✦ History

Part of American Revolutionary War

Battle of the Saintes

April 9–12, 1782 · Battle of the Saintes

Result British victory

Rodney defeated and captured de Grasse in the West Indies, ending the French threat to Jamaica.

On the map Contemporaries

British

French

Great Britain
France
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney military commander Sir Francis Samuel Drake, 1st Baronet military commander
Comte de Grasse military commander Louis-Antoine de Bougainville military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 21,000
Casualties
c. 1,100
Killed
243c. 240
Wounded
816c. 860
Ships
36c. 36
Guns
c. 2,888
Strength
c. 19,000
Casualties
c. 4,600
Killed
c. 1,200
Wounded
c. 1,800
Captured
c. 1,500
Ships
30c. 34
Ships lost
c. 5
Guns
c. 2,560
Guns lost
c. 390

Units

De Grasse's fleet

Also involved 4