D'Estaing's fleet

Fleet · France · April 13, 1778 – December 7, 1779

The first French fleet sent to help the Americans, under the Comte d'Estaing.

April 13, 1778 Sails from Toulon · map
April 28, 1778 At sea, the Strait of Gibraltar (route and date approximate) · map
May 23, 1778 At sea, the Atlantic (route and date approximate) · map
July 8, 1778 Arrives off the Delaware capes; the British have left Philadelphia · map
July 11, 1778 – July 22, 1778 Off Sandy Hook; cannot cross the bar to New York · map
July 29, 1778 – August 10, 1778 Off Newport for the Rhode Island campaign · map
August 11, 1778 Sails out to fight Howe; scattered by a storm · map
August 28, 1778 – November 3, 1778 Refits at Boston · map
November 20, 1778 At sea, south of Bermuda (route and date approximate) · map
December 9, 1778 – June 29, 1779 Fort-Royal, Martinique · map
July 4, 1779 – July 6, 1779 Takes Grenada; Battle of Grenada on 6 July · map
August 23, 1779 At sea, the Bahamas (route and date approximate) · map
September 12, 1779 – September 15, 1779 Off Tybee Island; lands troops for the siege · map
September 16, 1779 – October 18, 1779 Siege of Savannah: d'Estaing wounded in the assault (Siege of Savannah) · map
November 15, 1779 At sea, the Atlantic (route and date approximate) · map
December 7, 1779 Returns to Brest · map