Action of 29 July 1782

Action of 29 July 1782

Part of the American Revolutionary War

The capture of the 'Amazone' by HM ship 'Santa Margarita', 29 July 1782
Robert Dodd, c. 1783

Date	29–30 July 1782
Location	Off Cape Henry, Atlantic Ocean
Result	Inconclusive

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

Elliot Salter

Louis-Charles de Montguyot de Cambronne †
Louis-Philippe de Vaudreuil

Strength

1 frigate

1 frigate
13 ships (under Vaudreuil)

Casualties and losses

5 killed
17 wounded

70 killed
80 wounded

American Revolutionary War: Atlantic naval theatre
Nassau Block Island Turtle Gut Inlet Barbados Yarmouth 1st Halifax Frederica North Channel 1st Charleston 1st Long Island 1st Cape Henry Blomindon Cape Breton Delaware Capes Cape Ann 1st Chesapeake 2nd Charleston 1st Delaware Bay 2nd Halifax 2nd Cape Henry Hudson Bay 2nd Long Island 2nd Delaware Bay Kedges Strait 3rd Delaware Bay 2nd Chesapeake Bay

The action of 29 July 1782 took place during the end of the American War of Independence. The Royal Navy frigate HMS Santa Margarita captured the French Navy frigate French frigate Amazone off Cape Henry, but on the next day a French squadron under Louis-Philippe de Vaudreuil intervened and recaptured Amazone.