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...
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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...
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Pierre André de Suffren (redirect from Bailli of Suffren)
without consideration for the order of battle, and at 1500 he closed in within gun range, starting the Battle of Sadras. Suffren sustained about 30 men killed...
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Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies)
officer he saw action at the Battle of Sadras in February 1782 during the American Revolutionary War and the Battle of Trincomalee in September 1782...
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The following is an incomplete list of famous French naval battles from the Middle Ages to modern France....
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raised anchor and sailed after Suffren. In the Battle of Sadras, both fleets suffered damage without loss of ships, but the French were able to safely land...
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Sailing ship tactics (redirect from Naval tactics in the age of sail)
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 Battle of Sadras where Suffren...
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rulers of Mysore. Suffren fought in the Battle of Sadras on 17 February 1782, the Battle of Providien on 12 April near Trincomalee and the Battle of Negapatam...
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James Alms (category Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
Alms went on to be involved in a number of indecisive clashes between Hughes and the Bailli de Suffren; at Sadras on 17 February, Providien on 12 April...
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Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
Strachan was present at the first of four actions that took place between Sir Edward Hughes and de Suffren, the Battle of Sadras on 17 February 1782. After acquitting...
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George Murray (Royal Navy officer, born 1759) (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
Hughes's fleet off the coast of India at the Battle of Sadras on 15 February 1782, and at the Battle of Providien on 12 April 1782. Murray moved aboard...
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Franco-American alliance (section Treaty of Alliance)
rulers of Mysore. Suffren fought in the Battle of Sadras on February 17, 1782, the Battle of Providien on April 12 near Trincomalee, the Battle of Negapatam...
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Essequibo from Great Britain Battle of St. Kitts 25–26 January – British outmaneuver French but unable to save island. Battle of Sadras 17 February – French admiral...
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Anne René Augustin de Roscanvec de La Landelle (category Year of death unknown)
the Battle of Sadras on 17 February 1782, at the Battle of Providien on 12 April 1782, at the Battle of Negapatam on 6 July 1782, and at the Battle of Trincomalee...
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his command with that of Morard de Galles and transferred on the 40-gun frigate Pourvoyeuse. In the run-up to the Battle of Sadras, tasked with escorting...
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1782 and immediately engaged the British fleet of Vice-Admiral Hughes in the inconclusive Battle of Sadras. After both fleets spent time in port repairing...
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and immediately engaged the British fleet of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes in the inconclusive Battle of Sadras. After both fleets spent time in port repairing...
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Charles Gaspard Hyacinthe de Forbin La Barben (category Year of death missing)
during the War of American Independence, captaining the 64-gun Vengeur at the Battle of Porto Praya on 16 April 1781, the Battle of Sadras on 17 February...
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HMS Queenborough (section Battle honours)
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...
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HMS Yarmouth (section Battle honours)
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...
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the Battle of Sadras on 17 February 1782, at the Battle of Providien on 12 April 1782, at the Battle of Negapatam on 6 July 1782, and at the Battle of Trincomalee...
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Indian Ocean under Rear-Admiral Suffren. He was captain of the 56-gun Flamand at the Battle of Sadras on 17 February 1782. Suffren ordered the 64-gun Ajax...
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HMS Eagle (1774) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
to take part in the Battle of Cuddalore in 1783. Eagle was on harbour service from 1790, and was broken up in 1812. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p...
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3 March. He saw action at the Battle of Sadras in February 1782 during the Anglo-French War and again at the Battle of Providien in April 1782 during...
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squadron of Read-Admiral Suffren, and took part in the battles of Sadras, Providien and Negapatam. On 7 July 1782, following the Battle of Negapatam...
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This is a chronological list of battles involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792). For pre-987 battles, see List of battles involving the Franks and Francia...
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in the Battle of Sadras on 17 February 1782, the Battle of Providien on 12 April 1782, the Battle of Negapatam on 6 July 1782, the Battle of Trincomalee...
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Battle of Sadras, Suffren transferred Tromelin-Lanuguy to Pourvoyeuse, replacing Lieutenant de Ruyter. Tromelin-Lanuguy took part in the Battle of Providien...
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Franco-Indian Alliances (category History of the foreign relations of India)
rulers of Mysore. Suffren fought in the Battle of Sadras on February 17, 1782, the Battle of Providien on April 12 near Trincomalee, the Battle of Negapatam...
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of Ushant February 17, 1782 Battle of Sadras April 9–12, 1782 Battle of the Saintes August 19, 1782 Battle of Blue Licks 1794 Whiskey Rebellion Slave...
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