Action of 11 April 1783

Action of 11 April 1783
Date 11 April 1783 Location Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean Result British victory
Belligerents
France	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Villaret de Joyeuse	Samuel Graves
Strength
30 gun Corvette	64 gun ship of the line
Casualties and losses
1 Corvette captured 34 wounded 160 sailors and Marines captured.	24 wounded

The action of 11 April 1783 was a naval engagement which took place during the American Revolutionary War in the East Indies campaign. The French corvette Naïade was spotted by the 64-gun HMS Sceptre. In a five hour long fight Sceptre captured Naïade off Trincomalee on the night of 14 April 1783.^[1]