Tactically indecisive Strategic French victory[1][2][3]
Belligerents
France
Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Suffren
Edward Hughes
Strength
11 ships of the line
9 ships of the line
Casualties and losses
30 killed 100 wounded
32 killed 83 wounded
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Battles of the American Revolutionary War Involving France 1778–1783
Europe and Mediterranean
17 June 1778
1st Ushant
20 October 1778
11 September 1778
1st Jersey
13 May 1779
English Channel
Plymouth
Gibraltar
Flamborough Head
6 October 1779
15 June 1780
Cape Santa Maria
10 August 1780
13 August 1780
Brest
2nd Jersey
Minorca
2nd Ushant
3rd Ushant
Île-de-Batz
Cape Spartel
Ferrol
Atlantic
Madeira
Bermuda
Porto Praya
Caribbean
Dominica
1st St. Lucia
2nd St. Lucia
Saint Vincent
1st Grenada
2nd Grenada
1st Martinique
Guadeloupe
2nd Martinique
Fort Royal
Tobago
Brimstone Hill
Frigate Bay
Demerara & Essequibo
Montserrat
The Saintes
Mona Passage
18 October 1782
6 December 1782
15 February 1783
Grand Turk
North America
Rhode Island
Charles Town
Savannah
1st Long Island
Cape Henry
Cape Breton
Cape Ann
Yorktown
Chesapeake
Yorktown
Hudson Bay
2nd Long Island
Delaware Bay
2nd Chesapeake
East Indies
Pondicherry
Sadras
Providien
Negapatam
Batticaloa
Pisang
Trincomalee
1st Cuddalore
2nd Cuddalore
The Battle of Sadras was the first of five largely indecisive naval battles fought between a British fleet (under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes) and a French fleet (under Admiral Pierre Suffren) off the east coast of India during the Anglo-French War. Fought on 17 February 1782 near present-day Kalpakkam, the battle was tactically indecisive, but the British fleet suffered the most damage. Under Suffren's protection, French troop transports were able to land at Porto Novo, present-day Parangipettai.
The BattleofSadras was the first of five largely indecisive naval battles fought between a British fleet (under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes) and a French...
Sadras is a fortress town located on India's Coromandel Coast in Chengalpattu district, 70 km south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state. Sadras is the anglicised...
raised anchor and sailed after Suffren. In the BattleofSadras, both fleets suffered damage without loss of ships, but the French were able to safely land...
rulers of Mysore. Suffren fought in the BattleofSadras on 17 February 1782, the Battleof Providien on 12 April near Trincomalee and the Battleof Negapatam...
on parts of his opponent's line in some of his actions with the British fleet in the East Indies in 1782 and 1783, such as the BattleofSadras where Suffren...
during the War of American Independence, captaining the 64-gun Vengeur at the Battleof Porto Praya on 16 April 1781, the BattleofSadras on 17 February...
1782 and immediately engaged the British fleet of Vice-Admiral Hughes in the inconclusive BattleofSadras. After both fleets spent time in port repairing...
earned by an individual ship, and inherited by subsequent ships of the name. Sadras 1758 Negapatam 1758 Porto Novo 1759 Arctic 1942-43 Sicily 1943 Salerno...
Battle of Sadras, Suffren transferred Tromelin-Lanuguy to Pourvoyeuse, replacing Lieutenant de Ruyter. Tromelin-Lanuguy took part in the Battleof Providien...
1747 Sadras 1758 Negapatam 1758 Porot Novo 1759 The Saints 1782 Jutland 1916 Falklands 1982 Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal...
This is a chronological list ofbattles involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792). For pre-987 battles, see List ofbattles involving the Franks and Francia...
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France
Great Britain
Pierre Suffren
Edward Hughes