Destruction of the French Fleet at Toulon

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Illustration

Harrison W. Mark
by Thomas Whitcombe
published on 26 October 2022

Destruction of the French Fleet at Toulon 18th December 1793, painting by Thomas Whitcombe, 1816. Following the French victory in the Siege of Toulon, the British evacuated the city, but not before destroying the captured ships of the French Mediterranean Fleet, which had been anchored in the harbor.

Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth.

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Whitcombe, T. (2022, October 26). Destruction of the French Fleet at Toulon. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16577/destruction-of-the-french-fleet-at-toulon/

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Whitcombe, Thomas. "Destruction of the French Fleet at Toulon." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 26, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16577/destruction-of-the-french-fleet-at-toulon/.

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Whitcombe, Thomas. "Destruction of the French Fleet at Toulon." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 26 Oct 2022. Web. 28 Mar 2023.

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