15,832
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Add all details
|location= at sea off [[Pondicherry]]
|presidency=[[Madras Presidency|Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=1011.78837845116,7980.8422325&z=13&t=h&hl=en 1011.78837°N 79845116°N 80.842232°E5°E]
|result=Inconclusive
|territory=
|strength1=8 ships of the line
|strength2= 9 ships of the line
|casualties1= 31 killed<br>166 569 killedand wounded|casualties2= 250 1,500 killed<br>600 and wounded
}}
'''This was an event during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Summary ==
The second third encounter between Admiral Comte d'Aché and Admiral George Pocock.
== 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_Elizabeth_(1706) HMS Elizabeth (64)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Elizabeth_%2864%29 also] under Captain Richard Kempenfelt carrying Commodore Charles StevensTidderman*[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 William MartinJohn 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 John Stukley SomersetSir 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 Thomas LathamWilliam 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 James ColvilleColin 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 William BreretonDigby 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_Sunderland_(1724) HMS Sunderland (60)] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Sunderland_%2860%29 also] under Captain The Honourable James Colville
== Biographies ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=17581759-0809-03_10_-_Combat_of_Negapatam Action off Negapatam_Battle_of_Pondicherry Battle of Pondicherry] www.kronoskaf.com<br> ==== Historical books on-line ====''The Naval Battles of Great Britain" by Charles Ekins 1828 ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2AUHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA43&dq=Pocock+10th+September+1759&hl=en&ei=oSwPTfzXJpCyhAefs9y2Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Pocock%2010th%20September%201759&f=false Third battle of Pocock and d'Aché]
[[Category:Battles|Negapatam, Action off]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Negapatam, Action off]]
