Battle of Trincomalee

Battle of Trincomalee
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Battle of Trincomalee, Dominic Serres
Date 25 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

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.