桑特海峽戰役
| 桑特海峽戰役 | |||||||
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| 美國獨立戰爭的一部分 | |||||||
 桑特海峽戰役 | |||||||
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| 參戰方 | |||||||
| 英國 | 法國 | ||||||
| 指揮官與領導者 | |||||||
| 喬治·羅德尼 |
格拉斯伯爵 查爾斯·莫胡德少校 | ||||||
| 兵力 | |||||||
| 36艘 | 30艘 | ||||||
| 傷亡與損失 | |||||||
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243人陣亡 816人負傷 |
2000人陣亡和負傷 5艘被俘 | ||||||
桑特海峽戰役(Battle of the Saintes)是美國獨立戰爭中英國海軍在西印度群島的重要勝利，從而結束了該地區的法國威脅。
經過
桑特海峽戰役發生在1782年4月9日至12日，是英、法國在加勒比海地區的一場殖民利益爭奪戰。 當時法國以馬提尼克為基地，英國則佔據聖盧西亞，桑特（Saintes）是加勒比海三個小島的名稱，位為多明尼加和瓜德羅普之間。這次戰役法國戰敗，法國那艘以特洛伊王子帕里斯（Paris）命名的巨艦也淪為英國戰利品。
此戰英國艦隊和法國艦隊各以戰列線對陣時，風向突然改變，英艦隊司令喬治·羅德尼（George Rodney）立刻率領六艘戰艦突破法艦隊的一字長蛇陣，其他英艦也就近突破敵陣，將法國艦隊分割成幾段。結果五艘法艦投降。
延伸閱讀
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- Stephen Watson Fullom, The life of general Sir Howard Douglas, London, John Murray, 1863.
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- Alfred Thayer Mahan, The major operations of the navies in the War of American Independence, Cambridge (Massachusetts), The University Press, 1913.
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