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Action of 6 July 1746

Summary

The action of 6 July 1746 was an inconclusive naval engagement between the British and French fleets during the War of the Austrian Succession.

Battle of Negapatam (1746)
Part of War of the Austrian Succession
Date6 July 1746
Location
Coast of Negapatam, Indian Ocean
Result Tactically inconclusive, strategic French victory
Belligerents
 Great Britain  France
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Great Britain Edward Peyton Kingdom of France Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais
Strength
Casualties and losses
  • 14 killed
  • 46 wounded
  • 27 killed
  • 53 wounded

Battle edit

The English fleet, first under the command of Commodore Curtis Barnett and then Edward Peyton, and a French fleet under Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, engaged each other early in the First Carnatic War. Both fleets were damaged, with La Bourdonnais putting in at Pondicherry for repairs, and Peyton at Trincomalee. La Bourdonnais acquired additional guns at Pondicherry, and when the fleets met again in August 1746, Peyton refused battle and retreated to Bengal. La Bourdonnais then proceeded to lead the successful French attack on Madras in September.[1]

Order of Battle edit

Royal Navy edit

Ship Guns Commander Ref.
Medway 60 Commodore Edward Peyton
Captain Henry Rosewell 		[2]
Preston 50 Captain Lord Northesk
Winchester 50 Captain Lord Thomas Bertie
Harwich 50 Captain Philip Carteret
Medway Prize 40 Captain Thomas Griffin
Lively 20 Captain Nathaniel Stephens

France edit

Ship Guns Ref.
Achille 60 [2]
Duc d'Orléans 26
Bourbon 36
Neptune 34
Phénix 34
Saint Louis 30
Lys 34
Insulaire 28

Citations edit

  1. ^ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 152. ISBN 9788131300343.
  2. ^ a b Clowes (1898), p. 120.

References edit

  • Clowes, William Laird (1898). The Royal Navy, a History from the Earliest Times to the Present. Vol. 3. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company.
  • Dodwell, Dupleix and Clive
  • The Navy in the War of 1739–1748

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