Raid on Le Havre

Raid on Le Havre
Part of the Seven Years' War

Vue generale du bombardement du Havre en 1759 par les Anglais, Joseph-Abel Couture
Date3–5 July 1759
Location49°26′14″N 0°8′40″E / 49.43722°N 0.14444°E / 49.43722; 0.14444
Result

British victory

Belligerents
 Great Britain  France
Commanders and leaders
George Rodney Charles de Rohan
Strength
5 ships of the line
5 frigates
1 sloop
6 bomb ketches
8,000
12 prams
337 barges[1]
Casualties and losses
Light Many barges destroyed

The Raid on Le Havre was a two-day naval bombardment of the French port of Le Havre early in July 1759 by Royal Navy forces under Rear-Admiral George Rodney during the Seven Years' War, which succeeded in its aim of destroying many of the invasion barges being gathered there for the planned French invasion of Great Britain.[1]

  1. ^ a b McLynn (2015) pp 96-97