桑特海峡战役

桑特海峡战役(Battle of the Saintes)是美国独立战争中英国海军在西印度群岛的重要胜利，从而结束了该地区的法国威胁。

经过
桑特海峡战役發生在1782年4月9日至12日，是英、法國在加勒比海地區的一場殖民利益爭奪戰。 當時法國以馬提尼克為基地，英國則占據聖露西亞，桑特（Saintes）是加勒比海三個小島的名稱，位為多明尼加和瓜德罗普之間。這次戰役法國戰敗，法國那艘以特洛伊王子帕里斯（Paris）命名的巨艦也淪為英國戰利品。

此战英国舰队和法国舰队各以战列线对阵时，风向突然改变，英舰队司令乔治·罗德尼（George Rodney）立刻率领六艘战舰突破法舰队的一字长蛇阵，其他英舰也就近突破敌阵，将法国舰队分割成几段。结果五艘法舰投降。

延伸阅读 

 John Playfair, On the naval tactics of the late John Clerk, esq. of Eldin, in The Works of John Playfair, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co., 1822; vol. III, pp. 441–474.
 A statement of some important facts, supported by authentic documents, relating to the operation of Breaking the enemy's Line, as practiced for the first time in the celebrated battle of 12th April, 1782, in Quarterly Review, vol. XLII, n. LXXXIII (January & March 1830), pp. 50–69, London, John Murray, 1830.
 Godfrey Basil Mundy, The life and correspondence of the late admiral Lord Rodney, London, John Murray, 1830.
 Howard Douglas, Naval evolutions: a memoir, London, Thomas & William Boone, 1832.
 Stephen Watson Fullom, The life of general Sir Howard Douglas, London, John Murray, 1863.
 Alfred Thayer Mahan, Types of naval officers drawn from the history of the British Navy, Boston, Little, Brown, 1901.
 Alfred Thayer Mahan, The major operations of the navies in the War of American Independence, Cambridge (Massachusetts), The University Press, 1913.
 Kenneth Breen, "Rodney: Les Saintes, 1782", in Eric Grove (a cura di), Great battles of the Royal Navy, London, Arms & Armour Press, 1994.
 Jeremy Black, Warfare in the Eighteenth Century, London, Cassell, 1999.
 Andrew Lambert, War at sea in the Age of sail 1650-1850, London, Cassel, 2000.
 Peter Trew, Rodney and the Breaking of the Line, London, Leo Cooper, 2005.

英國海戰
法國海戰
美國獨立戰爭戰役
1782年
桑特群岛历史
多明尼加歷史
1780年代加勒比地区
18世纪战役
英法關係