Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

Battles of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

Royal Navy admiral; (1719–1792)

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1762 and 1782: 1 battle and 5 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in France (2), Portugal (1), Dominica (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 12,894 km apart end to end, 2,579 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (3), Seven Years' War (1), Anglo-Spanish War (1).

Dutch West Indies campaignInvasion of MartiniqueAction of 8 January 1780Battle of Cape St. VincentBattle of MartiniqueBattle of the SaintesInvasion of MartiniqueAction of 8 January 1780Battle of Cape St. VincentBattle of MartiniqueBattle of the SaintesMadridCasablancaDakar2000 km28.835N, 37.282W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1762: 1 engagements1780: 3 engagements3 in 17801781: 1 engagements1782: 1 engagements17621782
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Invasion of Martinique, 1762Action of 8 January 1780, 1780Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1780Battle of Martinique, 1780Dutch West Indies campaign, 1781Battle of the Saintes, 178217621782
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 January 1762Invasion of MartiniqueMartinique, FranceBritish victory
8 January 1780Action of 8 January 17804,989 km NEBritish victory
16 January 1780Battle of Cape St. VincentCape St. Vincent, Portugal1,209 km SEBritish victory
17 April 1780Battle of MartiniqueMartinique, France5,760 km WInconclusive
1781Dutch West Indies campaign456 km WStatus quo ante bellum
9 April 1782Battle of the SaintesDominica480 km EBritish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Jean-Laurent Mosnier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.