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| Battle of Brest | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Breton Succession | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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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.