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|conflict=Battle of Negapatam (1746)<br />
|image=Bataille navale de Négapatam en 1746.jpg<br />
|partof=[[War of the Austrian Succession]]<br />
|date= 6 July 1746<br />
|place=[[Negapatam|Coast of Negapatam]], [[Indian Ocean]]<br />
|casus=<br />
|territory=<br />
|result=Tactically inconclusive, Strategic French Victory<br />
|combatant1= {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}<br />
|combatant2= {{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}<br />
|commander1= {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Edward Peyton]]<br />
|commander2={{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} [[Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais]]<br />
|strength1= 4 [[Ship of the line|Ships of the line]] <br> 2 [[Frigate]]s<br />
|strength2= 1 [[Ship of the line]] <br> 8 [[East Indiaman|East Indiamen]]<br />
|casualties1= 14 Killed <br> 46 Wounded<br />
|casualties2= 27 Killed <br> 53 Wounded<br />
|casualties3=<br />
|notes=<br />
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{{Campaignbox First Carnatic War}}<br />
''For other actions with this location, see [[Battle of Negapatam (disambiguation)]]''<br />
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The '''action of 6 July 1746''' was an inconclusive naval engagement between the British and French fleets during the [[War of the Austrian Succession]].<br />
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==Battle==<br />
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><br />
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==Line of Battle==<br />
===Royal Navy===<br />
*[[HMS Medway (1742)|HMS Medway]]<br />
*[[HMS Preston (1742)|HMS Preston]]<br />
*[[HMS Harwich (1743)|HMS Harwich]]<br />
*[[HMS Winchester (1744)|HMS Winchester]]<br />
*[[HMS Medway Prize|HMS Medway's Prize]]<br />
*[[HMS Lively (1740)]]<br />
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===France===<br />
*[[French ship Achille|Achille]], 72 guns<br />
*Bourbon, 44 guns<br />
*Phénix, 44 guns<br />
*Lys, 40 guns<br />
*[[French ship Neptune|Neptune]], 40 guns<br />
*Saint-Louis, 36 guns<br />
*Duc d'Orléans, 36 guns<br />
*Insullaire, 30 guns<br />
*Renommée, 30 guns<br />
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==References==<br />
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*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'']<br />
*[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'']<br />
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[[Category:Naval battles involving France]]<br />
[[Category:Naval battles involving Great Britain]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 1746]]<br />
[[Category:1746 in India]]<br />
[[Category:First Carnatic War]]<br />
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