Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

Battles of John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1735-1823)

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1782 and 1797: 2 battles and 2 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in France (1), Portugal (1), Spain (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 12,200 km apart end to end, 4,067 km between engagements on average. Most belong to French Revolutionary Wars (2), American Revolutionary War (1), Anglo-Spanish War (1).

Third Battle of UshantBattle of MartiniqueBattle of Cape St. VincentAssault on CadizThird Battle of UshantBattle of MartiniqueBattle of Cape St. VincentAssault on CadizMadridCasablancaDakarGeneva2000 km30.083N, 32.700W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1782: 1 engagements1794: 1 engagements1797: 2 engagements2 in 179717821797
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Third Battle of Ushant, 1782Battle of Martinique, 1794Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1797Assault on Cadiz, 179717821797
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1782Third Battle of UshantBay of BiscayBritish victory
24 March 1794Battle of MartiniqueMartinique, France6,268 km WBritish victory
14 February 1797Battle of Cape St. VincentCape St. Vincent, Portugal5,682 km NEBritish victory
June 1797Assault on CadizCádiz, Spain249 km ESpanish 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, Workshop of Lemuel Francis Abbott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.