Battle of the Mona Passage

Battle of the Mona Passage
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Amiable and Ceres being captured during the battle
Date19 April 1782
Location18°30′N 68°0′W / 18.500°N 68.000°W / 18.500; -68.000
Result British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain France
Commanders and leaders
Samuel Hood Georges-François de Framond
Strength
10 ships of the line
1 frigate
1 fire ship
2 ships of the line
2 frigates
1 corvette
Casualties and losses
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.