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Battle of the Chesapeake
Battle of the Virginia Capes
Battle of the Capes
5
th
September 1781
Fought at :
Chesapeake Bay -
North America
-
Atlantic Ocean
Part of :
The American War of Independence
(
1775/04/19
-
1784/01/14
)
Previous action :
Action off Sandy Hook
15.8.1781
Next action :
Viper v General Conway
12.9.1781
Great Britain
British Rear,
Francis Samuel Drake (1729-1789)
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
Alfred (74)
William Bayne (1730-1782)
no casualties
Name :
Belliqueux (64)
Thomas Fitzherbert (1727-1794)
,
James Brine (d.1814)
no casualties
Name :
Invincible (74)
Charles Saxton (c.1732-c.1808)
no casualties
Name :
Barfleur (98)
Alexander Hood (1758-1798)
Squadron Flagship
no casualties
Name :
Monarch (74)
Lord Francis Reynolds (1739-1808)
no casualties
Name :
Centaur (74)
Edward Tyrrel Smith
,
Charles Fitzgerald (1756-1810)
no casualties
British Center,
Thomas Graves (1725-1802)
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
America (64)
Samuel Thompson (1718-1813)
no casualties
Name :
Bedford (74)
Thomas Graves (1747-1814)
no casualties
Name :
Resolution (74)
Lord Robert Manners (1758-1782)
3 killed, 16 wounded
Name :
London (90)
David Graves
Fleet Flagship
4 killed, 18 wounded
Name :
Royal Oak (74)
John Plummer Ardesoif (1737-1790)
4 killed, 5 wounded
Name :
Montagu (74)
George Bowen
8 killed, 22 wounded
Name :
Europe (64)
Smith Child (1729-1813)
9 killed, 18 wounded
British Van,
Sir Samuel Hood (1
st
Baronet Hood) (1724-1816)
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
Terrible (74)
The Hon. William Clement Finch (1753-1794)
4 killed, 21 wounded
Name :
Ajax (74)
Nicholas Charrington (d.1803)
7 killed, 16 wounded
Name :
Princessa (70)
Charles Knatchbull
Squadron Flagship
6 killed, 11 wounded
Name :
Alcide (74)
Charles Thompson (1740-1799)
2 killed, 18 wounded
Name :
Intrepid (64)
Anthony James Pye Molloy (d.1815)
21 killed, 35 wounded
Name :
Shrewsbury (74)
Mark Robinson (1722-1799)
14 killed, 52 wounded
Ships not in the Line
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
Fortunee (38)
Hugh Cloberry Christian (1747-1798)
Name :
Nymphe (36)
John Ford (c.1738-1796)
Name :
Orpheus (32)
John Colpoys (1742-1821)
Name :
Richmond (32)
Name :
Medea (28)
Henry Duncan (1735-1814)
Name :
Sibyl (28)
John Rodney (1765-1847)
Name :
Solebay (28)
Charles Holmes Everitt
Name :
Salamander (8)
Edward Bowater
Royaume de France
French Van,
Louis Antoine Bougainville (Comte de Bougainville) (1729-1811)
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
Le Pluton (74)
François Hector d'Albert (Chevalier ) (1728-1802)
Name :
Le Marseillais (74)
Henri-César Masjastre (Marquis de Castellane Masjastre)
Name :
Le Bourgogne (74)
Charles Charitte (Comte de Charitte)
Name :
Le Refléchi (64)
Jean François Emmanuel Brune de Boades (d.1781)
†
CO Killed
Name :
L'Auguste (84)
Pierre Joseph Castellan
Squadron Flagship
10 killed, 58 wounded
Name :
Le Diadème (74)
Louis Augustin Montecerc
Name :
Le Saint Esprit (80)
Joseph Bernard de Chabert (Marquis de Chabert et Cogolin) (1724-1805)
Name :
Le Caton (64)
de Framond (Comte )
French Center,
Chevalier Louis René Levassor de La Touche (1745-1804)
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
Le César (74)
Jean Charles Régis Coriolis d'Espinouse
Name :
Le Destin (74)
François-Louis-Edme-Gabriel Maitz de Goimpy (Comte du Maitz de Goimpy)
Name :
La Ville de Paris (104)
Saint Cézaire (d.1782)
,
Velleon
Fleet Flagship
Name :
La Victoire (74)
Joseph François Auguste Jules d'Albert de Saint-Hippolyte (1726-1799)
Name :
Le Sceptre (74)
Jean-Louis de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (Comte de Vaudreuil) (1728-1810)
Name :
Le Northumberland (74)
de Briqueville (Marquis )
Name :
Le Palmier (74)
Lord Jean François Bricqueville (Baron d'Arros d'Argelos)
Name :
La Solitaire (64)
Cicé-Champion (Comte de Cicé-Champion)
French Rear,
François-Aymar Monteil (Comte de Monteil) (1725-1787)
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
Le Citoyen (74)
Alexandre de Thy (Comte d'Ethy) (1729-1789)
Name :
Le Scipion (74)
Pierre Antoine de Clavel (Comte )
Name :
Le Magnanime (74)
Le Bègue (Comte )
Name :
Hercule (74)
Jean Baptiste Turpin du Breuil
Name :
Le Languedoc (90)
Hervé Louis Joseph Marie Duplessis-Parscau (Comte Duplessis-Parscau)
,
Argelos
Squadron Flagship
Name :
Le Zélé (74)
Balthazar Gras-Préville
Name :
Le Hector (74)
Laurent-Emanuel Renaud d'Aleins
Name :
Le Souverain (74)
Lord Jean-Baptiste de Glandevès du Castellet (Baron de Glandevès) (1728-1803)
Ships not in the Line
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
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Name
Author
Type
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