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Battle of Providien

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Battle of Providien

Apr 12th 1782

HMXMS denotes French ships.

HBMS denotes british ships.

French Ships

#	Ships	Commander	Guns	Notes	Sources
1	Vengeur	Chevalier de Forbin	64		B091
2	Artesien	Maurville	64		B091
3	Annibal	de Galles	50	Little Annibal	B091
4	Sphinx	vicomte du Chilleau	64		B091
5	Heros	Bailli de Suffren	74		B091
6	Orient	la Pallière	74		B091
7	Brillant	de saint Félix	64		B091
8	Sévère	de Villeneuve Cillart	64		B091
9	Ajax	de Bouvet	64		B091
10	Annibal	de Tromelin	74		B091
11	Flamand	de Cuverville	50		B091
12	Bizarre	de Lalandelle	64		B091
	12 ships of the line		770 guns

British Ships

	The British Fleet
British Battle Line of Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Edward Hughes
Ship Name		Guns	Commander	Notes
Hero		74	Charles Wood
Exeter		64	Charles Hughes
Isis		50	Thomas Lumley
Burford		70	Peter Rainier
Monmouth		64	James Alms
Superb		74		Flagship
Monarca		68
Eagle		64	Ambrose Reddall
Worcester		64	George Talbot
Sultan		74
Magnanime		64
Not in the Line
Ship Name		Guns	Commander	Notes
Seahorse		24
Combustion		8

Losses

#	British	Situation	Number	French	Commander	Guns**
1	officers	Killed		officers	Killed
2	officers	Wounded		officers	Wounded
3	officers	Prisoners		officers	Prisoners
4	seamen	Killed		seamen	Killed
5	seamen	Wounded		seamen	Wounded
6	seamen	Prisoners		seamen	Prisoners
7	soldiers or marines	Killed		soldiers or marines	Killed
8	soldiers or marines	Wounded		soldiers or marines	Wounded
9	soldiers or marines	Prisoners		soldiers or marines	Prisoners
	Total british losses			Total french losses

Notes

Sources

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