The Battle of Pirano (also known as the Battle of Grado) on 22 February 1812 was a minor naval action of the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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Raz de Sein in April 1798, when HMS Mars captured Hercule and the Battle of Pirano in February 1812 when HMS Victorious captured Rivoli). Following repairs...
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HMS Victorious (1808) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
northern Adriatic Sea during Battle of Pirano, against the French Rivoli, 74, which was eventually defeated with much of her crew being killed and wounded...
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French brig Mercure (1806) (category Age of Sail corvettes of France)
the squadron encountered a British force. In the ensuing Battle of Pirano, Mercure battled against HMS Weazel for 45 minutes until her magazines suddenly...
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French ship Rivoli (1810) (category Ships of the line of the French Navy)
inexperienced, and in the ensuing Battle of Pirano, the British captured Rivoli after some 400 men of her crew of over 800 were killed or wounded. The...
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Jean-Baptiste Barré (category French naval commanders of the Napoleonic Wars)
he commanded the French forces of the Adriatic, which fought at the Battle of Pirano, where his 74-gun Rivoli was captured after a fierce fight. Barré,...
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French brig Iéna (1810) (category Age of Sail corvettes of France)
The Iéna was a brig of war of the French Navy. She took part in the Battle of Pirano, and escaped after the explosion of Mercure. Roche, Jean-Michel (2005)...
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John Talbot (Royal Navy officer) (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
of the line Rivoli in the Adriatic Sea on her maiden voyage, during Battle of Pirano. During the latter engagement Talbot was badly wounded and was subsequently...
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