In the summer of 1795 the Mediterranean theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars was contested by significant fleets from the Royal Navy and French Navy. The French Mediterranean Fleet, based in the fortified port of Toulon had been badly damaged during the chaotic final days of the siege of Toulon in the autumn of 1793, and had required almost a year to repair and refit. The British Mediterranean Fleet, commanded from late 1794 by Vice-Admiral William Hotham, had maintained a blockade on the port, operating from the allied Spanish base at Port Mahon on Menorca and, more distantly, from Gibraltar. British efforts in 1794 were focused on capturing the island of Corsica through sieges at Bastia, Calvi and San Fiorenzo. After a determined resistance the last French stronghold on the island fell on 10 August.