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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Battle of Negapatam (1746)
|image=Bataille navale de Négapatam en 1746.jpg
|partof=[[War of the Austrian Succession]]
|date= 6 July 1746
|place=[[Negapatam|Coast of Negapatam]], [[Indian Ocean]]
|casus=
|territory=
|result=Tactically inconclusive, Strategic French Victory
|combatant1= {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
|combatant2= {{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}
|commander1= {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Edward Peyton]]
|commander2={{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} [[Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais]]
|strength1= 4 [[Ship of the line|Ships of the line]] <br> 2 [[Frigate]]s
|strength2= 1 [[Ship of the line]] <br> 8 [[East Indiaman|East Indiamen]]
|casualties1= 14 Killed <br> 46 Wounded
|casualties2= 27 Killed <br> 53 Wounded
|casualties3=
|notes=
}}
{{Campaignbox First Carnatic War}}
''For other actions with this location, see [[Battle of Negapatam (disambiguation)]]''

The '''action of 6 July 1746''' was an inconclusive naval engagement between the British and French fleets during the [[War of the Austrian Succession]].

==Battle==
The English fleet, first under the command of Commodore [[Curtis Barnett]] and then [[Edward Peyton]], and a French fleet under [[Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais]], engaged each other early in the [[First Carnatic War]].  Both fleets were damaged, with La Bourdonnais putting in at [[Pondicherry]] for repairs, and Peyton at [[Trincomalee]].  La Bourdonnais acquired additional guns at Pondicherry, and when the fleets met again in August 1746, Peyton refused battle and retreated to [[Bengal]].  La Bourdonnais then proceeded to lead the successful French [[Battle of Madras|attack on Madras]] in September.<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honorourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=152}}</ref>

==Line of Battle==
===Royal Navy===
*[[HMS Medway (1742)|HMS Medway]]
*[[HMS Preston (1742)|HMS Preston]]
*[[HMS Harwich (1743)|HMS Harwich]]
*[[HMS Winchester (1744)|HMS Winchester]]
*[[HMS Medway Prize|HMS Medway's Prize]]
*[[HMS Lively (1740)]]

===France===
*[[French ship Achille|Achille]], 72 guns
*Bourbon, 44 guns
*Phénix, 44 guns
*Lys, 40 guns
*[[French ship Neptune|Neptune]], 40 guns
*Saint-Louis, 36 guns
*Duc d'Orléans, 36 guns
*Insullaire, 30 guns
*Renommée, 30 guns

==References==
{{reflist}}
*Dodwell, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SwPTB66d9wQC&lpg=PA12&ots=Q3kii8d5Rp&dq=Bourdonnais%20Peyton%201746&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=Bourdonnais%20Peyton%201746&f=false ''Dupleix and Clive'']
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=--o8AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA191&ots=_fc49X-3Pc&dq=Bourdonnais%20Peyton%201746&pg=PA192#v=onepage&q=Bourdonnais%20Peyton%201746&f=false ''The Navy in the War of 1739–1748'']

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[[Category:Naval battles involving France]]
[[Category:Naval battles involving Great Britain]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1746]]
[[Category:1746 in India]]
[[Category:First Carnatic War]]


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