François Thurot'
...that in 1759, François Thurot's ship set out to create a diversion from an invasion of Britain only to learn, after months of storms and starvation, that the invasion fleet had been defeated before it even left France?
...that in <a href="./1759" id="mwERw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1759">1759</a>, <b id="mwER0"><a href="./François_Thurot" id="mwER4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="François Thurot">François Thurot</a>'</b>s ship set out to create a diversion from an invasion of <a class="mw-disambig" href="./Britain" id="mwER8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Britain">Britain</a> only to learn, after months of storms and starvation, that the invasion fleet had been <a href="./Battle_of_Quiberon_Bay" id="mwESA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Quiberon Bay">defeated</a> before it even left France?