Battle of the Saintes, 12th April 1782

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Battle of the Saintes

Bataille de la Dominique

Battle of Dominica

12^th April 1782
Part of : The American War of Independence (1775/04/19 - 1784/01/14)
Previous action : Action off Dominique 9.4.1782
Next action : Battle of the Mona Passage 19.4.1782


Royaume de France - Chevalier François-Joseph Paul de Grasse (Comte de Grasse) (1722-1788)

Avant garde, Louis Antoine Bougainville (Comte de Bougainville) (1729-1811)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : L'Hercule (74)	Chevalier Jean-Isaac Chadeau de la Clocheterie (1741-1782)
Name : Le Neptune (74)	Charles Sochet (Seigneur Des Touches) (1727-1793)
Name : Le Diadème (74)
Name : Le Souverain (74)	Lord Jean-Baptiste de Glandevès du Castellet (Baron de Glandevès) (1728-1803)
Name : Le Palmier (74)	de Martelly-Chautard
Name : Le Northumberland (74)	Saint Cézaire (d.1782)
Name : L'Auguste (84)	Pierre Joseph Castellan	Squadron Flagship
Name : L'Ardent (64)	Chevalier Charles de Bernard de Marigny (1740-1816)	Captured

Corps de bataille, Chevalier François-Joseph Paul de Grasse (Comte de Grasse) (1722-1788)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Scipion (74)	Nicolas Henri de Grimouard (1743-1794)
Name : Le Brave (74)	Claude-Marguerite François Renart de Fuchsamberg (3^rd Marquis d'Amblimont) (1736-1797)
Name : Le Citoyen (74)	Alexandre de Thy (Comte d'Ethy) (1729-1789)
Name : Le Hector (74)		Captured
Name : Le César (74)		Burnt
Name : Le Dauphin Royal (74)
Name : Le Languedoc (90)	Jean-François d'Arros (Baron d'Argelos) (1726-1791)	Fleet Flagship
Name : La Ville de Paris (104)	Velleon	Captured
Name : La Couronne (80)
Name : L'Eveillé (64)	Armand Le Gardeur de Tilly (1733-1812)

Arrière garde, Jean-Louis de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (Comte de Vaudreuil) (1728-1810)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Sceptre (74)	Jean-Louis de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (Comte de Vaudreuil) (1728-1810)
Name : Le Glorieux (74)		Captured
Name : Le Destin (74)
Name : Le Magnanime (74)	Jean Antoine Le Bègue de Germiny (Comte de Germiny ) (1727-1808)
Name : Le Refléchi (64)

Escadre complémentaire, Jean Charles Régis Coriolis d'Espinouse
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Conquérant (74)	Chevalier Charles-Marie de La Grandière (1729-1812)
Name : Le Magnifique (74)
Name : Le Triomphant (80)		Squadron Flagship
Name : Le Bourgogne (74)
Name : Le Duc de Bourgogne (80)	Chevalier Nicolas Louis de Durfort (Baron de Durfort) (1736-1784)
Name : Le Marseillais (74)
Name : Le Pluton (74)

Battellerie
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : L'Aimable (32)
Name : L'Amazone (32)
Name : La Galatée (32)
Name : Richmond (32)
Name : La Cérès (18)
Name : Le Clairvoyant (14)

Great Britain

British Van
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Royal Oak (74)	Thomas Burnett (1724-1783)	8 Killed, 30 Wounded
Name : Alfred (74)	†	12 killed, 40 wounded CO Killed
Name : Montagu (74)	George Bowen	14 killed, 29 wounded
Name : Yarmouth (64)	John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817), Anthony Parrey (d.1789)	14 killed, 33 wounded
Name : Valiant (74)	Samuel Granston Goodall (d.1801)	10 killed, 28 wounded
Name : Barfleur (98)	John Knight (1747-1831)	Squadron Flagship 10 killed, 37 wounded
Name : Monarch (74)	Lord Francis Reynolds (1739-1808)	16 killed, 33 wounded
Name : Warrior (74)	Sir James Wallace (c.1732-1803)	5 killed, 21 wounded
Name : Belliqueux (64)	Thomas Fitzherbert (1727-1794), Andrew Sutherland (d.1795)	4 killed, 10 wounded
Name : Centaur (74)	John Nicholson Inglefield (1748-1828)	No returns known
Name : Magnificent (74)	Robert Linzee (c.1740-1805)	6 killed, 11 wounded
Name : Prince William (64)	George Wilkinson (c.1729-1782), James Vashon (1742-1827)	No casualties

British Center
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Bedford (74)	William Scott	17 wounded
Name : Ajax (74)	Nicholas Charrington (d.1803)	9 killed, 40 wounded
Name : Repulse (64)	Thomas Dumaresq (1729-1802)	3 killed, 11 wounded
Name : Canada (76)	The Hon. William Cornwallis (1744-1819)	12 killed, 23 wounded
Name : Saint Albans (64)	Charles Inglis (c.1731-1791)	6 wounded
Name : Namur (90)	Robert Fanshawe (1740-1823)	6 killed, 25 wounded
Name : Formidable (98)	John Symons (c.1732-1799), Sir Charles Douglas (1^st Baronet Carr) (1726/27-1789), James Cranstoun (d.1797)	Fleet Flagship 15 killed, 39 wounded
Name : Duke (98)	Alan Gardner (1742-1809)	13 killed, 60 wounded
Name : Agamemnon (64)	Benjamin Caldwell (1739-1820)	15 killed, 23 wounded
Name : Resolution (74)	Lord Robert Manners (1758-1782), John Symons (c.1732-1799)	4 killed, 23 wounded
Name : Hercules (74)	Henry Savage (d.1823)	6 killed, 19 wounded
Name : Prothee (64)	Charles Buckner (1736-c.1811)	5 killed, 25 wounded
Name : America (64)	Samuel Thompson (1718-1813)	1 killed, 1 wounded

British Rear
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Russell (74)	James Saumarez (1757-1836)	10 killed, 29 wounded
Name : Fame (74)	Robert Barber (c.1731-1782)	3 killed, 12 wounded
Name : Anson (64)	William Blair (1741-1782)†	3 killed, 13 wounded CO Killed
Name : Torbay (74)	John Lewis Gidoin (c.1727-1796)	10 killed, 25 wounded
Name : Prince George (98)	James Williams	9 killed, 24 wounded
Name : Princessa (70)	Charles Knatchbull	Squadron Flagship 3 killed, 22 wounded
Name : Conqueror (74)	George Balfour (c.1720-1794)	7 killed, 23 wounded
Name : Nonsuch (64)	William Truscott (1734-1798)	3 killed, 3 wounded
Name : Alcide (74)	Charles Thompson (1740-1799)	No casualty returns
Name : Arrogant (74)	Samuel Cornish (1739-1816)	no casualties
Name : Marlborough (74)	Taylor Penny (c.1722-1786)	3 killed, 16 wounded

British Frigates
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Endymion (44)	Edward Tyrrel Smith
Name : Fortunee (38)	Hugh Cloberry Christian (1747-1798)
Name : Flora (36)	Samuel Marshall (1741-1795)
Name : Nymphe (36)	John Ford (c.1738-1796)
Name : Convert (32)	Henry Harvey (1737-1810)
Name : Alarm (32)	Charles Cotton (1753-1812)
Name : Andromache (32)	George Anson Byron (d.1793)
Name : Lizard (28)	Edmund Dodd (1734-1815)
Name : Sibyl (28)	John Rodney (1765-1847)
Name : Triton (28)	John McLaurin (d.1792)
Name : Champion (24)	Thomas West, Alexander Hood (1758-1798)
Name : Eurydice (24)	George Wilson
Name : Zebra (16)	John Bourchier (1747-1808)
Name : Blast (8)	Charles William Paterson (1756-1841)	Fireship
Name : Shark (16)	John Maitland (d.1790)	Fireship
Name : Germaine (14)	George Augustus Keppel (d.1782)
Name : Alert (14)	James Vashon (1742-1827)
Name : Alecto (12)	Richard Fisher

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