Action of 22 January 1783

Action of 22 January 1783
Part of the American Revolutionary War

1781 map of the Virginia Capes
Date22 January 1783
Location
Off the Virginia Capes, Atlantic Ocean
37°5′24.86″N 76°9′26.02″W / 37.0902389°N 76.1572278°W / 37.0902389; -76.1572278
Result British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain France
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Russell Kergariou-Locmaria 
Strength
1 ship of the line
1 frigate		 1 frigate
Casualties and losses
15 killed
26 wounded		 26 killed
40 wounded
170 captured
1 frigate captured

The action of 22 January 1783 was a single-ship action fought off the Chesapeake Bay during the American War of Independence. The British frigate Hussar, under the command of Thomas Macnamara Russell, captured the French frigate Sybille, under the command of Théobald René de Kergariou-Locmaria. The circumstances of the battle included controversial French violations of accepted rules of war regarding the flying of false flags and distress signals.

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