Capture of the Bahamas (1783)

Capture of the Bahamas (1783)
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Map of New Providence and Nassau
Date 14–18 April 1783 Location Nassau, Bahamas 25°04′N 77°20′W / 25.067°N 77.333°W / 25.067; -77.333 Result British/Loyalist victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Great Britain	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Andrew Deveaux	Don Antonio Claraco Sauz
Strength
227 regulars, militia & volunteers 7 ships[1]	600 regulars, sailors & marines 7 ships 50 guns
Casualties and losses
none	600 captured (later repatriated) 50 cannons captured 7 ships captured[2]

The Capture of the Bahamas took place in April 1783, late in the American Revolutionary War, when a Loyalist expedition under the command of Andrew Deveaux set out to retake the Bahamas from the Spanish. The expedition was successful and Nassau fell without a shot being fired. It was one of the last actions of the entire war.