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The Royal Navy's loss of 15 warships with 9 severely damaged crucially affected the balance of the American Revolutionary War, especially during Battle of Chesapeake Bay. An outnumbered British Navy losing to the French proved decisive in Washington's Siege of Yorktown, forcing Cornwallis to surrender and effectively securing independence for ...
François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, KM (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a French Navy officer and nobleman. He is best known for his strategically decisive victory over the British while in command of the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 in the last year of the American Revolutionary War.
He took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781 as De Grasse's flag captain on the 110-gun Ville de Paris. [3] [5] [4] Saint-Césaire captained the 74-gun Northumberland at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782. He was killed in action. [3] [1] [4]
The importance of the Chesapeake Bay in American history has long made the Virginia Capes strategically significant, most notably in the naval Battle of the Chesapeake that was crucial to the American victory at the siege of Yorktown, effectively ending the American Revolutionary War.
SS Chesapeake, a transport oiler that was in service with the United States Navy from 2000 to 2009; United States lightship Chesapeake, a lightvessel; USS Chesapeake, an American frigate captured by HMS Shannon in 1813; USS Patapsco, a sloop originally named USS Chesapeake but renamed in 1799 while still under construction
An American log-and-earth fort had been established at Chesconessex Creek on Chesapeake Bay. It was armed with a single six-pounder cannon and commanded by Captain John G. Joynes, who led an artillery company attached to the 2nd Regiment of Virginia Militia . [ 2 ]
[2] [3] In 1778 she fought at the First Battle of Ushant, and in 1781 Terrible (Capt. Finch) was part of Sir Thomas Graves' fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake. During the course of the battle, she took heavy damage, and was scuttled, or deliberately sunk, after the battle had ended. [4]
Pages in category "Battles of the Chesapeake campaign" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .