Battle of Block Island

Quand

6 avr. 1776

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

40.90° N, 71.25° W

Description

1776 naval battle

1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War

The Battle of Block Island was a naval skirmish which took place in the waters off Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War. A Continental Navy squadron under the command of Commodore Esek Hopkins was returning from a successful raid on Nassau when it encountered HMS Glasgow, post ship of the Royal Navy under Captain Tyringham Howe.

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