The Atlantic campaign of May 1794 was a series of operations conducted by the Royal Navy's Channel Fleet against the French Navy's Atlantic Fleet, with the aim of preventing the passage of a strategic
The Glorious First of June, the campaign's culminating battle
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse, 1839 painting by Guérin
A view of the British fleet, in action with the French on 29 May 1794
The sinking of the Vengeur du Peuple, engraving by P. Ozanne
Captain John Hutt was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served with distinction during the American Revolutionary War and died in 1794 from severe wounds received during the battle of the Glori
Posthumous portrait by Ernest Gustave Girardot, 1874
The Harvey & Hutt memorial in Westminster Abbey