Battle of Providien

متى

12 أبريل 1782

النوع

معركة

إحداثيات

8.25° N, 81.51° E

Description

1782 naval battle

Naval

نعم

1782 American Revolutionary War naval battle

The Battle of Providien was the second in a series of naval battles fought between a British fleet, under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, and a French fleet, under the Bailli de Suffren, off the coast of India during the Anglo-French War. The battle was fought on 12 April 1782 off the east coast of Ceylon, near a rocky islet called Providien, south of Trincomalee.

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