Battle of Negapatam (1758)
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| Battle of Negapatam | |||||||
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| Part of the Seven Years' War | |||||||
 British East Indiaman Pitt (left) engaging French East Indiaman St Louis | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Great Britain |
 France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 George Pocock |
 Comte d'Aché (WIA) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 7 ships of the line |
8 ships of the line 1 frigate | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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31 killed 166 wounded |
250 killed 600 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Nagapatam was an indecisive naval battle on 3 August 1758 during the Seven Years' War. A British squadron under Vice-Admiral George Pocock fought a French squadron under Comte d'Aché off the Carnatic coast of India near Negapatam in the second of three battles fought between the two admirals during the war. Both squadrons suffered heavy damage during the short but fierce engagement, with d'Ache's flagship Zodiaque catching fire and d'Ache himself severely wounded. He would spend the remainder of the year recovering in Mauritius.[1]
| Ship | Guns | Commander | Ref. |
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| Yarmouth | 64 | Vice-Admiral George Pocock Captain John Harrison |
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| Elizabeth | 64 | Commodore Charles Steevens Captain Richard Kempenfelt | |
| Tiger | 60 | Captain Thomas Latham | |
| Weymouth | 60 | Captain John Stukley Somerset | |
| Cumberland | 56 | Captain William Martin | |
| Salisbury | 50 | Captain William Brereton | |
| Newcastle | 50 | Captain James Colville | |
| Queenborough | 24 | Captain Digby Dent |
| Ship | Guns | Commander | Ref. |
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| Zodiaque | 74 | Chef d'escadre Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché Captain Jacques-Antoine de Gotho |
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| Comte de Provence | 74 | Captain Jean-Jacques de La Chaise | |
| Saint Louis | 64 | Captain Louis de Joannis | |
| Vengeur | 64 | Captain Jean Baptiste Christy de La Pallière | |
| Duc d'Orléans | 60 | Captain Jean-François de Surville | |
| Duc de Bourgogne | 60 | Captain Jean-Baptiste d’Après de Mannevillette | |
| Condé | 50 | Captain Jacques Kerlero de Rosbo | |
| Moras | 50 | Captain Louis-Toussaint de Becdelièvre-Du Bouexié | |
| Diligente | 24 | Captain Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne |
Citations
[edit]- ^ Heritage History - List of Battles Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 30 September 2008
- ^ a b Clowes (1898), p. 179.
References
[edit]- Clowes, William Laird (1898). The Royal Navy, a History from the Earliest Times to the Present. Vol. 3. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company.
External links
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