Action of 21 July 1781

The action of 21 July 1781 (French: Combat naval en vue de Louisbourg, or Combat naval à la hauteur de Louisbourg) was a naval skirmish off the harbour of Spanish River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (present-day Sydney, Nova Scotia), during the War of American Independence. Two light frigates of the French Navy, captained by La Pérouse and Latouche Tréville, engaged a convoy of 18 British ships and their Royal Navy escorts. The French captured two of the British escorts while the remainder of the British convoy escaped.

"Naval battle off Louisbourg" redirects here. For the siege during the War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War), see Siege of Louisbourg (1745). For the 1758 siege during the French and Indian War, see Siege of Louisbourg (1758).

Action of 21 July 1781
Combat naval en vue de Louisbourg
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Combat Naval A La Hauteur De Louisbourg, Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy
Date21 July 1781
Location
Off present-day Sydney, Nova Scotia
45.9075°N 59.9739°W / 45.9075; -59.9739
Result French victory
Belligerents
 France  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
La Pérouse
Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville		 Henry Evans †
Rupert George
Richard Peter Tonge  (POW)
Strength
2 frigates 6 frigates
Casualties and losses
6 killed
34 wounded		 17 killed
48 wounded
2 frigates captured
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