Thursday, June 01, 2006

Glorious first of june



Also known as the Third battle of Ushant.
1794 was not a good year to be a sailer.

34 Brit Ships of the Line. ( meaning 74 guns or more )
25 French ships.

The French lost 7 ships with 13 heavily damaged. loss of life some 1500 with 2000 wounded
The English had 8 ships severly damaged with 287 killed and 811 wounded.

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