Battle of Ushant (1782)

Third Battle of Ushant (1782)
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; HMS Foudroyant and the captured French ship of the line Pégase entering Portsmouth Harbour, 30 April 1782 by Dominic Serres.
Date	20–21 April 1782
Location	Off Ushant, Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean
Result	British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	France
Commanders and leaders
Samuel Barrington ; John Jervis ; Frederick Maitland	Chevalier de Sillans ; Captain de Kerangal
Strength
12 ships of the line ; 3 frigates	3 ships of the line ; 2 frigates ; 19 transport ships
Casualties and losses
5 wounded	2 ships of the line captured ; 12 transport ships captured; 160 killed and wounded; 2,100 captured

The Third Battle of Ushant or the action of 20–21 April 1782 was a naval battle fought during the American Revolutionary War, between a French naval fleet of three ships of the line protecting a convoy and two British Royal naval ships of the line off Ushant, a French island at the mouth of the English Channel off the northwesternmost point of France. This was the third battle that occurred in this region during the course of the war.

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