The Capture of Sint Eustatius took place in February 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War when British army and naval forces under Lieutenant-General...
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Sint Eustatius (/juːˈsteɪʃəs/ yoo-STAY-shəs, Dutch: [sɪnt øːˈstaː(t)sijʏs] ), known locally as Statia (/ˈsteɪʃə/ STAY-shə), is an island in the Caribbean...
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offices of the government. [citation needed] List of lighthouses in Sint Eustatius F. D. Roosevelt Airport St. Eustatius Church "Geodata 2001, Saba & Sint.Eustatius...
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The plantations of Sint Eustatius (Dutch Caribbean) were primarily set up in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by European settlers. Workers on...
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George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (category Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
Jamaica Station, where he became involved in the controversial 1781 capture of Sint Eustatius. Later that year he briefly returned home suffering from ill health...
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transferred commands to the 20-gun HMS Saint Eustatius which had been taken at the capture of Sint Eustatius, at which Carnegie was present. On 7 April...
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under the name de Graaf. She was taken by the British at the capture of Sint Eustatius in February 1781 and commissioned into the Royal Navy. She was...
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University of St. Martin is located in Philipsburg. The University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine, founded in 1999, was previously located on Sint Eustatius...
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This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties. Major campaigns, theaters...
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sloop of war of the Royal Navy, launched in 1778 in India. Panther participated in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War at the Capture of Sint Eustatius, in the...
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Sir Francis Samuel Drake, 1st Baronet (category Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War)
Rodney in the operations against the Dutch Islands, including the Capture of Sint Eustatius, and was detached under Sir Samuel Hood to blockade Martinique...
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HMS Monarch (1765) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
engaged at the Capture of Sint Eustatius, Action of 4 February 1781, the Battle of Saint Kitts, the Battle of the Saintes and, the Battle of the Mona Passage...
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Dillon's Regiment (France) (redirect from Regiment of Dillon)
the Siege of Savannah, the Invasion of Tobago, and the Capture of Sint Eustatius. Detachments of the regiment were assigned to the French Fleet under Admiral...
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Irish Brigade (France) (redirect from Irish Brigade of France)
War of Independence, the brigade participated in the Capture of Grenada, the Siege of Savannah, the Invasion of Tobago, the Capture of Sint Eustatius, and...
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Saba (island) (redirect from Island of Saba)
Together with Bonaire and Sint Eustatius it forms the BES islands, also known as the Caribbean Netherlands. Saba has a land area of 13 square kilometres (5...
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Johannes de Graaff (category Lieutenant governors of Sint Eustatius)
Governor of Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles representing the Dutch West India Company during the difficult time of the American...
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Articles of Confederation are ratified by Maryland, the 13th and final state to do so. February 3 – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War – Capture of Sint Eustatius: British...
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Saint Martin (island) (redirect from Culture of Sint Maarten)
Saba (Dutch), Sint Eustatius "Statia" (Dutch), and Saint Kitts and Nevis (independent, formerly British). With the exception of Nevis, all of these islands...
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Arthur Dillon (1750–1794) (category People of the War of the First Coalition)
and his regiment participated in the Invasion of Tobago, the Capture of Sint Eustatius, and the Siege of Brimstone Hill. With the victory at Brimstone...
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HMS Sandwich (1759) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
December. On 3 February 1781 Sandwich took part in the Capture of Sint Eustatius, and in August of that year Young was replaced in command by Captain Sylverius...
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1781 in Great Britain (category Years in the Kingdom of Great Britain)
War: Capture of Sint Eustatius – British forces led by General John Vaughan and Admiral George Rodney take the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius, with...
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of Torrence's Tavern 1–2 February - British victory over the USA Capture of Sint Eustatius 3 February - British forces capture Dutch Sint Eustatius Action...
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HMS Prince William (1780) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
took part in most of the battles there during the American War of Independence, including the capture of Sint Eustatius and the battles of Fort Royal, Saint...
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Isaiah Robinson (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius to take on a cargo of military stores. When the Andrew Doria entered the harbor at Sint Eustatius on 16 November, it...
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Articles of Confederation are ratified by Maryland, the 13th and final state to do so. February 3 – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War – Capture of Sint Eustatius: British...
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HMS Stormont (1781) (category Captured ships)
Admiral Rodney's British fleet captured on 3 February 1781 at the capture of Sint Eustatius. She was one of nine captured American vessels that the British...
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HMS Arab (1798) (category Captured ships)
participated in the capture of Sint Eustatius and Saba. Under Captains Perkins and Maxwell she also took a considerable number of prizes. After the Royal...
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Sir Charles Saxton, 1st Baronet (category Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
became part of Sir Samuel Hood's squadron. He seems to have been present at the capture of Sint Eustatius on 3 February 1781, but a bout of ill-health...
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Philip Affleck (category Lords of the Admiralty)
the Battle of Lagos. Later in his career he joined Admiral Sir George Rodney in the West Indies and took part in the capture of Sint Eustatius. Between...
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Succession Siege of Maastricht (1748) – 1748 – War of the Austrian Succession Capture of Sint Eustatius – 1781 – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (American Revolutionary...
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