Battle of Trincomalee

Battle of Trincomalee
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Trincomalee, Dominic Serres
Date25 August – 3 September 1782
Location
Off Trincomalee, Indian Ocean
8°32′56.79″N 81°14′15.78″E / 8.5491083°N 81.2377167°E / 8.5491083; 81.2377167
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
 Great Britain  France
Commanders and leaders
Edward Hughes Pierre Suffren
Strength
12 ships of the line 14 ships of the line
Casualties and losses
51 killed
283 wounded		 82 killed
255 wounded
Plan of the battle (British units - black, French - white)

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 (modern Sri Lanka), 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.