Battle of the Mona Passage

Battle of the Mona Passage
	Part of American Revolutionary War
	; The capture of the French 64-gun ships Caton and Jason by the Valiant in the Mona Passage, 19 April 1782
Date	19 April 1782
Location	Mona Passage, Caribbean Sea18°30′N 68°0′W
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	2 ships of the line captured; 1 frigate captured; 1 corvette captured; 1,300 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.

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