Battle of Martinique, 17th April 1780

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Battle of Martinique

Combat de la Dominique

17^th April 1780
Part of : The American War of Independence (1775/04/19 - 1784/01/14)
Previous action : 1st Action off Monti Christi 20^th March 1780
Next action : Action of 30th April 1780 30^th April 1780


Great Britain

Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Sandwich (90)	90	Walter Young
Name : Princess Royal (90)	98	Harry Harmood
Name : Torbay (90)	74	John Lewis Gidoin
Name : Cornwall (74)	74	Timothy Edwards
Name : Terrible (74)	74	John Leigh Douglas
Name : Albion (74)	74	George Bowyer
Name : Suffolk (74)	74	Abraham Crespin
Name : Magnificent (74)	74	John Elphinstone
Name : Elizabeth (74)	74	Frederick Maitland
Name : Resolution (74)	74	Lord Robert Manners
Name : Grafton (74)	74	Thomas Newnham
Name : Conqueror (74)	74	Thomas Watson
Name : Vengeance (74)	74	John Holloway
Name : Alfred (74)	74	William Bayne
Name : Montagu (74)	74	John Houlton
Name : Ajax (74)	74	Samuel Uvedale
Name : Yarmouth (64)	64	Nathaniel Bateman
Name : Trident (64)	64	John Thomas
Name : Intrepid (64)	64	The Hon. Henry St John†	CO Killed
Name : Stirling Castle (64)	64	Robert Carkett
Name : Vigilant (64)	64	Sir George Home
Name : Medway (60)	60	William Affleck
Name : Centurion (50)	50	Samuel Wittewronge Clayton
Name : Venus (36)	36	James Ferguson
Name : Andromeda (28)	28	Henry Bryne
Name : Greyhound (28)	28	William Dickson
Name : Pegasus (28)	28	John Bazely
Name : Deal Castle (20)	20	William Fooks

Royaume de France

French Fleet, Luc Urbain de Bouëxic (Chevalier de Saint Louis)
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes

White and Blue Squadron
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Destin (74)	74
Name : Vengeur (64)	64
Name : Le Saint Michel (64)	60
Name : Pluton (74)	74
Name : Triomphant (80)	80		Squadron Flagship
Name : Le Souverain (74)	74
Name : La Solitaire (64)	64
Name : Le Citoyen (74)	74	Alexandre de Thy (Comte d'Ethy)

White Squadron, Luc Urbain de Bouëxic (Chevalier de Saint Louis)
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Caton (64)	64
Name : La Victoire (74)	74	Joseph François Auguste Jules d'Albert de Saint-Hippolyte
Name : Fendant (74)	74	de Vaudreuil (Marquis de Vaudreuil)
Name : Couronne (80)	80		Fleet Flagship
Name : Le Palmier (74)	74	François-Aymar Monteil (Comte de Monteil)
Name : L'Indien (64)	64
Name : L'Actionnaire (64)	64

Blue Squadron
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : L'Intrépide (74)	74	Chevalier Louis-Guillaume de Parscau
Name : Triton (64)	64
Name : Le Magnifique (74)	74
Name : Robuste (74)	74	Chevalier François-Joseph Paul de Grasse (Comte de Grasse)	Squadron Flagship
Name : Le Sphinx (64)	64
Name : L'Artesien (64)	64	Charles Sochet (Seigneur Des Touches)
Name : Hercule (74)	74	Claude-Marguerite François Renart de Fuchsamberg (3^rd Marquis d'Amblimont)

Unengaged
Ship Name	Guns	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Dauphin Royal (74)	74

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