HMS Illustrious was a 74-gun third rate Arrogant-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1780s. Completed in 1790, she played a minor role in the French Revolutionary Wars. She part

Martin's cruise of 1794 was the only significant French naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea conducted in 1794. In 1793 France had gone to war with Great Britain and a wide coalition of European e