Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Trincomalee (Seven Years' War).

Fought August 10, 1759, between a British squadron[squadron] of 12 sail, under Admiral Pococke, and a French fleet of 14 sail, under the Comte d'Aché. After an engagement lasting two hours, the French were worsted, but sailing better than the British, as usual at this period, eluded pursuit and lost no ships.