Battle of Brest (1342)

Battle of Brest
Part of the War of the Breton Succession
Date18 August 1342
Location48°23′N 4°29′W / 48.39°N 4.49°W / 48.39; -4.49
Result English victory
Belligerents
House of Montfort, Brittany
Kingdom of England
House of Blois, Brittany
Republic of Genoa
Commanders and leaders
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton Carlo Grimaldi
Strength
260 small coastal vessels 14 large galleys
Casualties and losses
Unknown, light Eleven ships lost

The battle of Brest, sometimes called the battle of the River Penfeld, was an action in 1342 between an English squadron of converted merchant ships and that of a mercenary galley force from Genoa fighting for the Franco-Breton faction of Charles of Blois during the Breton War of Succession, a side conflict of the Hundred Years War.