Battle of the Chesapeake, 5th September 1781
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Battle of the Chesapeake
5
th
September 1781
British Squadron
Fortunee
38
Hugh Cloberry Christian
Nymphe
36
John Ford
Richmond
32
Charles Hudson
Orpheus
32
John Colpoys
Medea
28
Henry Duncan
Sibyl
28
Charles Lecale Fitzgerald
Solebay
28
Charles Everitt
Salamander
8
Edward Bowater
British Rear,
Sir Francis Samuel Drake
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Alfred
74
William Bayne
no casualties
Belliqueux
64
James Brine
no casualties
Invincible
74
Sir Charles Saxton
no casualties
Barfleur
98
Alexander Arthur Hood
Squadron Flagship
no casualties
Monarch
74
Francis Reynolds
no casualties
Centaur
74
no casualties
British Center,
Thomas Graves
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
America
64
Samuel Thompson
no casualties
Bedford
74
Thomas Graves
no casualties
Resolution
74
Robert Manners
3 killed, 16 wounded
London
90
James Kempthorne
Fleet Flagship
4 killed, 18 wounded
Royal Oak
74
John Plummer Ardesoif
4 killed, 5 wounded
Montagu
74
George Bowen
8 killed, 22 wounded
Europe
64
Smith Child
9 killed, 18 wounded
British Van,
Samuel Hood
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Terrible
74
William Clement Finch
4 killed, 21 wounded
Ajax
74
Nicholas Charrington
7 killed, 16 wounded
Princessa
70
Charles Knatchbull
Squadron Flagship
6 killed, 11 wounded
Alcide
74
Charles Thompson
2 killed, 18 wounded
Intrepid
64
Anthony James Pye Molloy
21 killed, 35 wounded
Shrewsbury
74
Mark Robinson
14 killed, 52 wounded
French Squadron
French Van,
Comte Louis Antoine Bougainville
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Pluton
74
Comte François-Hector Rions
Marseillais
74
Henri-César Masjastre
Bourgogne
74
Comte Charles Charitte
Refléchi
64
Jean François Emmanuel Brune de Boades
†
Auguste
80
Pierre Joseph Castellan
Squadron Flagship
10 killed, 58 wounded
Le Diadème
74
Louis Augustin Montecerc
Saint Esprit
80
Joseph Bernard Chabert
Caton
64
Framond
French Center,
Louis René Levassor de Latouche Treville
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
César
74
Jean Charles Régis Coriolis d'Espinouse
Destin
74
Comte François-Louis-Edme-Gabriel Maitz de Goimpy
Ville de Paris
104
Saint Cézaire
Fleet Flagship
La Victoire
74
François d'Albert Saint-Hyppolyte
Sceptre
74
Northumberland
74
Palmier
74
Lord Jean François Bricqueville
La Solitaire
64
French Rear,
Comte François-Aymar Monteil
Ship Name
Guns
Commander
Notes
Citoyen
74
Comte Alexandre d'Ethy
Scipion
74
Magnanime
74
Hercule
74
Jean Baptiste Turpin du Breuil
La Languedoc
80
Argelos
Squadron Flagship
Zélé
74
Balthazar Gras-Préville
Le Hector
74
Laurent-Emanuel Renaud d'Aleins
Souverain
74
Lord Jean-Baptiste Glandevès
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