North Channel Naval Duel

North Channel Naval Duel
	Part of the American War of Independence
	; American illustration of the battle
Date	24 April 1778
Location	North Channel, Irish Sea54°43′27″N 5°27′00″W / 54.72417°N 5.45000°W
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
John Paul Jones	George Burdon †
Strength
1 sloop-of-war	1 sloop-of-war
Casualties and losses
3 killed ; 5 wounded	5 killed ; 20 wounded ; 1 sloop-of-war captured

The North Channel Naval Duel was a single-ship action between the Continental Navy sloop of war Ranger (Captain John Paul Jones) and the Royal Navy sloop-of-war Drake (Captain George Burdon) on the evening of 24 April 1778. Fought in the North Channel, separating Ireland from Scotland, it was the first American naval success within Atlantic waters, and also one of the only American naval victories in the conflict achieved without an overwhelming superiority of force. The action was one of a series of actions by Jones that brought the war to British waters.