naval engagement, early modern

Dutch West Indies campaign

Name: Dutch West Indies campaign
Location: Dutch West Indies campaign

Dutch West Indies campaign was a naval engagement fought in 1781; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, which ran from 1780 to 1784. The recorded result: Status quo ante bellum.

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Fought1781ran into the following year

Whererecorded coordinates15.000N, 66.000W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeStatus quo ante bellum

BelligerentsKingdom of Great BritainagainstDutch Republic; Kingdom of France

Part ofFourth Anglo-Dutch War1780 to 1784

Where it sits in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

7 placed engagements of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1781 (year precision) to 1782
Place	recorded coordinates only 15.000N, 66.000W
Kind	Naval engagement, early modern
Commanders	George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood	Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen Charles Henri Hector, Count of Estaing François Joseph Paul de Grasse

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Capture of the sloop Anne 1825, 325 km N
Battle of Fajardo 1898, 372 km N
Battle of West Kay 1801, 382 km N
Battle of El Pepino 1868, 386 km N
Capture of Sint Eustatius 1781, 424 km NE

In the same war

Before: Action of 4 February 1781 1781
After: Battle of Elmina 18 February 1781
All 7 engagements of Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

Elsewhere in 1781

Siege of Yorktown United States
Battle of the Chesapeake
Battle of Cowpens United States
Siege of Pensacola United States
Battle of Guilford Court House United States

Dutch West Indies campaign is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5317415, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Dutch West Indies campaign, revision 1370615998, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.