Action of 13 August 1780

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The action of 13 August 1780 was a minor naval battle fought off the Old Head of Kinsale in which the 64-gun French "private man of war" (privateer) Comte d'Artois fought two British Royal Navy ships, Bienfaisant and Charon, during the American Revolutionary War.

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