Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of captain

naval officer rank

captain is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1778 and 1971: 2 battles, 1 naval action and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in Bangladesh (2), United States (1), United Republic of Tanzania (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 20,039 km apart end to end, 6,680 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Bangladesh Liberation War (2), American Revolutionary War (1), World War I (1).

Frederica naval actionBattle of Rufiji DeltaOperation BarisalOperation JackpotFrederica naval actionBattle of Rufiji DeltaOperation BarisalChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaBengaluruMiamiMadridBaghdadAtlantaÜrümqi5000 km11.663N, 4.474E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

1770s: 1 engagements1910s: 1 engagements1970s: 2 engagements2 in 1970s1770s1970s
4 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

In time order

Frederica naval action, 1778Battle of Rufiji Delta, 1914Operation Barisal, 1971Operation Jackpot, 197117781971
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 April 1778Frederica naval actionGeorgia, United StatesUnited States victory
October 1914Battle of Rufiji DeltaRufiji River, United Republic of Tanzania13,365 km EBritish victory
1971Operation BarisalBarishal, Bangladesh6,518 km NEInconclusive; Initiation of Bangladesh War of Independence
1971Operation JackpotBangladesh155 km NMukti Bahini operational success

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.