Battle of the Saintes

When

9 Apr 1782 – 12 Apr 1782

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

15.78° N, 61.60° W

Description

1782 naval battle between British and French navies

Naval

yes

1782 battle of the American Revolutionary War

The Battle of the Saintes, also known as the Battle of Dominica, was fought between the British and French navies on 9–12 April 1782 off Dominica during the American Revolutionary War. A British fleet under Admiral of the White Sir George Rodney defeated a French fleet under Lieutenant général des armées navales François Joseph Paul de Grasse, forcing France and Spain to abandon a planned invasion of Britain's colony…

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Saintes: A British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse, in the West Indies”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei der karibischen Inselgruppe Îles des Saintes kommt es zur Schlacht von Les Saintes, bei der die britische Flotte unter George Brydges Rodney”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в сражении у острова Доминика британский флот адмирала Джорджа Роднея разбил французскую эскадру вице-адмирала де Грасса (Доминикское сражение)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• American Revolutionary War19 Apr 1775 · War of independence