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Capture of Trincomalee Part of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War Date 11 January 1782 Location Trincomalee, then a Dutch colony in present-day Sri Lanka 8°32′56.79″N 81°14′15.78″E / 8.5491083°N 81.2377167°E / 8.5491083; 81.2377167Coordinates: 8°32′56.79″N 81°14′15.78″E / 8.5491083°N 81.2377167°E / 8.5491083; 81.2377167 Result British victory Belligerents Great Britain  Dutch Republic Commanders Hector Munro Iman Willem Falck Strength 450 400 Casualties and losses 21 killed 42 wounded unknown

East Indies Campaign 1778–1783 Pondicherry – Porto Praya – 1st Negapatam – 1st Trincomalee – Sadras – Providien – 2nd Negapatam – 2nd Trincomalee – 1st Cuddalore – 2nd Cuddalore

The Capture of Trincomalee on 11 January 1782 was the second major engagement between Great Britain and the Dutch Republic in the East Indies after outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (an offshoot of the American War of Independence). After capturing Negapatam, the major Dutch outpost in India, a British force assaulted the Dutch-controlled port of Trincomalee on the eastern coast of Ceylon, and successfully stormed Fort Ostenburg to gain control of the city and the port. In gaining control of the port, they also captured the vessels in the port at the time.

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