The Battle of Guadeloupe or the Action of 21–22 December 1779 was a naval engagement that took place off the French island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War between three Royal Navy ships and three French Navy frigates.

[3] The Royal Navy under Joshua Rowley sighted and promptly chased the French frigates, all of which were captured after a brief fight.

[5] The engagement that followed was one sided - the French ships were in disorder; their crews were weak; and they could not escape the vastly superior British force.

The Fortunée attempted to escape by throwing her quarter-deck guns overboard, but was captured on the early morning of 22 December, an hour before the Elise had struck.

[5] Rowley then led his squadron to capture a large French convoy, which had sailed from Marseille, off Martinique.