casualties British:_1,000
French:_4,000
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:France
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Thomas_Duckworth
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_François_Rosily
gptkbp:date April 1809
gptkbp:duration 3 days
gptkbp:foughtIn April 12 and April 14, 1809
gptkbp:historicalContext Napoleonic Wars
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Battle of the Basque Roads
gptkbp:impact influenced future naval engagements
gptkbp:involved gptkb:British_Royal_Navy
gptkb:French_Navy
gptkbp:location Basque_Roads,_France
gptkbp:navalFleet blockade
bombardment
gptkbp:result British_victory
gptkbp:significance demonstrated_British_naval_power
gptkbp:strategicGoals control_of_the_Atlantic