2nd Battle of Cuddalore, 20th June 1783

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2nd Battle of Cuddalore

20^th June 1783
Part of : The American War of Independence (1775/04/19 - 1784/01/14)
Previous action : Attack on Turk's Island 7.3.1783 - 8.3.1783
Next action : Affair in Delaware Bay 29.7.1813


Royaume de France

French Line of Battle, Pierre-Andre de Suffren (1725/26-1788)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Sphinx (64)
Name : Le Brillant (64)
Name : Le Fendant (74)
Name : Le Flamand (56)
Name : Ajax (64)	Dupas de la Manceliere
Name : L'Annibal (74)
Name : L'Argonaute (74)
Name : Le Héros (74)		Fleet Flagship
Name : L'Illustre (74)		Squadron Flagship
Name : Le Saint Michel (60)
Name : Le Vengeur (64)
Name : Le Sévère (64)
Name : Le Petit Hannibal (50)
Name : Le Hardi (64)
Name : L'Artesien (64)

Not in the Line
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : L'Apollon (40)
Name : La Cleopatre (32)
Name : Le Coventry (28)

Great Britain

British Line of Battle, Edward Hughes (1720-1794)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Defence (74)	Thomas Newnham (d.1795)
Name : Isis (50)	William Clark (d.1802), Christopher Halliday (d.1790)
Name : Gibraltar (80)	Thomas Hickes (1731-1801)	Squadron Flagship
Name : Inflexible (64)	The Hon. John Whitmore Chetwynd (1754-1788)
Name : Monmouth (64)	James Alms (1728-1791)
Name : Africa (64)	Robert McDougall (1729-1816)
Name : Eagle (64)	William Clark (d.1802)
Name : Worcester (64)	Charles Hughes
Name : Sultan (74)	Andrew Mitchell (1757-1806)
Name : Superb (74)		Fleet Flagship
Name : Monarca (68)	John Gell (d.1806)
Name : Burford (68)	Peter Rainier (1741-1808)
Name : Sceptre (64)	Samuel Graves
Name : Magnanime (64)	Thomas Mackenzie (1753-1813)
Name : Hero (74)	Theophilius Jones	Squadron Flagship Flagship of Commodore Richard King
Name : Bristol (50)	James Burney
Name : Exeter (64)	John Samuel Smith
Name : Cumberland (74)	William Allen (1728-1804)

Not in the Line
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : San Carlos (22)	George Murray, William White (d.1801)
Name : Harriott (22)	Thomas Stephenson
Name : Chaser (18)	Edward Buller (1764-1824)
Name : Juno (32)	James Montagu (1752-1794)
Name : Medea (28)	Erasmus Gower (1742-1814)
Name : Seahorse (24)	John Drew (d.1798)
Name : Pondicherry (18)	Thomas Saunders Grove (c.1737-1814)

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Posted by Tim Oakley on Monday 4th of September 2017 06:06

I have the captains for the French fleet as:
Battle of Cuddalore
Ships under Admiral Suffren

Sphinx64 Captain De Laroche
Brillant64 Captain Kersauson
Fendant74 Captain Peynier
Flamand56 Captain De Salvert
Ajax64 Captain De Lamonceliere
Petit-Annibal50 Captain De Beaulieu [Ex British ship]
Argonaute74 Captain De Clavieres
Heros74 Captain De Moissac Fleet Flagship
Illustre74 Captain Bruyeres Squadron Flagship
Saint-Michel60 Captain Beaumont-Lemaitre
Vengeur64 Captain De Cuverville
Severe64 Captain De Langle
Annibal74 Captain D'Aymar
Hardi64 Captain Kerhue
Artesien64 Captain De Maurville
Cleopatre40

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