Battle of Toulon (1744)
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| Mollwitz – Dettingen – Toulon – Fontenoy – Hohenfriedberg – Soor – Kesselsdorf – Havana |
The naval Battle of Toulon or Battle of Cape Sicié took place on 22 and 23 February 1744 (New Style) between 1:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Toulon, France. Cape Sicié is near Toulon.
On 22 February 30 British ships under Thomas Mathews attacked a fleet of 27 Spanish and French ships under Don Juan José Navarro and La Bruyère de Court. Mathews had been following the French fleet in case either side declared war on the other as part of the War of the Austrian Succession.
At 5:00 p.m., both sides drew away from each other. They attacked each other from afar the next day, but the British suffered heavily, and on 24 February Mathews retreated to Italy.
Mathews' second in command, Vice Admiral Lestock, later petitioned the King of Great Britain to hold a court-martial against many of the British officers, including Mathews. Mathews and several other officers were dismissed from the Royal Navy.
Ships involved:
France and Spain (La Bruyère de Court & Juan José Navarro)
VanBoree 64
Tolosa 60
Tigre 50
Eolo 64
Alción 56
Duque de Orleans 68
Esperanza 74 (flag of de Gavaret)
Center
Tridente 64
Dichoso 60*
Aquilon 44
Sólido 64
Diamante 50
Firme 70
Terrible 74 (flag)
Sancti Spiritus 68
Serio 64
Rear
Oriente 60*
América 60*
Neptuno 60*
Poder 60* - Damaged and captured but recaptured, scuttled next day
Constante 70
Real Felipe 114* (flag of Juan José Navarro)
Hércules 64*
Brillante 60*
Alcón 60*
San Fernando 64*
Soberbio 60*
Santa Isabel 80*
3 frigates
2 brulotes
1 battleship being used as a hospital ship
Note * indicates Spanish. There may be others.
Britain (Thomas Mathews)
VanChatham 50
Nassau 70
Chichester 80
Boyne 80
Barfleur 90 (flag of Rowley)
Princess Carolina 80
Berwick 70
Stirling Castle 70
Bedford 70
Center
Dragon 60
Royal Oak 70
Princess 70
Somerset 80
Norfolk 80
Marlborough 90
Dorsetshire 80
Essex 70 (Richard Norris)
Rupert 60
Namur 90 (flag)
Rear
Salisbury 50
Romney 50
Dumkint? 60
Revenge 70
Cambridge 80
Neptune 90 (flag of Lestok)
Torbay 80
Russell 80
Buckingham 70
Elizabeth 70
Kingston 60
Oxford 50
Warwick 60
3 frigates
3 brulotes
3 bergantines (brigantines?)
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