Battle of the Delaware Capes

Battle of the Delaware Capes
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Illustration of the battle by Irwin John David Bevan, c. 1925
Date20–21 December 1782
Location
Near the Delaware River, Atlantic Ocean
38°57′54″N 74°58′19″W / 38.965°N 74.972°W / 38.965; -74.972
Result British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain United States
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Frederick John Joyner
Strength
3 frigates 1 frigate
2 brigs
1 schooner
Casualties and losses
None 6 killed
8 wounded
530 captured
1 frigate captured
2 brigs captured

The Battle of the Delaware Capes (also known as the Third Battle of Delaware Bay) was a naval engagement that was fought off the Delaware River towards the end of the American Revolutionary War. The battle took place on 20 and 21 December 1782, some three weeks after the signing of the preliminary articles of peace between Great Britain and the former American colonies. It was fought between three Royal Navy warships HMS Diomede, Quebec and Astraea, that battled the South Carolina State Navy's 40-gun frigate South Carolina and the privateer brigs Hope and Constance and schooner Seagrove. The British were victorious, with only Seagrove escaping capture.

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