Action of 13 January 1797
The Action of 13 January 1797 was a minor naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany. The French 74-gun ship Droits de l’Homme had been part of the Expédition d’Irlande, an unsuccessful attempt by a French expeditionary force to invade Ireland. The frigates outmanoeuvred the much larger French vessel...