Battle of Grenada

Cuándo

6 jul 1779

Tipo

Batalla

Coordenadas

12.05° N, 61.75° W

Description

naval battle of the Anglo-French War and of the War of American Independence

Naval

sí

1779 battle of the American Revolutionary War

The Battle of Grenada took place on 6 July 1779 during the American Revolutionary War in the West Indies between the British Royal Navy and the French Navy, just off the coast of Grenada. A British fleet led by Admiral John Byron had sailed in an attempt to relieve Grenada, which French forces under Charles Henri Hector, Count of Estaing had just captured.

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