Battle at The Lizard Battle at The Lizard The naval Battle of the Lizard () took place on 21 October 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession near Lizard Point, Cornwall between two French squadrons under René Duguay-Trouin and Claude de Forbin and an English convoy protected by a squadron under Commodore Richard Edwards. Duguay-Trouin and Forbin were two of the most successful French naval commanders and they caused much damage to the allied merchant fleet. On 20 October 1707 a large merchant fleet consisting of 80 to 130 English ships left Plymouth for Portugal with supplies for the war in Spain. There
French destroyer Milan for talks with the British government. After France surrendered to Germany, "Milan" served with the naval forces of Vichy France. She was at Casablanca in French Morocco when Allied forces invaded French North Africa in Operation Torch on 8 November 1942. She was in action with United States Navy TF 34 during the Naval Battle of Casablanca and was beached after sustaining shell hits from the destroyer . French destroyer Milan The French destroyer "Milan" was one of six ("contre-torpilleurs") built for the French Navy in the interwar period. Following the German invasion of Norway in April 1940, "Milan" escorted