Battle of the Mona Passage

Battle of the Mona Passage
Part of American Revolutionary War[1]

The capture of the French 64-gun ships Caton and Jason by the Valiant in the Mona Passage, 19 April 1782
Date19 April 1782
Location
Mona Passage, Caribbean Sea
18°30′N 68°0′W / 18.500°N 68.000°W / 18.500; -68.000
Result British victory
Belligerents
 Great Britain  France
Commanders and leaders
Samuel Hood Georges-François de Framond
Strength
10 ships of the line
1 frigate
1 fire ship		 2 ships of the line
2 frigates
1 corvette
Casualties and losses
10 killed
14 wounded[2]		 2 ships of the line captured
1 frigate captured
1 corvette captured
1,300 captured[3]

The Battle of the Mona Passage was a naval engagement on 19 April 1782 taking place in the aftermath of the Battle of the Saintes between Britain and France during the American Revolutionary War.[4][5] A British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, pursued a small French fleet under Georges-François de Framond which had managed to escape the victorious British fleet a week earlier. The two fleets met and engaged at the Mona Passage where the British overtook and captured four French ships, two of which were 64-gun ships of the line.[6]

  1. ^ Tucker 2013, pp. 373–75.
  2. ^ Allen, Joseph (1852). Battles of the British Navy'. London: Henry Bohn. p. 343.
  3. ^ Southey, Thomas (1827). Chronological History of the West Indies by Captain Thomas Southey. In Three Volumes: 2. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. p. 533.
  4. ^ Winfield 2007, p. 111.
  5. ^ Harvey 2004, p. 530.
  6. ^ Allen 1852, p. 343.