Battle of Negapatam

Name: Battle of Negapatam
Start: 1782-07-06

6 Jul 1782 · 10.78° N, 79.87° E

Open on the map Wikipedia

Open on the map

What the records say

When: 6 Jul 1782
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 10.78° N, 79.87° E
Description: 1782 naval battle
Naval: yes

Battle of Negapatam (1782)

Naval battle in 1782

The Battle of Negapatam was the third in a series of 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 American Revolutionary War. The battle was fought on 6 July 1782.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

3 sources record it

Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Negapatam: A French fleet clashes with the British in the Bay of Bengal”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille navale indécise de Négapatam entre la France et le Royaume-Uni”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

Part of

American Revolutionary War19 Apr 1775 · War of independence

What the records say

Battle of Negapatam (1782)

3 sources record it

Part of

Nearby in time and place