Battle of the Mona Passage
| Battle of the Mona Passage | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Amiable and Ceres being captured during the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Great Britain | France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Samuel Hood | Georges-François de Framond | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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10 ships of the line 1 frigate 1 fire ship |
2 ships of the line 2 frigates 1 corvette | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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10 killed 14 wounded |
1,300 captured 2 ships of the line captured 1 frigate captured 1 corvette captured | ||||||
The Battle of the Mona Passage was a naval engagement on 19 April 1782 taking place in the aftermath of the Battle of the Saintes between Britain and France during the American Revolutionary War. A British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, pursued a small French fleet under Georges-François de Framond which had managed to escape the victorious British fleet a week earlier. The two fleets met and engaged at the Mona Passage where the British overtook and captured four French ships, two of which were 64-gun ships of the line.