Ce que disent les sources
- Quand
- 1779
- Type
- Bataille
- Coordonnées
- 14.58° N, 61.15° W
- Description
- 1779 action between three French and 15 British ships of the line
- Naval
- oui
Battle of Martinique (1779)
1779 battle of the American Revolutionary War
The Battle of Martinique was a naval encounter on 18 December 1779 between a British 13-ship squadron under Admiral Hyde Parker and a three-ship French division under Admiral Lamotte-Picquet near the island of Martinique in the West Indies. In order to cover the retreat of a convoy under Joseph de Flotte chased by the British, the lone 74-gun Annibal, under Lamotte-Picquet.
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