Battle of St. Lucia

Battle of St. Lucia
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; Barrington's Action at St Lucia, 15 December 1778 , Dominic Serres
Date	15 December 1778
Location	Off Saint Lucia, Caribbean Sea14°1′1.200″N 60°58′58.800″W / 14.01700000°N 60.98300000°W
Result	British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	France
Commanders and leaders
Samuel Barrington	Comte d'Estaing
Strength
7 ships of the line ; 3 frigates	12 ships of the line ; 4 frigates
Casualties and losses
230 killed and wounded	850 killed and wounded
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Caribbean

The Battle of St. Lucia or the Battle of the Cul de Sac was a naval battle fought off the island of St. Lucia in the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War on 15 December 1778, between the British Royal Navy and the French Navy.^[2]

^ Navies and the American Revolution, 1775–1783. Robert Gardiner, ed. Chatham Publishing, 1997, pp. 88–91. ISBN 1-55750-623-X
^ Orr, Tamra. St. Lucia. Marshall Cavendish, 2008; p. 31. ISBN 978-0-7614-2569-4.