The Allies evacuated Toulon, sinking hulks including the Montréal and Iris, but their demolitions were incomplete, allowing France to rebuild a Mediterranean squadron in 1794.

Following the loss of Fort Mulgrave, the Anglo-Spanish force abandoned the city. Cotiella was tasked with sinking Toulon's hulks, among them the Montréal, a disarmed former British frigate captured during the American Revolutionary War, and the French frigate Iris. Allied demolition efforts were nonetheless incomplete: surviving warships and stores enabled the French to rebuild a Mediterranean squadron during 1794. For the First Coalition, Toulon proved a missed opportunity rather than a decisive strategic defeat.

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