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Battle of Cape Spartel (1,124 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Battle of Cape Spartel was an indecisive naval battle between a Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova and a British fleet under
Battle of Saint Kitts (648 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Saint Kitts, also known as the Battle of Frigate Bay, was a naval battle fought on 25 and 26 January 1782 during the American Revolutionary
Battle of Ushant (1781) (446 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Second Battle of Ushant was a naval battle fought between French and British squadrons near Ushant, an island off the coast of Brittany, on 12 December
Action of 17 August 1779 (456 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 17 August 1779 was a naval battle between a French and a British squadron in the English Channel on 17 August 1779. In June 1779, Spain followed
Battle of Martinique (1780) (1,027 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Martinique, also known as the Combat de la Dominique, took place on 17 April 1780 during the American Revolutionary War in the West Indies
Capture of Montserrat (284 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Capture of Montserrat was accomplished by a French naval expedition that seized the island of Montserrat from the British on 22 February 1782 during
Battle of Guadeloupe (1779) (328 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Guadeloupe or the Action of 21–22 December 1779 was a naval engagement that took place off the French island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean
Action of 12 December 1782 (1,203 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 12 December 1782 was a naval engagement fought off the coast of Spain near Ferrol, in which the British 40-gun fifth rate HMS Mediator successfully
Action of 24 February 1780 (430 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 24 February 1780 was a minor naval battle that took place off the island of Madeira during the American Revolutionary War. A French convoy
Action of 4 September 1782 (626 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 4 September 1782 was a small naval engagement fought off the Île de Batz between a French naval frigate, Hébé, and a Royal Naval frigate
Action of 11 September 1779 (335 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 11 September 1779 was a minor naval engagement that took place off Charles Town in the War of the American Independence between the French
Action of 15 February 1783 (383 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 15 February 1783 was a small naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, involving the 36-gun French Navy frigate Concorde and the
Action of 4 January 1781 (304 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 4 January 1781 was a minor battle of the War of American Independence. A French frigate division, departing Brest, met two British 74-gun
Battle of Cuddalore (1783) (874 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Cuddalore in 1783 was a naval battle between a British fleet, under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes with Admiral L.J. Weiland, and a smaller French
Action of 6 December 1782 (362 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 6 December 1782 was an naval encounter primarily fought between HMS Ruby and the French ship Solitaire off the coast of Martinique.  Ruby
Battle of the Mona Passage (844 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of the Mona Passage was a naval engagement on 19 April 1782 taking place in the aftermath of the Battle of the Saintes between Britain and France
Chesapeake raid (124 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Chesapeake Raid was an American Revolutionary War campaign by British naval forces under the command of Commodore Sir George Collier and land forces
Action of 25 February 1781 (233 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Action of 25 February 1781 was a naval engagement fought off Cape Finisterre between the Spanish naval frigate sixth rate Graña of 30 guns and the
Battle of Sadras (738 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Sadras was the first of five largely indecisive naval battles fought between a British fleet (under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes) and a
Action of 11 November 1779 (194 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 11 November 1779 was a minor naval engagement between the British Royal Naval frigate HMS Tartar and the Spanish frigate Santa Margarita
Action of 18 October 1782 (875 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 18 October 1782 was a minor naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, in which the French 74-gun ship of the line Scipion, accompanied
Action of 22 January 1783 (1,355 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 22 January 1783 was a single-ship action fought off the Chesapeake Bay during the American War of Independence. The British frigate Hussar
Capture of HMS St. Fermin (680 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Capture of HMS St. Fermin was a naval engagement that took place off Málaga on 4 April 1781, during the American Revolutionary War. Spanish xebecs
Action of 1 May 1781 (336 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 1 May 1781 was a naval engagement nearly 210 miles off the Port of Brest in which HMS Canada, a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy under
Battle of Porto Praya (1,162 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Porto Praya was a naval battle that took place during the American Revolutionary War on 16 April 1781 between a British squadron under Commodore
Battle of Ushant (1778) (1,696 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Ushant (also called the First Battle of Ushant) took place on 27 July 1778, and was fought during the American Revolutionary War between
Action of 9 August 1780 (2,149 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 9 August 1780 was a naval engagement during the American Revolutionary War and a part of the Anglo-French War (1778–1783) in which a Spanish
Battle of Lake Pontchartrain (1,245 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Lake Pontchartrain was a single-ship action on September 10, 1779, part of the Anglo-Spanish War. It was fought between the British sloop-of-war
Action of 30 September 1780 (253 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 30 September 1780 was a minor naval engagement off the Bermudas, where HMS Pearl captured Espérance, a French frigate of 32 guns launched
Action of 17 June 1778 (816 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 17 June 1778 also known as the Fight of Belle Poule and Arethusa was a minor naval action that took place off the coast of France between
Action of 17 February 1783 (493 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 17 February 1783 was a minor naval engagement fought in between Jamaica and Cuba in the Caribbean Sea between a Royal Navy frigate HMS Fox
Battle of Fort Royal (1,051 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Fort Royal was a naval battle fought off Fort Royal, Martinique in the West Indies during the Anglo-French War on 29 April 1781, between
Action of 20 October 1778 (431 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 20 October 1778 was an inconclusive engagement between the French ship-of-the-line Triton and British ship-of-the-line Jupiter with a frigate
Action of 15 January 1782 (379 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 15 January 1782 was a minor naval engagement that occurred near the island of Jamaica during the American Revolutionary War. A Royal Naval
Battle of Providien (900 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Providien was the second in a series of naval battles fought between a British fleet, under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, and a French
Action of 8 January 1780 (1,048 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 8 January 1780 was a naval encounter off Cape Finisterre between a British Royal Naval fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney, and a fleet
Battle of Martinique (1779) (1,225 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Martinique, or Combat de la Martinique, was a naval encounter on 18 December 1779 between a British 13-ship squadron under Admiral Hyde Parker
Action of 5 September 1782 (832 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 5 September 1782 took place during the American War of Independence between two French Navy frigates, Aigle and Gloire, and a lone British
Battle of Negapatam (1782) (1,492 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Negapatam was the third in a series of battles fought between a British fleet, under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, and a French fleet,
Battle of Grand Turk (774 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Grand Turk occurred on 9 March 1783 during the American Revolutionary War. France had seized the Turks and Caicos archipelago, islets of
Action of 20 November 1779 (329 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Action of 20 November 1779 was a naval engagement of the European theatre of the American Revolutionary War that took place in the Atlantic. It was
Battle of Grand Turk (774 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Grand Turk occurred on 9 March 1783 during the American Revolutionary War. France had seized the Turks and Caicos archipelago, islets of
Action of 20 November 1779 (329 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Action of 20 November 1779 was a naval engagement of the European theatre of the American Revolutionary War that took place in the Atlantic. It was
Battle of Dogger Bank (1781) (1,380 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle that took place on 5 August 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, contemporaneously related to the American
Action of 12 December 1779 (334 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 12 December 1779 was a minor naval engagement that took place in the Bay of Honduras during the American Revolutionary War between a British
Battle of Ushant (1782) (1,443 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Third Battle of Ushant or the action of 20–21 April 1782 was a naval battle fought during the American Revolutionary War, between a French naval fleet
Battle of Trincomalee (1,303 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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
Action of 16 March 1782 (366 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 16 March 1782 was a naval engagement between a British Royal Naval frigate HMS Success and a Spanish frigate Santa Catalina in the Strait
Action of 6 October 1779 (1,219 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 6 October 1779 was a minor but famous and furious naval engagement that took part in the early stages of the war between Britain and France
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) (2,772 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (Spanish: Batalla del Cabo de San Vicente) was a naval battle that took place off the southern coast of Portugal on 16 January
Raid on Saint John (766 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Raid on Saint John took place on 27 August 1775 during the American Revolutionary War. The raid involved American privateers from Machias, Commonwealth
Raid on Essequibo and Demerara (1781) (779 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The raid on Demerara and Essequibo took place between 24 and 27 February 1781 in the context of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784). Six British privateers
Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782) (2,362 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Raid on Lunenburg (also known as the Sack of Lunenburg) occurred during the American Revolution when the US privateer, Captain Noah Stoddard of Fairhaven
Action of 2 January 1783 (753 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 2 January 1783 was a minor naval battle that took place in the Caribbean Sea during the last stages of the American War of Independence.
Battle of Gloucester (1775) (1,227 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts on August 8 or 9, 1775. Royal Navy
Battle of the Rice Boats (1,735 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of the Rice Boats, also called the Battle of Yamacraw Bluff, was a land and naval battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place in
Action of 30 May 1781 (764 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 30 May 1781 was a naval battle fought between two frigates of the Royal Navy and two of the Dutch Republic off the Barbary Coast. In the
Battle off Fairhaven (539 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle off Fairhaven was the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War. It took place on May 14, 1775, in Buzzards Bay off Fairhaven
Battle of Machias (2,055 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Machias (June 11–12, 1775) was an early naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, also known as the Battle of the Margaretta, fought
Raid on Canso (1776) (701 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Raid on Canso took place on 22 September – November 22, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War. The raid involved American Continental Navy captain
Action of 14 September 1779 (1,451 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 14 September 1779 was a minor naval engagement that occurred on 14 September 1779, off the Azores between the Royal Navy frigate HMS Pearl
Battle of Flamborough Head (5,416 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Flamborough Head was a naval battle that took place on 23 September 1779 in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire between a combined Franco-American
Action of 15 June 1780 (404 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 15 June 1780 was a minor naval engagement took place during the American War of Independence between a French privateer frigate and a Royal
Action of 12 August 1782 (949 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 12 August 1782 was a minor single-ship action that opposed the French 32-gun frigate Bellone to the British 28-gun HMS Coventry in the run-up
Raid on Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (1775) (438 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Raid on Yarmouth took place on 5 December 1775 during the American Revolutionary War. The raid involved American Privateers from Salem, Massachusetts
Raid on Charlottetown (1775) (2,272 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Raid on Charlottetown of 17–18 November 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War, involved two American privateers of the Marblehead Regiment
Battle of Sullivan's Island (4,203 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Sullivan's Island or the Battle of Fort Sullivan was fought on June 28, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. It took place near Charleston
Siege of Fort Mifflin (3,673 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The siege of Fort Mifflin or the siege of Mud Island Fort, which took place from September 26 to November 16, 1777, saw British land batteries commanded
Action of 10 September 1782 (1,649 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 10 September 1782 was a minor engagement between five merchant vessels — four East Indiamen of the British East India Company and a country-ship
Battle of Saldanha Bay (1781) (1,161 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Saldanha Bay was a naval action that occurred off the Dutch Cape Colony on 21 July 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. A squadron of
Action of 4 February 1781 (1,774 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 4 February 1781 was a minor naval engagement that occurred on 4 February 1781 off Sombrero, Anguilla, between a British force of two ships
Action of 13 May 1779 (1,902 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The action of 13 May 1779 was a battle in Cancale Bay, near St Malo, between French and British squadrons of frigates. The French force had been part of
David Hawley (1,060 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Island, which is generally regarded as one of the first naval battles of the American Revolutionary War, and one of the first fought by the United States Navy
Action of 11 September 1778 (560 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Action of 11 September 1778 was a minor naval engagement which took place off the French port of Brest during the American War of Independence, between
Battle of Elmina (1781) (493 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Elmina was a significant engagement that transpired during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. In this military encounter, British forces undertook
Battle of Ibiza (1780) (288 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The battle of Ibiza was a minor naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War between Sweden and Great Britain despite the two nations not being at
Raid on Sumatra (869 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Raid on Sumatra was a military event which took place during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in August 1781. A fleet of the British East India Company set
Panton, Vermont (752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from the Battle of Valcour Island, one of the first naval battles of the American Revolutionary War, American General Benedict Arnold ordered his men to
HMS Alarm (1758) (1,704 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
March 1783, Alarm was involved in one of the last naval battles of the American Revolutionary War, when Alarm, Sibyl, and the sloop of war Tobago intercepted