Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of Q83235

Battles of Q83235

British admiral (1758–1805)

Q83235 is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1783 and 1801: 2 battles, 3 sieges, 8 naval actions and 1 campaign across 7 present-day countries, most in France (5), Spain (2), Malta (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 18,011 km apart end to end, 1,385 km between engagements on average. Most belong to French Revolutionary Wars (5), Corsican War (3), War of the Second Coalition (3).

Battle of Grand TurkInvasion of CorsicaSiege of BastiaSiege of CalviBattle of Hyères IslandsAction of 19 December 1796Assault on CadizBattle of the Malta ConvoyRaids on BoulogneBattle of Cape St. VincentMediterranean campaign of 1798Battle of the NileSiege of MaltaBattle of CopenhagenBattle of Cape St. VincentMediterranean campaign of 1798Battle of the NileSiege of MaltaBattle of CopenhagenMadridTorontoBerlinAthensCasablancaKyivDakarViennaStockholmGeneva5000 km38.685N, 21.171W
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1783: 1 engagements1794: 3 engagements3 in 17941795: 1 engagements1796: 1 engagements1797: 2 engagements1798: 3 engagements3 in 17981800: 1 engagements1801: 2 engagements17831801
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Grand Turk, 1783Invasion of Corsica, 1794Siege of Bastia, 1794Siege of Calvi, 1794Battle of Hyères Islands, 1795Action of 19 December 1796, 1796Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1797Assault on Cadiz, 1797Mediterranean campaign of 1798, 1798Battle of the Nile, 1798Siege of Malta, 1798Battle of the Malta Convoy, 1800Battle of Copenhagen, 1801Raids on Boulogne, 180117831801
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
9 March 1783Battle of Grand TurkTurks and Caicos IslandsFrench victory
1794Invasion of CorsicaCorsica, France7,736 km NEAnglo-Corsican victory
4 April 1794Siege of BastiaBastia, France68 km NEAnglo-Corsican victory
17 June 1794Siege of CalviCalvi, France59 km WAnglo-Corsican victory
13 July 1795Battle of Hyères IslandsÎles d'Hyères, France206 km WAnglo-Neapolitan victory
1796Action of 19 December 1796Cartagena, Spain861 km SWInconclusive
14 February 1797Battle of Cape St. VincentCape St. Vincent, Portugal711 km WBritish victory
June 1797Assault on CadizCádiz, Spain249 km ESpanish victory
1798Mediterranean campaign of 1798Mediterranean Sea2,060 km ECoalition victory
1 August 1798Battle of the NileAbu Qir Bay, Egypt1,408 km SEBritish victory
2 September 1798Siege of MaltaValletta, Malta1,529 km NWAllied victory
18 February 1800Battle of the Malta ConvoyMediterranean Sea, Malta0 km EBritish victory
2 April 1801Battle of CopenhagenCopenhagen, Denmark2,207 km NBritish victory
16 August 1801Raids on BoulogneBoulogne-sur-Mer, France916 km SWFrench victory

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, Lemuel Francis Abbott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.