Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet

Battles of Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet

British Royal Navy officer, politician and diplomat (1753-1822)

Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1813: 2 battles, 3 naval actions and 1 campaign across 5 present-day countries, most in Guernsey (1), France (1), United Kingdom (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 15,089 km apart end to end, 3,018 km between engagements on average. Most belong to French Revolutionary Wars (2), Napoleonic Wars (2), War of the First Coalition (1).

Battle of Craney IslandAction of 23 April 1794Invasion of FranceBattle of Tory IslandAtlantic campaign of 1806Action of 13 March 1806Action of 23 April 1794Invasion of FranceBattle of Tory IslandAtlantic campaign of 1806Action of 13 March 1806ChicagoKinshasaMiamiMadridAtlantaHoustonMonterreyBerlinAthensCasablanca5000 km27.650N, 39.468W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 1 engagements1795: 1 engagements1798: 1 engagements1806: 2 engagements2 in 18061813: 1 engagements17941813
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Action of 23 April 1794, 1794Invasion of France, 1795Battle of Tory Island, 1798Atlantic campaign of 1806, 1806Action of 13 March 1806, 1806Battle of Craney Island, 181317941813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1794Action of 23 April 1794GuernseyBritish victory
21 July 1795Invasion of FranceQuiberon, France221 km SFrench Republican victory
12 October 1798Battle of Tory IslandTory Island, United Kingdom943 km NBritish victory
1806Atlantic campaign of 1806Atlantic Ocean6,451 km SWBritish victory
13 March 1806Action of 13 March 1806Cape Verde2,921 km NBritish victory
22 June 1813Battle of Craney IslandPortsmouth, Virginia, United States4,553 km NWAmerican victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Daniel Orme, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.