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Battle of San Domingo
Part of the Napoleonic Wars

Duckworth's Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806, Nicholas Pocock
Date6 February 1806
Location
Off Santo Domingo, Caribbean Sea
18°18′N 70°03′W / 18.300°N 70.050°W / 18.300; -70.050
Result British victory
Belligerents
Battle of San Domingo United Kingdom Battle of San Domingo France
Commanders and leaders
Battle of San Domingo John Duckworth Battle of San Domingo Corentin Leissègues
Strength
7 ships of the line
2 frigates
2 brigs
5 ships of the line
2 frigates
1 corvette
Casualties and losses
338 killed and wounded 1,500 killed and wounded
1,156 captured
2 ships of the line destroyed
3 ships of the line captured

The Battle of San Domingo was a naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars fought on 6 February 1806 between squadrons of French and British ships of the line off the southern coast of the French-occupied Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (San Domingo in contemporary British English) in the Caribbean.

All five of the French ships of the line commanded by Vice-Admiral Corentin-Urbain Leissègues were captured or destroyed. The Royal Navy led by Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth lost no ships and suffered fewer than a hundred killed while the French lost approximately 1,500 men. Only a small number of the French squadron were able to escape.

The battle of San Domingo was the last fleet engagement of the war between French and British capital ships in open water.

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