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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[3rd Carnatic War]]
|date=10 September 1759
|location= at sea off [[Pondicherry]]
|presidency=[[Madras Presidency|Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=10.78837,79.842232&z=13&t=h&hl=en 10.78837°N 79.842232°E]
|result=Inconclusive
|territory=
|combatant1=British
|combatant2=French
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pocock Admiral Sir George Pocock]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Antoine,_Comte_d'Aché Admiral Comte Ann-Antoine d'Aché]
|strength1=8 ships of the line
|strength2= 9 ships of the line
|casualties1= 31 killed<br>166 killed
|casualties2= 250 killed<br>600 wounded
}}
'''This was an event during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Summary ==
The second 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 Stevens
*[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 Martin
*[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 Somerset
*[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 Latham
*[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 Colville
*[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 Brereton
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/104/mode/2up Comte d'Aché (1716-75)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/338/mode/1up/search/Pocock George Pocock (1706-1792)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1758-08-03_-_Combat_of_Negapatam Action off Negapatam] www.kronoskaf.com<br>
[[Category:Battles|Negapatam, Action off]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Negapatam, Action off]]
|partof=[[3rd Carnatic War]]
|date=10 September 1759
|location= at sea off [[Pondicherry]]
|presidency=[[Madras Presidency|Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=10.78837,79.842232&z=13&t=h&hl=en 10.78837°N 79.842232°E]
|result=Inconclusive
|territory=
|combatant1=British
|combatant2=French
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pocock Admiral Sir George Pocock]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Antoine,_Comte_d'Aché Admiral Comte Ann-Antoine d'Aché]
|strength1=8 ships of the line
|strength2= 9 ships of the line
|casualties1= 31 killed<br>166 killed
|casualties2= 250 killed<br>600 wounded
}}
'''This was an event during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Summary ==
The second 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 Stevens
*[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 Martin
*[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 Somerset
*[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 Latham
*[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 Colville
*[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 Brereton
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/104/mode/2up Comte d'Aché (1716-75)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/338/mode/1up/search/Pocock George Pocock (1706-1792)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1758-08-03_-_Combat_of_Negapatam Action off Negapatam] www.kronoskaf.com<br>
[[Category:Battles|Negapatam, Action off]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Negapatam, Action off]]
