| Battle of Liverpool, Nova Scotia (1778) | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:SimeonPerkinsNewYorkPublicLibrary.png) Colonel of the Militia Simeon Perkins | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of France |
 Kingdom of Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Captain Jean Heraud (Herreaud)[1] |
 Captain John Milligan | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| "several" killed, wounded, drowned | 3 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Liverpool took place on 24 April 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. The raid involved the British vessel HMS Blonde and the French 24-gun frigate Duc de Choiseul.[2][3]
- ^ Perkins (and subsequently numerous publications) mistake the commander of the ship with the owner of the ship Jean Peltier-Dudoyer from Nantes. The name of the owner is also corrupted as a "Captain Pattier"
- ^ "Wreck of the Duc de Choiseul". merseyheritage.ca. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Crawford, Michael J., ed. (2013). Naval Documents of the American Revolution. Vol. 12. Naval History & Heritage Command. pp. 179–180. ISBN 9780945274728.