Battle of Trincomalee

Quando

25 de ago. de 1782 – 3 de set. de 1782

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

8.55° N, 81.24° E

Description

1782 battle of the Anglo-French War

Naval

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Battle fought between a British fleet and a French fleet off the coast of Trincomalee

The Battle of Trincomalee was fought between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the coast of Trincomalee, then Ceylon, on 3 September 1782. It was the fourth in a series of battles fought between the two fleets off the coast of the Indian subcontinent during the American Revolutionary War.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trincomalee between French and British fleets”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
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• American Revolutionary War19 de abr. de 1775 · Guerra de independência
• Anglo-French War of 1778–1783jun. de 1778 · Guerra