Battle of Trincomalee
| Battle of Trincomalee | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Fourth Action off Trincomalee between the English under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and the French under M. de Suffren Dominic Serres | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Great Britain | France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Edward Hughes | Pierre André de Suffren | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12 ships of the line | 14 ships of the line | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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51 killed 283 wounded |
82 killed 255 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Trincomalee was fought between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the coast of Trincomalee, then Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), on 3 September 1782. It was the fourth in a series of battles fought between the two fleets off the coast of the Indian subcontinent during the American Revolutionary War.