| 词条 | Battle of Guadeloupe (1779) |
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|conflict= Battle of Guadeloupe |partof= the American Revolutionary War |image= |caption= |date=21–22 December 1779 |place= Off Guadeloupe, West Indies |casus= |territory= |result= British victory[1] |combatant1= {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} |combatant2= {{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}} |commander1= {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}} Joshua Rowley |commander2={{flagicon|Kingdom of France|naval}} unknown |strength1= 4 Ships of the line |strength2=3 Frigates |casualties1= Light |casualties2= 3 frigates captured[2] |campaignbox={{Campaignbox American War of Independence: West Indies}}}} 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.[3] The Royal Navy under Joshua Rowley sighted and promptly chased the French frigates, all of which were captured after a brief fight.[4] BattleOn 21 December 1779, {{HMS|Magnificent|1766|6}} along with the 74-gun ships of the line {{HMS|Suffolk|1765|6}}, {{HMS|Vengeance|1774|6}}, and the 64-gun {{HMS|Stirling Castle|1775|6}} 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.[2] The French ships had been part of the Comte d Estaing's fleet.[5] 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.[3] 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.[5] The Blanche and Fortunée were thus added to the British navy.[5] Rowley then led his squadron to capture a large French convoy, from Marseilles, off Martinique.[2] References1. ^Marley p. 325 2. ^1 2 Clarke, James Stanier & McArthur, John, Naval Chronicle Vol. 4 p.186 3. ^1 Clowes p 47 4. ^Naval Chronicle Vol. 21 p.179 5. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Allen|first=Joseph|title=Battles of the British Navy, Volume 1|date=1852|publisher=H.G. Bohn|page=296|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TcQ5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA169&dq=beatson+battle+sof+the+brtisih&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cewKVaDUI4SCPer7gKAG&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=striling%20castle%20&f=false}} Sources
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