John Ford (Royal Navy officer)
John Ford | |
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| Born | baptised 17 December 1738 Vice-Admiral |
| Commands held | Hazard Venus Unicorn Brilliant Nymphe Polyphemus Carnatic Jamaica Station |
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Promoted to
Haitian Revolution
Ford went on to become Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station with his flag in the fourth-rate Europa in 1793.[2]
During the Haitian Revolution, at the request of French Royalists he mounted a campaign against Saint-Domingue and Jérémie in the Caribbean.[3] Ford sent the frigates Penelope, Iphigenia, and Hermione, plus the schooner Spitfire, to the north side of the island where on 23 September 1793 the British captured four merchant vessels at L'Islet, and on the 29th seven at Flamande Bay. Also on the 23rd, the squadron directly under Ford captured Môle-Saint-Nicolas, where they captured amongst other vessels a schooner belonging to the French Navy named Convention Nationale; the British took her into service under her earlier name as HMS Marie Antoinette.[4]
Promoted to
References
- ^ "John Ford". Three Decks. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Cundall, p. xx
- ^ The Royal Navy. A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, William Clowes, Volume 4, p. 214
- ^ Ships of the Royal Navy, Colledge, p. 216
- ^ "No. 13684". The London Gazette. 17 July 1794. pp. 723–725.
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- ISBN 1-86176-013-2.
- Cundall, Frank (1915). Historic Jamaica. West India Committee.