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== Pocock's squadron ==
== Pocock's squadron ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Yarmouth_(1745) HMS Yarmouth (64)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Yarmouth_%2864%29 also] under Captain John Harrison carrying Vice-Admiral Pocock
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Yarmouth_(1745) HMS Yarmouth (64)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Yarmouth_%2864%29 also] under [http://3decks.pbworks.com/w/page/915563/John-Harrison  Captain John Harrison] carrying Vice-Admiral Pocock
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Elizabeth_(1706) HMS Elizabeth (64)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Elizabeth_%2864%29 also] under Captain Richard Tidderman
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Elizabeth_(1706) HMS Elizabeth (64)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Elizabeth_%2864%29 also] under [http://3decks.pbworks.com/w/page/915799/Richard-Tiddeman Captain Richard Tidderman]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cumberland_(1710) HMS Cumberland (66)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Cumberland_%2866%29 also] under Captain John Stukley Somerset
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cumberland_(1710) HMS Cumberland (66)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Cumberland_%2866%29 also] under [http://3decks.pbworks.com/w/page/915569/John-Stukley-Somerset Captain John Stukley Somerset]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Weymouth_(1752) HMS Weymouth (60)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Weymouth_%2860%29 also] under Captain Sir William Baird
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Weymouth_(1752) HMS Weymouth (60)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Weymouth_%2860%29 also] under [http://3decks.pbworks.com/w/page/916175/William-Baird Captain Sir William Baird]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(1747) HMS Tiger (60)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Tiger_%2860%29 also] under Captain William Brereton
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(1747) HMS Tiger (60)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Tiger_%2860%29 also] under [http://3decks.pbworks.com/w/page/916176/William-Brereton Captain William Brereton]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Newcastle_(1750) HMS Newcastle (50)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Newcastle_%2850%29 also] under Captain Colin Michie
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Newcastle_(1750) HMS Newcastle (50)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Newcastle_%2850%29 also] under [http://3decks.pbworks.com/w/page/913366/Colin-Michie Captain Colin Michie]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Salisbury_(1746) HMS Salisbury (50)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Salisbury_%2850%29 also] under Captain Digby Dent
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Salisbury_(1746) HMS Salisbury (50)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Salisbury_%2850%29 also] under [http://3decks.pbworks.com/w/page/913425/Digby-Dent Captain Digby Dent]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Grafton_(1750) HMS Grafton (70)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Grafton_%2870%29 also] under Captai Richard Kempenfelt carrying Rear-Admiral Charles Stevens
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Grafton_(1750) HMS Grafton (70)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Grafton_%2870%29 also] under [http://3decks.pbworks.com/w/page/915797/Richard-Kempenfelt Captain Richard Kempenfelt] carrying Rear-Admiral Charles Steevens
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sunderland_(1724) HMS Sunderland (60)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Sunderland_%2860%29 also] under Captain The Honourable James Colville
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sunderland_(1724) HMS Sunderland (60)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Sunderland_%2860%29 also] under [http://3decks.pbworks.com/w/page/915548/James-Colville Captain The Honourable James Colville]


== Biographies ==
== Biographies ==

Latest revision as of 15:38, 28 December 2010

Action off Pondicherry
Part of 3rd Carnatic War
Date: 10 September 1759
Location: at sea off Pondicherry
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 11.845116°N 80.5°E
Result: Inconclusive
Combatants
British French
Commanders
Admiral Sir George Pocock Admiral Comte Ann-Antoine d'Aché
Strength
8 ships of the line 9 ships of the line
Casualties
569 killed and wounded 1,500 killed and wounded

This was an event during the 3rd Carnatic War

Summary

The third encounter between Admiral Comte d'Aché and Admiral George Pocock.

Pocock's squadron

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Comte d'Aché (1716-75)
George Pocock (1706-1792)

External Links

Battle of Pondicherry www.kronoskaf.com

Historical books on-line

The Naval Battles of Great Britain" by Charles Ekins 1828 Third battle of Pocock and d'Aché