The Battle of Groix was a naval battle fought on 23 June 1795 off the coast of France during the French Revolutionary War. June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The French Revolutionary Wars occurred between the outbreak of war between the French Revolutionary government and Austria in 1792 and the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. ...

A British fleet of fourteen ships of the line under Admiral Lord Bridport in Queen Charlotte, chased a French fleet of 12 of the line under Vice-Admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse off the Île de Groix. The British captured three ships, but Hood was much criticized in the navy for his failure to win a more decisive victory. Portrait of Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, by Lemuel Francis Abbott, painted 1795. ... Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (1750 - 1812), French admiral, was born at Auch, of a noble family of Languedoc. ...