Английская Википедия:Battle of Guadeloupe (1779)

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Other uses Шаблон:Infobox military conflict 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 during the American Revolutionary War between three Royal Navy ships and three French Navy frigates.[1] The Royal Navy under Joshua Rowley sighted and promptly chased the French frigates, all of which were captured after a brief fight.[2]

Battle

On 21 December 1779, Шаблон:HMS along with the 74-gun ships of the line Шаблон:HMS, Шаблон:HMS, and the 64-gun Шаблон:HMS under Rear-Admiral Joshua Rowley, sighted the 32-gun French frigates Fortunée and Blanche and the 28-gun Elise, off the French island of Guadeloupe.[3] The French ships had been part of the Comte d Estaing's fleet.[4]

The engagement that followed was one sided - the French ships were in disorder; their crews were weak; and they could not escape the vastly superior British force.[1] The Blanche was defeated and captured on the evening of 21 December. The Fortunée attempted to escape by throwing her quarter-deck guns overboard, but was captured on the early morning of 22 December, an hour before the Elise had struck.[4]

The Blanche and Fortunée were thus added to the British navy.[4]

Rowley then led his squadron to capture a large French convoy, which had sailed from Marseille, off Martinique.[3]

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Sources

  1. 1,0 1,1 Clowes p 47
  2. Naval Chronicle Vol. 21 p.179
  3. 3,0 3,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок NC2490 не указан текст
  4. 4,0 4,1 4,2 Шаблон:Cite book