Herbert Sawyer (Royal Navy officer, died 1798)
Herbert Sawyer was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars. He eventually rose to the rank of admiral.
Monument to Herbert Sawyer's daughter Sophia, d.1788 St. Paul's Church (Halifax), Nova Scotia
The Battle of St. Lucia or the Battle of the Cul de Sac was a naval battle fought off the island of St. Lucia in the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War on 15 December 1778, between the British Royal Navy and the French Navy.
Barrington's Action at St Lucia, 15 December 1778 , Dominic Serres
Plan of St. Lucia, in the West Indies- Shewing the positions of the English and French forces with the attacks made at its reduction in December 1778