Capture of Trincomalee
1782 battle in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the British capture in 1782. For the British capture in 1795, see Capture of Trincomalee (1795). For the Portuguese conquest in April 1622, see Conquest of Koneswaram Temple.
The Capture of Trincomalee on 11 January 1782 was the second major engagement between Great Britain and the Dutch East India Company in the East Indies after the outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. After capturing Negapatam, the major Dutch outpost in India, a British force assaulted the Dutch-controlled port of Trincomalee on the eastern coast of Ceylon, and successfully stormed Fort Fredrick and Fort Ostenburg to gain control of the city and the port. In gaining control of the port, they also captured the vessels there at the time.
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Capture of Trincomalee | |||||||
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Part of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War | |||||||
A 1782 French map of Fort Fredrick, made after Suffren recaptured the port | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Great Britain | Dutch East India Company | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Edward Hughes | Iman Willem Falck | ||||||
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800 | 450 | ||||||
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21 killed 42 wounded |
13 killed 430+ captured |
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