Battle of San Domingo

Battle of San Domingo
	Part of the War of the Third Coalition
	; Duckworth's Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806, Nicholas Pocock
Date	6 February 1806
Location	Off Santo Domingo, Caribbean Sea18°18′N 70°03′W / 18.300°N 70.050°W
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	France
Commanders and leaders
John Duckworth	Corentin de Leissègues
Strength
7 ships of the line ; 2 frigates ; 2 brigs (OOB)	5 ships of the line ; 2 frigates ; 1 corvette (OOB)
Casualties and losses
74 killed ; 264 wounded	1,500 killed or wounded ; 1,156 captured ; 3 ships of the line captured ; 2 ships of the line wrecked

The Battle of San Domingo was a naval battle of the War of the Third Coalition fought on 6 February 1806 between squadrons of French and British ships of the line off the southern coast of the French-occupied Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (San Domingo in contemporary English-language accounts) in the Caribbean.

All five of the French ships of the line commanded by Counter-admiral Corentin Urbain de Leissègues were captured or destroyed. The Royal Navy led by Vice-admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth lost no ships and suffered fewer than a hundred killed while the French lost approximately 1,500 men. Only a small number of the French squadron were able to escape.

The battle was the last major engagement of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars between British and French ships of the line in open water.