Battle of San Domingo

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battle of the Napoleonic Wars naval battle

The Battle of San Domingo was a major 1806 naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which a British fleet decisively defeated a French squadron in the Caribbean.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of San Domingo canonical 3
Battle of Dominica 1
Battle of Santo Domingo 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of San Domingo ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Santo Domingo
belligerent French Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
BritishCasualtiesApproximate around 350 killed or wounded ⓘ
BritishCommander John Thomas Duckworth ⓘ
BritishFlagship HMS Superb ⓘ
BritishFrigates HMS Acasta ⓘ
HMS Amelia ⓘ
HMS Magicienne ⓘ
BritishShipsOfTheLine HMS Agamemnon ⓘ
HMS Atlas ⓘ
HMS Northumberland ⓘ
HMS Spencer ⓘ
HMS Superb ⓘ
commander Vice-Amiral Corentin-Urbain Leissègues ⓘ
surface form: Vice-Admiral Corentin-Urbain Leissègues

Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 6 February 1806 ⓘ
FrenchCasualtiesApproximate 1500 killed or wounded ⓘ
FrenchCommander Corentin-Urbain Leissègues ⓘ
FrenchFlagship Impérial ⓘ
FrenchFrigates Améthyste ⓘ
Cornélie ⓘ
Diligente ⓘ
Félicité ⓘ
Sybille ⓘ
FrenchShipsCaptured Alexandre ⓘ
Brave ⓘ
Jupiter ⓘ
FrenchShipsLost Diomède ⓘ
Impérial ⓘ
FrenchShipsOfTheLine Alexandre ⓘ
Brave ⓘ
Diomède ⓘ
Impérial ⓘ
Jupiter ⓘ
location Caribbean Sea ⓘ
off San Domingo ⓘ
off the coast of Hispaniola ⓘ
notableFor destruction of a significant French squadron in the Caribbean ⓘ
outcome decisive British victory ⓘ
partOf War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance last major fleet action of the Royal Navy against the French Navy in the age of sail ⓘ
secured British naval dominance in the Caribbean ⓘ
theatre Atlantic campaign of 1806 ⓘ
year 1806 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward Codrington → participantIn → Battle of San Domingo ⓘ
Participation in the Battle of San Domingo → conflict → Battle of San Domingo ⓘ
Battle of San Domingo → alsoKnownAs → Battle of San Domingo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Santo Domingo
Atlantic naval theatre of the Napoleonic Wars → includesEvent → Battle of San Domingo ⓘ
Battle of the Saintes → alsoKnownAs → Battle of San Domingo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Dominica