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Battle of Trincomalee
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Facts

Date September 3, 1782
Location Sri Lanka • Trincomalee
Participants France • United Kingdom

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Comte Pierre Andre de Suffren de Saint-Tropez (1729–1788)
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Key People

Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez
French admiral

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