* April 12 – 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.

* January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet.

British Admiral George Brydges Rodney, who had been tracking de Grasse around the West Indies, was alerted to the latter's departure, but was uncertain of the French admiral's destination.

Believing that de Grasse would return a portion of his fleet to Europe, Rodney detached Rear Admiral Sir Samuel Hood with 14 ships of the line and orders to find de Grasse's destination in North America.

Admiral Rodney the commander of the Leeward Islands station of the Royal Navy attacked the Dutch colonies in that part of the Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and Saint Martin, as soon as he had received word of the declaration of war, in the process surprising a number of Dutch naval and merchant ships, who were still unaware of the start of hostilities.

The French also returned the other Dutch colonies they had recaptured from the British, including the ones in the West Indies ( like St. Eustatius that had been taken by Admiral Rodney in February, 1781, but was retaken by the French Admiral De Grasse on November 27, 1781 )

The only exception was his support of a motion of thanks to Admiral Rodney for his decisive victory against the Spanish during the Moonlight Battle.

In the memorable engagement of the Battle of the Saintes, in which Admiral George Rodney defeated the Comte de Grasse, Bougainville, who commanded the Auguste, succeeded in rallying eight ships of his own division, and bringing them safely into Saint Eustace.

Portrait of Rodney by Joshua Reynolds showing him after his appointment as a Rear Admiral in 1759.

Following the Treaty of Paris in 1763, Admiral Rodney returned home having been during his absence made Vice-Admiral of the Blue and having received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament.

Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, by Jean-Laurent Mosnier, painted 1791.

See General Mundy, Life and Correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney ( 2 vols, 1830 ); David Hannay, Life of Rodney ; Rodney letters in 9th Report of Hist.

In February 1783, the government of Jamaica commissioned John Bacon, a renowned British sculptor, to create a statue of Admiral Lord Rodney, as an expression of their appreciation.

St Lucia Distillers also have an award winning rum named ' Admiral Rodney Extra Old '.

* Mundy, Godfrey Basil Life and Correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney, Vols 1 and 2 1830

* Syrett, David The Rodney Papers: selections from the correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney 2007, Ashgate Publishing Ltd

*" Retribution: Admiral Rodney and the Jews of St. Eustatius ", by Louis Arthur Norton

De Grasse was decisively defeated the following year by Admiral Rodney at the Battle of the Saintes, where he was captured.

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