Action of 10 September 1782

Action of 10 September 1782
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Present-day view of the Strait of Malacca
Date 10 September 1782 Location Off Pisang Island, Strait of Malacca 1°28′03″N 105°15′17″E / 1.46750°N 105.25472°E / 1.46750; 105.25472 Result Indecisive
Belligerents
East India Company	France
Commanders and leaders
Patrick Lawson	Jacques Nuguy
Strength
5 merchantmen	1 frigate
Casualties and losses
2 killed	4 killed

The action of 10 September 1782 was a minor engagement between five merchant vessels — four East Indiamen of the British East India Company and a country-ship — on the one side, and a French frigate on the other. The action resulted in only a few casualties and was inconclusive. What was noteworthy was that the Indiamen sought out the French man-of-war and attacked it; it would have been more usual for the merchantmen to have avoided combat as they had little to gain from a battle.