Battle of Grand Port

August 20–27, 1810 · Grand Port District

Result French victory

A French squadron defeated a British squadron at Grand Port on Mauritius. It was the most serious British naval defeat of the Napoleonic Wars, though Britain took the island later that year.

France

United Kingdom

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 800
Casualties
c. 150
Killed
37
Wounded
112
Ships
5c. 4
Guns
c. 132
Strength
c. 900
Casualties
c. 900
Killed
105
Wounded
163
Captured
c. 600
Ships
4c. 4
Ships lost
2c. 4
Ships captured
2
Guns
c. 144
Guns lost
c. 144