| 词条 | Action of 15 February 1783 |
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|conflict=Action of 15 February 1783 | partof = the American Revolutionary War |image= |caption= |date= 15 February 1783 |place=off Guadeloupe, Caribbean Sea |coordinates = |result=British victory |combatant1={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} |combatant2={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}} |commander1={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Captain Robert Linzee |commander2={{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} Capitaine Chevalier du Clesmaur |strength1=1 third-rate
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|casualties1=Light |casualties2=1 frigate captured, 300 captured[1] |campaignbox={{Campaignbox American War of Independence: West Indies}}}} 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 Royal Navy 74-gun ship of the line {{HMS|Magnificent|1767|2}}. The British were victorious when Concorde was overhauled and captured.[2] Course of battleCaptain Charles Inglis was given command of a squadron of four ships cruising independently in the West Indies. The squadron, consisting of HMS St Albans, the 64-gun {{HMS|Prudent|1768|2}}, the 74-gun HMS Magnificent under Captain Robert Linzee and the sloop {{HMS|Barbados}}, had arrived in St. Lucia. They were to eventually help blockade Cap-François off Saint-Domingue with the help of ships of the line from the Jamaica station.[1] On 12 February reports arrived of a French squadron, consisting of Triton, Amphion and several frigates, having sailed from Martinique and so the squadron was sent to investigate.[3][4] Magnificent sailed from Gros Islet Bay in Bay on 12 February 1783 in company with Prudent and St Albans. Three days later, a French frigate was sighted just past Guadeloupe island by Magnificent. The frigate was the Concorde carrying 36 guns and 300 men, and was under the command of Chevalier du Clesmaur.[1] Magnificent gave chase and by 20:00 as darkness fell Concorde opened fire on her pursuer with her stern guns.[1] Magnificent however overhauled the French ship by 21:15, and after fifteen minutes of fighting that included a devastating broadside, forced her to strike her colours. Magnificent then took possession of Concorde.[1]AftermathShortly after surrendering, Concorde{{'}}s maintopsail caught fire, forcing the crew to cut away the mainmast to extinguish it.[1] Prudent and St Albans arrived two hours later and Magnificent towed Concorde to St. John's, Antigua.[1] Concorde served in the Royal Navy as HMS Concorde until being broken up in 1811.[4] Notes & References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book |last=Allen |title=Memoir of the Life and Services of Admiral Sir William Hargood|page=41}} 2. ^McGrigor pg 41 3. ^{{cite book |chapter=Inglis, Charles (1731?–1791)|chapterurl=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14398?docPos=1|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/14398 |subscription=yes}} 4. ^1 {{cite book |last=Winfield |title=British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792|page=213}}
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