Troude's expedition to the Caribbean was a naval engagement fought in 1809 at Caribbean Sea. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Caribbean Sea. It was part of the Napoleonic Wars, which ran from 1803 to 1815. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 5 ships of the line; 2 frigates; 1 brig-sloop against 3 ships of the line; 2 frigates.
75 placed engagements of the Napoleonic Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date
1809 (year precision) to 1809
Place
Caribbean Sea 15.000N, 75.000W
Kind
Naval engagement, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength
5 ships of the line; 2 frigates; 1 brig-sloop
3 ships of the line; 2 frigates
Casualties and losses
11 killed; 40 wounded
80–90 killed or wounded; 1 ship of the line captured
Commanders
Alexander Cochrane
Amable Troude
Placed at Caribbean Sea; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Troude's expedition to the Caribbean is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7846536, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Troude's expedition to the Caribbean, revision 1370751457, 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.
