Battle of Delaware Bay

Battle of Delaware Bay
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; The Hyder Ally engaging HMS General Monk
Date	April 8, 1782
Location	off Cape May, New Jersey, Cape May, Delaware Bay, Atlantic Ocean
Result	U.S. victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Joshua Barney	Christopher Mason; Josias Rodgers
Strength
3 sloops-of-war	1 frigate; 1 sloop-of-war; 1 brig
Casualties and losses
4 killed; 11 wounded; 1 sloop-of-war captured; 1 sloop-of-war damaged	20 killed; 33 wounded; 1 sloop-of-war captured; 1 brig grounded
	The American privateers were escorting a fleet of five merchant ships during the battle.;

The Battle of Delaware Bay, or the Battle of Cape May, was a naval engagement fought between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States during the American Revolutionary War. A British squadron of three vessels attacked three American privateers that were escorting a fleet of merchantmen. The ensuing combat in Delaware Bay near Cape May ended with an American victory over a superior British force.