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Honour - Martinique 1762 |
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Martinique, an island in the West Indies was occupied by the French, and
occupied a strategic position in the island group. A British naval force left Plymouth Oct-1761 and escorted military forces tasked with taking and occupying Martinique. The island's capital Port Royal, surrendered 10-Feb-1761. The naval force also destroyed 14 French privateers. Soon after the fall of Martinique - St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenada were also taken.
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| Alcide | Amazon | Antigua | Barbados | Basilisk |
| Crescent | Crown | Culloden | Devonshire | Dover |
| Dragon | Dublin | Echo | Falkland | Foudroyant |
| Granado | Greyhound | Levant | Lizard | Marlborough |
| Modeste | Nightingale | Norwich | Nottingham | Penzance |
| Raisonnable | Repulse | Rochester | Rose | Stag |
| Stirling Castle | Sutherland | Temeraire | Temple | Thunder |
| Vanguard | Virgin | Woolwich | Zephyr | |
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This page last edited -
01 December, 2012.
Copyright © Ian M King, except where otherwise indicated. |
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