Action of 22 August 1795
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The action of 22 August 1795 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars between a squadron of four British Royal Navy frigates and two frigates and a cutter from the Batavian Navy. The engagement was fought off the Norwegian coastal island of Eigerøya, then in Denmark-Norway, the opposing forces engaged in protecting their respective countries' trade routes to the Baltic Sea. War between Britain and the Batavian Republic began, undeclared, in the spring of 1795 after the Admiralty ordered British warships to intercept Batavian shipping following the conquest of the Dutch Republic by the French Republic in January 1795.
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1795 Action of 22 August 1795
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1795 | Action of 22 August 1795 | naval battle, Kingdom of Great Britain, Batavian Republic | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Capture of Egersund | battle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Nærbø Fort | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Oxley | sunken vessel, Odin-class submarine, submarine | Wikidata | |