Battle of Ushant (1781)
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The Second Battle of Ushant was a naval battle fought between French and British squadrons near Ushant, an island off the coast of Brittany, on 12 December 1781, as part of the American Revolutionary
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Luc Urbain du Bouëxic, comte de Guichen was a French Navy officer who commanded the fleets that fought the Royal Navy at the Battle of Ushant and Battle of Martinique during the American Revolutionary
Battle of Ushant (1781)
…French convoy sailed from Brest with reinforcements and stores for the East and West Indies, protected by a fleet of 19 ships of the line commanded by Luc Urbain du Bouëxic, comte de Guichen. On 11 December 1781, Bussy-Castelnau departed Cadiz, Spain, with a squadron comprising the 64-gun Saint-Michel and the 74-gun Illustre, escorting three…
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin, 1832
Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen (1712–1790).