. . . "Battle of Trincomalee"@en . "283 wounded" . "French land victory; inconclusive naval outcome" . "51 killed" . . . "The Battle of Trincomalee was fought between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the coast of Trincomalee, then Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), on 3 September 1782. It was the fourth in a series of battles fought between the two fleets off the coast of the Indian subcontinent during the American Revolutionary War."@en . "12ships of the line" . "1782-09-03Z"^^ . . . "14ships of the line" .