Charles Dashwood (Royal Navy officer)
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Dashwood KCB[a] was a distinguished British officer, who served in the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. He had a long and prestigious naval career, gaining his own command by the last stages of the French Revolutionary Wars. He took part in a number of famous naval battles during his career, such as the Battle of the Saintes, the Glorious First of June and the Battle of Tory Island, where he received the sword of the French commodore, Jean Bompart. His record also includes extensive operations in the West Indies and the Baltic Sea, followed by the expedition to New Orleans in 1815.
French ship César blows up at the Battle of the Saintes.
HMS Brunswick fighting Achille and Vengeur du Peuple simultaneously at the Battle of the Glorious 1 June 1794, by Nicholas Pocock.
British warships fire upon Copenhagen.
The Battle of New Orleans.
The Battle of the Saintes, also known as the Battle of Dominica, was an important naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place 9–12 April 1782. The British victory was considered their greatest over the French during the American Revolutionary War.
The French flagship Ville de Paris in action against HMS Barfleur by Thomas Whitcombe
Plan of the early ship movements leading to the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782
Comte de Grasse
George Rodney