Battle of Providien
| Battle of Providien | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Plan of the battle by Alfred Thayer Mahan | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Great Britain | France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Edward Hughes | Pierre André de Suffren | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 11 ships of the line | 12 ships of the line | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 567 killed and wounded | 225 killed and wounded | ||||||
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 fleet, under the Bailli de Suffren, off the coast of India during the Anglo-French War. The battle was fought on 12 April 1782 off the east coast of Ceylon, near a rocky islet called Providien, south of Trincomalee.