Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mugumo wechikepe cheFrance paKukombwa kweToulon wakaratidza chimwe chezviitiko zvekutanga zvakakosha zveBritish Royal Navy panguva yeFrench Revolutionary Wars. Muna August 1793, mwedzi mishanu pashure pokunge National Convention yazivisa hondo kuGreat Britain, nokudaro ichikwevera Britain muHondo yeGreat Britain yakanga ichienderera mberi
Hondo yeFirst Coalition, hurumende yeguta reFrance reMediterranean reToulon yakasimuka ichipesana nehurumende yenyika yeRepublican ichitsigira boka reRoyalist. Toulon raiva chiteshi chikuru chengarava cheFrance paMediterranean uye inenge yose yeFrench Mediterranean Fleet yakanga yakasungwa muchiteshi chengarava. Mushure mokukurukurirana nomukuru mukuru wemauto eBritain muMediterranean, Admiral Lord Hood, maRoyalist eguta akatora masimba uye mauto eBritain, pamwe chete nevavengi vaibva kuSpain, Naples neSardinia vakapinda muguta, vakatora ngarava uye vakagadzirira kudzivirira kurwisa kusingadzivisiki kweRepublican.