| Battle of Ushant | |||||||
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| Part of the Invasion of Normandy | |||||||
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Tartar_ensign.jpg) Crew members of HMS Tartar display their torn White Ensign | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom  Canada  Poland |
 Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Basil Jones |
 Theodor von Bechtolsheim | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8 destroyers |
3 destroyers 1 torpedo boat | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 destroyer damaged |
39 killed 140 captured 1 destroyer sunk 1 destroyer scuttled | ||||||
The Battle of Ushant, also known as the Battle of Brittany, occurred on the early morning of 9 June 1944 and was an engagement between German and Allied destroyer flotillas off the coast of Brittany. The action came shortly after the initial Allied landings in Normandy. After a confused engagement during the night the Allies sank one of the German destroyers and forced another ashore, where she was wrecked.