Ponant Fleet

Ponant Fleet
The Brest Arsenal in 1776
By Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe
(1716 - 1794)
Active1669 – 1792
CountryKingdom of France
BranchRoyal French Navy
TypeNaval fleet
RoleNaval operations in the English Channel, Atlantic Ocean and Americas
Garrison/HQArsenal of Brest, Le Havre, Rochefort, Lorient, Cherbourg and Brouage
EngagementsFranco-Dutch War
Nine Years' War
War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Austrian Succession
Seven Years' War
American War of Independence

The Ponant Fleet (French: Flotte du Ponant) was the designation under the Ancien Regime for the naval vessels of the Royal French Navy in the English Channel, Atlantic Ocean and Americas, the latter principally in the French West Indies and New France. The fleet carried out operations such as asserting naval supremacy and protecting convoys. Its counterpart was the Levant Fleet, based in the Mediterranean Sea.


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