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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
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 : Pluton (74)	François Hector d'Albert (Chevalier ) (1728-1802)
Name : Marseillais (74)	Henri-César Masjastre (Marquis de Castellane Masjastre)
Name : Bourgogne (74)	Charles Charitte (Comte de Charitte)
Name : 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 Chabert
Name : 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 : 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 : Sceptre (74)	Chevalier Louis-Philippe de Rigaud (Comte de Vaudreuil) (1724-1802)
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 : Scipion (74)	Pierre Antoine de Clavel (Comte )
Name : 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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