Qualla: Battle of Saint Kitts https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-kitts en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Saint Kitts https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-kitts Battle of Saint Kitts: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-kitts/ Samuel Hood had 22 ships. The Comte de Grasse had 29 ships of the line plus two frigates, including the 110-gun Ville de Paris, the most powerful warship in the Caribbean. By any conventional measure, the Battle of Saint Kitts should have been a French triumph. Instead, what unfolded off Frigate Bay on January 25 and 26, 1782, became one of the most celebrated tactical maneuvers in the age of sail -- a lesson in how audacity and seamanship could overcome raw numbers. The American Revolutionary War had come to the Caribbean, and the sugar islands of St. Kitts and Nevis were the prize.

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/e/5/3/battle-of-saint-kitts-wp/de53-battle-of-saint-kitts-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Saint Kitts: Empire at Stake in the Sugar Islands https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-kitts/ By late 1781, the Caribbean theater of the American Revolutionary War had become a contest of fleets. France, allied with the American colonies against Britain, was pressing its advantage across the West Indies. Admiral Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, fresh from his decisive role...

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/e/5/3/battle-of-saint-kitts-wp/de53-battle-of-saint-kitts-empire-at-stake-in-the-sugar-islands.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Saint Kitts: Hood's Gambit https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-kitts/ On January 24, Hood's fleet captured the French 16-gun cutter Espion off the southeast end of Nevis, seizing a large shipment of ammunition bound for the French siege at Brimstone Hill. At daybreak on January 25, the French fleet was sighted south of Basseterre: one 110-gun behem...

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/e/5/3/battle-of-saint-kitts-wp/de53-battle-of-saint-kitts-hoods-gambit.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Saint Kitts: Three Assaults Repulsed https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-kitts/ De Grasse realized he had been outfoxed and launched three separate attacks on January 26 to dislodge the anchored British fleet. Each assault failed. Hood's L-formation allowed his ships to concentrate their fire on any French vessel that approached, while the anchored position ...

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