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Battle of Delaware Bay | |||||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
The Hyder Ally engaging HMS General Monk | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Great Britain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Joshua Barney |
Christopher Mason Josias Rodgers | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3 sloops-of-war |
1 frigate 1 sloop-of-war 1 brig | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
4 killed 11 wounded 1 sloop-of-war captured 1 sloop-of-war damaged |
20 killed 33 wounded 1 sloop-of-war captured 1 brig grounded | ||||||
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The Battle of Delaware Bay, or the Battle of Cape May, was a naval engagement fought between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States during the American Revolutionary War. A British squadron of three vessels attacked three American privateers that were escorting a fleet of merchantmen. The ensuing combat in Delaware Bay near Cape May ended with an American victory over a superior British force.