Battle of the Gulf of Roses explained

Partof:the War of the Pyrenees
Conflict:Battle of the Gulf of Roses
Date:14 February 1795
Place:Off the Gulf of Roses, Mediterranean Sea
Map Type:Spain#France#Mediterranean
Map Relief:yes
Result:Spanish victory
Combatant1: Spain
Combatant2: France
Commander1: Juan de Lángara
Commander2: Captain Guet
Strength1:1 ship of the line
Strength2:1 frigate
Casualties1:Minor
Casualties2:280 killed or wounded
1 frigate captured[1]

The Battle of the Gulf of Roses, also known as action of 14 February 1795, was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars fought in the Gulf of Roses between a ship of the line of Juan de Lángara’s fleet and a French squadron of a frigate and a corvette. For orders of Lángara, the Spanish Ship of the Line Reina María Luisa of 112 guns, chased the French frigate, named Iphigenie, more than one day, forcing her to strike her colors. The corvette, which separated three days before in a storm, was supposed to be lost.[2]

Several days later, on 30 March, when the Montañés of 74 guns was carrying the prize, she was attacked by a strong French squadron of eight ships of the line and two frigates which initially waved the Spanish flag.[3] Thanks to her superior speed, she was able to reach the port of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, and after a hard fight in which she fired 1,100 cannonballs,[4] the attacking forces were rejected with the only loss aboard the Montañés of three men killed and few wounded.[5] The French withdrew to Menorca.

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Notes and References

  1. Marcelino p.203
  2. Debrett p.39
  3. Marcelino p.204
  4. Marcelino p.205
  5. Marcelino p.205