Recent updates


Recent Comments

Battle of Martinique

Combat de la Dominique

17th April 1780
Part of : The American War of Independence (1775/04/19 - 1784/01/14)
Previous action : 1st Action off Monti Christi 20.3.1780
Next action : Action of 30th April 1780 30.4.1780

 

Great Britain (Royal Navy) -
Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782

 
Van
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Stirling Castle (64) 1775-1780
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Robert CarkettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1767
4 Killed 34 Wounded
Ajax (74) 1767-1785
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Samuel UvedaleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1790
4 Killed 13 Wounded
Elizabeth (74) 1769-1797
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Frederick Lewis MaitlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1785
9 Killed 15 Wounded
Princess Royal (98) 1773-1807
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
Harry HarmoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1809
Squadron Flagship 5 Killed 14 Wounded
Albion (74) 1763-1797
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
George BowyerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1751-1799
3 Killed 2 Wounded
Terrible (74) 1762-1781
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
John Leigh DouglasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1760-1810
No Casualties
Trident (64) 1768-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Anthony James Pye MolloyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1768-1794
14 Killed 26 Wounded
 
Centre
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Grafton (74) 1771-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Thomas NewnhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1760-1794
2 Killed 30 Wounded
Yarmouth (64) 1745-1811
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Nathaniel BatemanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1780
5 Killed 15 Wounded
Cornwall (74) 1761-1780
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Timothy EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1780
21 Killed 49 Wounded
Sandwich (90) 1759-1810
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
Walter YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1765-1783
Fleet Flagship 18 Killed 51 Wounded
Suffolk (74) 1765-1803
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Abraham CrespinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1781
12 Wounded
Boyne (68) 1766-1783
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Charles CottonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1772-1810
2 Killed
Vigilant (64) 1774-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Sir George Home (7th Baronet of Blackadder)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1759-1802
2 Wounded
 
Rear
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Vengeance (74) 1774-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
John HollowayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1821
4 Killed 6 Wounded
Medway (60) 1755-1811
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1802 Renamed "Arundel"
William AffleckBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1761-1792
2 Killed 3 Wounded
Montagu (74) 1779-1818
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
John HoultonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1790
9 Killed 26 Wounded
Conqueror (74) 1773-1794
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Thomas WatsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1759-1780
Squadron Flagship 13 Killed 36 Wounded
Intrepid (64) 1770-1815
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
The Hon. Henry St JohnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1778
7 Killed 10 Wounded CO Killed
Magnificent (74) 1766-1804
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
John ElphinstoneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1783
1 Killed 10 Wounded
Centurion (50) 1774-1824
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
Richard BrathwaiteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1801
No Casualties
 
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Venus (36) 1758-1828
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1807 Renamed "Heroine"
James FergusonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1793
Andromeda (28) 1777-1780
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
Henry BryneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1773
Greyhound (28) 1773-1781
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
William DicksonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1799
Pegasus (28) 1779-1816
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
John BazelyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1805
Deal Castle (20) 1756-1780
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
William FooksBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1765-1797
 

Royaume de France

 
French Fleet,
Ship NameCommanderNotes
 
White and Blue Squadron
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Le Destin (74) 1777-1793
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
François Louis Dumaitz (Comte de Goimpy)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1793
Le Vengeur (64) 1765-1785
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
 
Le Saint Michel (60) 1741-1787
French 60 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
 
Le Pluton (74) 1778-1805
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1797 Renamed "Dugommier"
 
Le Triomphant (80) 1779-1793
French 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
 Squadron Flagship
Le Souverain (74) 1757-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1792 Renamed "Peuple Souverain"
 
Le Solitaire (64) 1774-1782
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
 
Le Citoyen (74) 1764-1793
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Alexandre de Thy (Comte d'Ethy)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1789
 
White Squadron,
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Le Caton (64) 1777-1782
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
 
La Victoire (74) 1770-1793
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Le Fendant (74) 1776-1784
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
La Couronne (80) 1768-1795
French 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1792 Renamed "Ça Ira"
 Fleet Flagship
Le Palmier (74) 1752-1782
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
François-Aymar de Monteil (Comte de Monteil)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1787
L'Indien (64) 1770-1783
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
 
L'Actionnaire (64) 1770-1782
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Jean-François Gilart de LarchantelFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1780
 
Blue Squadron
Ship NameCommanderNotes
L'Intrépide (74) 1747-1781
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Louis-Guillaume de ParscauFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1786
Le Triton (64) 1747-1794
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
 
Le Magnifique (74) 1749-1782
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
François Louis de Brach (Chevalier de Brach)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1780
Le Robuste (74) 1758-1784
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
François-Joseph Paul de Grasse (Seigneur de Tilly)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1722-1788
Squadron Flagship
Le Sphinx (64) 1775-1802
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
 
L'Artesien (64) 1765-1786
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Charles René Sochet (Seigneur des Touches)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1792
L'Hercule (74) 1778-1794
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1795 Renamed "Hydre"
,
 
Unengaged
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Le Dauphin Royal (74) 1738-1783
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
  Under repair at Fort Royal
 
Ship NameCommanderNotes
La Résolue (32) 1778-1798
French 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
 
La Courageuse (32) 1778-1799
French 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
 
L'Iphigénie (32) 1777-1795
French 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
 
La Gentille (32) 1778-1795
French 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
Jacques-Aime Le Saige (Chevalier de la Villebrune)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1781
La Médée (32) 1778-1800
French 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
 
La Cérès (18) 1778-1782
French 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
 
Le Lively (16) 1778-1781
French 16 Gun
6th Rate Ship
 
Le Chasseur (8) 1776-1784
French 8 Gun
Unrated Lugger
 
 

Sources


IDNameAuthorType

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Ruadhri on Friday 5th of November 2021 19:08

Indeed so. I got rid of them, and generally cleaned it up a little bit.


Posted by Admiral Hawke on Sunday 11th of November 2018 22:34

Neither the Alfred, 74, nor the Torbay, 74, were off Martinique with Admiral Rodney in April 1780. Both sailed out to the West Indies later in the year. Rodney had 20 of the line, excluding the Centurion, 50; this list currently has 22 because the Alfred and Torbay shouldn't be in the list. I hope that helps. :-)

Make a comment about this page







Recent comments to other pages

Date postedByPage
Monday 20th of March 2023 18:57Cy
Monday 20th of March 2023 18:23A. Morddel
Monday 20th of March 2023 17:49Cy
Monday 20th of March 2023 15:31A. Morddel
Monday 20th of March 2023 04:37Tim Oakley
James SymonsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1808