Battle off Barbados

Battle off Barbados
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Painting of Randolph by William Nowland Van Powell
DateMarch 7, 1778
Location
Off Barbados, Caribbean Sea
13°11′13″N 59°27′25″W / 13.187°N 59.457°W / 13.187; -59.457
Result British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain United States
Commanders and leaders
Nicholas Vincent Nicholas Biddle †
Strength
1 ship of the line 1 frigate
1 brig
Casualties and losses
5 killed
12 wounded		 311 killed
1 frigate destroyed

The Battle off Barbados was fought in March 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. While escorting a fleet of American ships in the West Indies, the frigate USS Randolph was attacked by the British ship-of-the-line HMS Yarmouth. The following action resulted in America's most costly naval defeat, in terms of human lives, until the sinking of USS Arizona in 1941.

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