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{{Short description|1758 battle of the Seven Years' War}}
{{Expand French|topic=mil|Bataille de Négapatam (1758)|date=November 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{For|other actions with this name|Battle of Negapatam (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Negapatam
| partof = the [[Seven Years' War]]
| image = Sir George Pocock by Thomas Hudson.jpg
| caption = Portrait of [[George Pocock]]
| date = 3 August 1758
| place = Off [[Nagapattinam|Negapatam]], [[Indian Ocean]]
| result = Inconclusive
| combatant1 = [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
| combatant2 = [[Kingdom of France|France]]
| commander1 = [[George Pocock]]
| commander2 = [[Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché|Comte d'Aché]]{{WIA}}
| strength1 = 7 ships of the line 1 frigate
| strength2 = 8 ships of the line 1 frigate
| casualties1=31 killed 166 wounded
| casualties2=250 killed 600 wounded
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Seven Years' War: East Indies}}
}}

The '''Battle of Nagapatam''' was an indecisive naval battle on 3 August 1758 during the [[Seven Years' War]]. A [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] squadron under Vice-Admiral [[George Pocock]] fought a French squadron under [[Comte d'Aché]] off the Carnatic coast of India near [[Negapatam]] in the second of three battles fought between the two admirals during the war. Both squadrons suffered heavy damage during the short but fierce engagement, with d'Ache's flagship ''[[French ship Zodiaque (1756)|Zodiaque]]'' catching fire and d'Ache himself severely wounded. He would spend the remainder of the year recovering in [[Mauritius]].<ref>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=pseudowar&FileName=americanrev Heritage History - List of Battles] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711163642/http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=pseudowar&FileName=americanrev |date=11 July 2011 }}, retrieved 30 September 2008</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+British order of battle
!Ship
!Guns
!Commander
!Ref.
|-
|[[HMS Yarmouth (1745)|''Yarmouth'']]
|64
|Vice-Admiral '''[[George Pocock]]''' Captain [[John Harrison (Royal Navy officer)|John Harrison]]
|rowspan=8|{{sfnp|Clowes|1898|p=179}}
|-
|[[HMS Elizabeth (1706)|''Elizabeth'']]
|64
|Commodore '''[[Charles Steevens]]''' Captain [[Richard Kempenfelt]]
|-
|[[HMS Tiger (1747)|''Tiger'']]
|60
|Captain [[Thomas Latham (Royal Navy officer)|Thomas Latham]]
|-
|[[HMS Weymouth (1752)|''Weymouth'']]
|60
|Captain [[John Stukley Somerset]]
|-
|[[HMS Cumberland (1710)|''Cumberland'']]
|56
|Captain [[William Martin (Royal Navy officer, died 1766)|William Martin]]
|-
|[[HMS Salisbury (1746)|''Salisbury'']]
|50
|Captain [[William Brereton (Royal Navy officer)|William Brereton]]
|-
|[[HMS Newcastle (1750)|''Newcastle'']]
|50
|Captain [[James Colville (Royal Navy officer)|James Colville]]
|-
|[[HMS Queenborough (1747)|''Queenborough'']]
|24
|Captain [[Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, born 1739)|Digby Dent]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+French order of battle
!Ship
!Guns
!Commander
!Ref.
|-
|[[French ship Zodiaque (1756)|''Zodiaque'']]
|74
|Chef d'escadre '''[[Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché]]''' Captain [[Jacques-Antoine de Gotho]]
|rowspan=9|{{sfnp|Clowes|1898|p=179}}
|-
|[[French ship Comte de Provence (1756)|''Comte de Provence'']]
|74
|Captain [[Jean-Jacques de La Chaise]]
|-
|[[French ship Saint Louis (1753)|''Saint Louis'']]
|64
|Captain [[Louis de Joannis]]
|-
|[[French ship Vengeur (1765)|''Vengeur'']]
|64
|Captain [[Jean Baptiste Christy de La Pallière]]
|-
|[[French ship Duc d'Orléans (1754)|''Duc d'Orléans'']]
|60
|Captain [[Jean-François de Surville]]
|-
|[[French ship Duc de Bourgogne (1751)|''Duc de Bourgogne'']]
|80
|Captain [[Jean-Baptiste d’Après de Mannevillette]]
|-
|[[French ship Condé (1753)|''Condé'']]
|50
|Captain [[Jacques Kerlero de Rosbo]]
|-
|[[French ship Moras (1756)|''Moras'']]
|50
|Captain [[Louis-Toussaint de Becdelièvre-Du Bouexié]]
|-
|[[French frigate Diligente (1761)|''Diligente'']]
|24
|Captain [[Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne]]
|}

==Citations==
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==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last=Clowes|first=William Laird|author-link=William Laird Clowes|year=1898|title=The Royal Navy, a History from the Earliest Times to the Present|location=London|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston and Company|volume=3}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_battle&id=121 "Battle of Negapatam, 3rd August 1758" at threedecks.org]

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[[Category:Conflicts in 1758]]
[[Category:Naval battles of the East Indies Campaign (1757–1763)]]
[[Category:1758 in British India|Battle of Nagapatam]]
[[Category:Third Carnatic War]]
[[Category:Naval battles of the Seven Years' War involving France]]
[[Category:Naval battles of the Seven Years' War involving Great Britain]]

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