Bantry Bay, Ireland 51°39′N9°43′W / 51.650°N 9.717°W / 51.650; -9.717
Result
French victory[2]
Belligerents
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Torrington
Châteaurenault
Strength
19[3]-22[4] ships
24 ships[5]
Casualties and losses
94 killed c. 300 wounded No ships lost
40 killed 93 wounded No ships lost
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t
e
Williamite–Jacobite War in Ireland
Bandon
Dromore
Derry
Bantry Bay
Newtownbutler
Carrickfergus
Newry
Cavan
Boyne
1st Athlone
Waterford
1st Limerick
Cork and Kinsale
2nd Athlone
Aughrim
2nd Limerick
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t
e
Nine Years' War
Flanders and the Lower Rhine
Kaiserswerth
Walcourt
Bonn
Fleurus
Mons
Leuze
1st Namur
Steenkerque
Dottignies
1st Huy
Landen
Charleroi
1st Diksmuide
2nd Huy
2nd Namur
1st Deinze
Brussels
2nd Diksmuide
Givet
2nd Deinze
Ath
Upper Rhine
Philippsburg
Mannheim
Frankenthal
Mainz
Piedmont
Staffarda
Susa
Nice
Cuneo
Pinerolo
Marsaglia
Valenza
Catalonia
Barretinas
Second Brotherhood
Roses
Torroella
Girona
Sant Esteve d'en Bas
Barcelona
Ireland
Bandon
Dromore
Derry
Newtownbutler
Carrickfergus
Newry
Cavan
Boyne
1st Athlone
Waterford
1st Limerick
Cork and Kinsale
2nd Athlone
Aughrim
2nd Limerick
Great Britain
Invasion of England
Wincanton
Reading
Loup Hill
Killiecrankie
Dunkeld
Cromdale
Caribbean
1st Guárico
2nd Guárico
Cartagena de Indias
3rd Guárico
Asia
Pondichéry
Naval battles
Bantry Bay
Beachy Head
Alicante
Barfleur and La Hogue
Barfleur
Cherbourg
La Hogue
Lagos
Camaret
Texel
Dogger Bank
The Battle of Bantry Bay was a naval engagement fought on 11 May 1689, a week before the declaration of the Nine Years' War. The English fleet was commanded by Admiral Arthur Herbert, created Earl of Torrington after the Battle; the French fleet by François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault. Apart from the inshore operations at La Rochelle in 1627–28, the Battle of Bantry Bay was the first time English and French navies had met in fleet action since 1545.[6]
The battle near the southern Irish coast was somewhat inconclusive but the French, endeavouring to supply King James II in his attempt to re-establish his throne, had managed to unload their supplies for James's Irish campaign. But although the French failed to follow up their tactical success with strategic gain, Châteaurenault had inflicted considerable damage on the English fleet.
^All dates in the article are New Style (unless otherwise stated). The Old Style calendar as used in England differed by ten days. Thus, the Battle of Bantry Bay is 11 May N.S or 1 May O.S., while the Battle of the Boyne is 11 July N.S or 1 July O.S.
^Cite error: The named reference lynn203 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Aubrey states 18
^Weigley states 22
^Roger and Aubrey state 24 ships; Lynn, 26.
^Tunstall: Naval warfare in the Age of Sail: The Evolution of Fighting Tactics, 1650-1815, p. 52
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