Battle of Vizagapatam
The Battle of Vizagapatam was a minor naval engagement fought in the approaches to Vizagapatam harbour in the Coastal Andhra region of British India on the Bay of Bengal on 15 September 1804 during the Napoleonic Wars. A French squadron under Contre-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois in the ship of the line Marengo attacked the British Royal Navy fourth rate ship HMS Centurion and two East Indiaman merchant ships anchored in the harbour roads. Linois was engaged in an extended raiding campaign, which had already involved operations in the South China Sea, in the Mozambique Channel, off Ceylon and along the Indian coast of the Bay of Bengal. The French squadron had fought one notable engagement, at the Battle of Pulo Aura on 15 February 1804, in which Linois had attacked the Honou
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Action of 15 September 1804Battle of Pulo AuraBattle of vizagapatamCharles-Alexandre Léon Durand LinoisFrench frigate Atalante (1802)French ship Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1795)HMS Centurion (1774)HMS Wilhelmina (1798)James LindJames Lind (Royal Navy officer)List of clasps to the Naval General Service Medal (1847)List of ships captured in the 19th centuryList of wars involving IndiaOrder of battle in the Atlantic campaign of 1806Pierre François Étienne Bouvet de MaisonneuveSir Alexander Campbell, 1st BaronetVisakhapatnam
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Battle of Vizagapatam
The Battle of Vizagapatam was a minor naval engagement fought in the approaches to Vizagapatam harbour in the Coastal Andhra region of British India on the Bay of Bengal on 15 September 1804 during the Napoleonic Wars. A French squadron under Contre-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois in the ship of the line Marengo attacked the British Royal Navy fourth rate ship HMS Centurion and two East Indiaman merchant ships anchored in the harbour roads. Linois was engaged in an extended raiding campaign, which had already involved operations in the South China Sea, in the Mozambique Channel, off Ceylon and along the Indian coast of the Bay of Bengal. The French squadron had fought one notable engagement, at the Battle of Pulo Aura on 15 February 1804, in which Linois had attacked the Honou
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La bataille navale de Vizagapa ...... s le nord du golfe du Bengale.
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The Battle of Vizagapatam was ...... equired six months of repairs.
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11 killed and wounded
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1804-09-15
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French victory
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1 ship of the line
2 frigates
2 merchant ships
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Defence of the Centurion in Vizagapatam Road, Septr. 15th 1804, Thomas Sutherland
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Charles Linois
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James Lind
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Battle of Vizagapatam
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1804-09-15
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the Napoleonic Wars
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Off Vizagapatam, Bay of Bengal
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French victory
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La bataille navale de Vizagapa ...... s le nord du golfe du Bengale.
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The Battle of Vizagapatam was ...... Linois had attacked the Honou
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Battle of Vizagapatam
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Combat de Vizagapatam
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