Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

Battles of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars (1724-1816)

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1781 and 1794: 4 sieges and 4 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in France (4), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), United States (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,098 km apart end to end, 1,300 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (4), Invasion of Corsica (2), Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1).

Dutch West Indies campaignSiege of BastiaSiege of CalviBattle of Fort RoyalBattle of Saint KittsSiege of Brimstone HillBattle of the Mona PassageSiege of ToulonBattle of Fort RoyalBattle of Saint KittsSiege of ToulonMadridCasablancaCaracasDakarGeneva2000 km28.865N, 29.275W
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1781: 2 engagements1782: 3 engagements3 in 17821793: 1 engagements1794: 2 engagements17811794
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Dutch West Indies campaign, 1781Battle of Fort Royal, 1781Battle of Saint Kitts, 1782Siege of Brimstone Hill, 1782Battle of the Mona Passage, 1782Siege of Toulon, 1793Siege of Bastia, 1794Siege of Calvi, 179417811794
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1781Dutch West Indies campaignStatus quo ante bellum
30 April 1781Battle of Fort RoyalFrance513 km EFrench victory
25 January 1782Battle of Saint KittsSaint Kitts and Nevis317 km NWBritish victory
12 February 1782Siege of Brimstone HillSaint Kitts and Nevis0 km NFrench victory
19 April 1782Battle of the Mona PassageMona Passage, United States593 km WBritish victory
29 August 1793Siege of ToulonToulon, France7,326 km NEFrench Republican victory
4 April 1794Siege of BastiaBastia, France291 km EAnglo-Corsican victory
17 June 1794Siege of CalviCalvi, France59 km WAnglo-Corsican 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, James Northcote, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.