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The Action of 13 January 1797 was a small naval battle fought between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany during the French Revolutionary Wars |
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The action is notable for its outcome: the frigates successfully outmanoeuvred the much larger French vessel and drove it on shore in heavy seas, resulting in the death of over 900 of the 1,300 persons aboard |
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One of the British frigates was also lost in the engagement, running onto a sandbank after failing to escape a lee shore |
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Action of 13 January 1797 |
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tags : action, 13, january, 1797 |
