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The action of 12 August 1782 was a minor single-ship action that opposed the French 32-gun frigate Bellone to the British 28-gun HMS Coventry in the run-up to the Battle of Trincomalee. Although both ships were frigates, Bellone belonged to the Iphigénie class and was a comparatively large frigate for her time, carrying a battery of 18-pounder long guns, while Coventry was a sixth-rate armed only with . Furthermore, Bellone had the advantage of the wind. The nominal crew of Coventry was about tho thirds of that of Bellone, but in the occasion it was reinforced by the troops she was carrying. In spite of these overwhelming odds, Coventry managed to inflict heavy casualties on Bellone, and most decisively to shoot most of the senior staff. The resulting confusion on Bellone allowed Coventry

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rdfs:label	Action of 12 August 1782 (en)
rdfs:comment	The action of 12 August 1782 was a minor single-ship action that opposed the French 32-gun frigate Bellone to the British 28-gun HMS Coventry in the run-up to the Battle of Trincomalee. Although both ships were frigates, Bellone belonged to the Iphigénie class and was a comparatively large frigate for her time, carrying a battery of 18-pounder long guns, while Coventry was a sixth-rate armed only with . Furthermore, Bellone had the advantage of the wind. The nominal crew of Coventry was about tho thirds of that of Bellone, but in the occasion it was reinforced by the troops she was carrying. In spite of these overwhelming odds, Coventry managed to inflict heavy casualties on Bellone, and most decisively to shoot most of the senior staff. The resulting confusion on Bellone allowed Coventry (en)
foaf:name	Action of 12 August 1782 (en)
Relates an entity ...ch it is located.	Batticaloa
dcterms:subject	1782 in Asia Conflicts in 1782 Naval battles involving France Naval battles involving Great Britain Naval battles of the East Indies Campaign
Wikipage page ID	63767648 (xsd:integer)
Wikipage revision ID	1074265773 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Batticaloa Battle of Negapatam (1782) Battle of Providien Battle of Sadras Battle of Trincomalee Antoine Melchior Gaspard de Bernier de Pierrevert Hyder Ali 18-pounder long gun Edward Hughes (Royal Navy officer) French corvette Bayonnaise (1793) French frigate Bellone (1778) French ship Artésien French ship Brillant (1774) French ship Illustre (1781) French ship Saint Michel (1741) French ship Vengeur (1765) Galle Musketry Andrew Mitchell (Royal Navy officer) Anglo-French War (1778–1783) Bahour 1782 in Asia Conflicts in 1782 Naval battles involving France Naval battles involving Great Britain Naval battles of the East Indies Campaign William Wolseley (admiral) Sixth-rate Action of 14 December 1798 American Revolutionary War Cuddalore Dutch Cape Colony Fourth Anglo-Dutch War Grapeshot Thomas d'Estienne d'Orves HMS Ambuscade (1773) HMS Coventry (1757) Iphigénie-class frigate Isle de France (Mauritius) Jean André de Pas de Beaulieu Pondicherry Indian Ocean Madras 74-gun Suffren Batacalo War of American Independence Fort Ostenburg Executive officer (military) dbr:9-pounder_long_gun
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://archive.org/details/histoiredubaill00torpgoog https://books.google.com/books%3Fid=YbdCAAAAYAAJ%7Clanguage=fr%7Cvolume=2
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casualties	26 (xsd:integer) 60 (xsd:integer)
commander	Andrew Mitchell (Royal Navy officer) Antoine Melchior Gaspard de Bernier de Pierrevert (en)
conflict	0001-08-12 (xsd:gMonthDay)
date	1782-08-12 (xsd:date)
partof	the American Revolutionary War (en)
place	Off Batticaloa (en)
result	Indecisive. Successful escape for Coventry. Hughes prevented from supporting Trincomalee (en)
strength	One light frigate 200 men * troops (en) One heavy frigate (en)
has abstract	The action of 12 August 1782 was a minor single-ship action that opposed the French 32-gun frigate Bellone to the British 28-gun HMS Coventry in the run-up to the Battle of Trincomalee. Although both ships were frigates, Bellone belonged to the Iphigénie class and was a comparatively large frigate for her time, carrying a battery of 18-pounder long guns, while Coventry was a sixth-rate armed only with . Furthermore, Bellone had the advantage of the wind. The nominal crew of Coventry was about tho thirds of that of Bellone, but in the occasion it was reinforced by the troops she was carrying. In spite of these overwhelming odds, Coventry managed to inflict heavy casualties on Bellone, and most decisively to shoot most of the senior staff. The resulting confusion on Bellone allowed Coventry to escape to Madras. (en)
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causalties	60 killed and wounded
date	1782-08-12 (xsd:date)
result	Indecisive. Successful escape for Coventry. Hughes prevented from supporting Trincomalee
strength	* 200 men

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