Camaret Bay

Template:Short description Template:More refs Template:Expand French Camaret Bay (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a small bay on the north coast of Brittany, France.

In 1694 it was the site of the battle of Camaret, a failed amphibious landing by Anglo-Dutch forces as part of an attempt to seize the nearby port of Brest.

File:Philip James de (1740 1812) Loutherbourg - The Cutting-Out of the French Corvette La Chevrette.jpg

The Capture of the Chevrette by Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1802. The boats of H.M. ships Robust, Doris, Beaulieu, and Uranie cutting out the French corvette Chevrette (20), in Camaret Bay, 21 July 1801

See also

• Camaret-sur-Mer
• Attack on Brest

References

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