Battle of the Mona Passage

Battle of the Mona Passage
Part of American Revolutionary War[1]
The capture of the French 64-gun ships Caton and Jason by the Valiant in the Mona Passage, 19 April 1782
Date 19 April 1782 Location Mona Passage, Caribbean Sea 18°30′N 68°0′W / 18.500°N 68.000°W / 18.500; -68.000 Result British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	France
Commanders and leaders
Samuel Hood	Georges-François de Framond
Strength
10 ships of the line 1 frigate 1 fire ship	2 ships of the line 2 frigates 1 corvette
Casualties and losses
10 killed 14 wounded[2]	2 ships of the line captured 1 frigate captured 1 corvette captured 1,300 captured[3]

The Battle of the Mona Passage was a naval engagement on 19 April 1782 taking place in the aftermath of the Battle of the Saintes between Britain and France during the American Revolutionary War.^[4][5] A British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, pursued a small French fleet under Georges-François de Framond which had managed to escape the victorious British fleet a week earlier. The two fleets met and engaged at the Mona Passage where the British overtook and captured four French ships, two of which were 64-gun ships of the line.^[6]