Battle of Barfleur Bay (1857)

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Battle of Barfleur Bay
Part of Imperial-Cornellian War
Date14th May 1857
Location
Barfleur Bay, off Mount Zeon
Result

Tactically Inconclusive

Cornellian Strategic Victory
Belligerents
LRE.png Cornellian Empire Flag of Castile-La Mancha.svg Vionna-Frankenlisch
Commanders and leaders
Quintus Novius Corvus Prince Harold, Earl of Westonland
Strength
7 ships 6 ships

The Battle of Barfleur Bay was an engagement of the short Imperial-Cornellian War of 1857. A Cornellian fleet under Admiral Quintus Novius Corvus intercepted a Vionna-Frankenlischian squadron under the Earl of Westonland. In a battle lasting five hours, the two fleets caused heavy damage to each other and mutually disengaged when darkness began to fall. The Earl of Westonland, then second in line to the Vionna-Frankenlischian throne, was killed - this being the main consequence of the engagement.