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Leeward Islands Station
English Harbour and Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
Active1743–1821
CountryUnited Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeFormation
Part ofRoyal Navy
Garrison/HQNelson's Dockyard

The Leeward Islands Station[1] originally known as the Commander-in-Chief at Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands[2] was a formation or command of the Kingdom of Great Britain and then the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed at English Harbour,[3] Antigua, Leeward Islands. It existed from 1743[4] to 1821.

History

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During the 18th and 19th centuries, Antigua served as the headquarters of first the Commander in Chief Barbadoes and Leeward Islands then later the Commander in Chief, Leeward Islands which was the British navy's important base in the Eastern Caribbean area during the Napoleonic Wars. The three most strategically important bases were Antigua, Barbados and St. Lucia.[3] The Station was formed in October 1743[5] as a command separate from the older Jamaica Station[5][6] to protect Britain's sugar producing islands and its convoys. During the Seven Years' War, a number of large-scale naval actions were conducted by the Royal Navy from this Caribbean base, one of its major engagements was the Battle of the Saintes.[7]

Antelope was sent to the Leeward Islands station for a 3 year tour of duty in 1816.[8]

The station was in existence from 1743 to 1821 when it was abolished. The last commander-in-chief was reappointed as the Commander-in-Chief for the North America station.[9]

Commander-in-Chief, Barbadoes and Leeward Islands

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Included:[9][2]
No = died in post

Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands

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No = died in post

Citations

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  1. Ward (2011a), pp. 1–2.
  2. 1 2 Harrison, Simon. "Commander-in-Chief at Barbados & the Leeward Islands". threedecks.org. S. Harrison. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 Ward (2011b), p. 1.
  4. Sanderson (1968), p. 5, 18.
  5. 1 2 Sanderson (1968), p. 5.
  6. Sanderson (1968), p. 18.
  7. Hannay, David (1911). "Saints, Battle of the" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 43–44.
  8. "Foreign Naval Stations". Commercial Chronicle. London. 30 May 1816. p. 5. Retrieved 3 July 2014. We have already inserted a list of the ships which had been fitted out upon the Peace Establishment, and sailed for the Mediterranean, China, East Indies, and St. Helena. We now present those which have sailed for the other Foreign stations for three years:—
    LEEWARD ISLANDS.— Antelope, 50, Rear Admiral Harvey, Capt. Saver; Tigris, 36, Capt. Henderson; Scamander, 56, Elliott; Brazen, 18, Capt. Stirling; Childers, 18, Capt. Whales.
  9. 1 2 Haydn (1851), p. 279.
  10. Laurens (1970), p. 210.
  11. Schomberg (1802), p. 232.
  12. Winfield (2008), p. 144.
  13. Schomberg (1802), p. 235.
  14. Heslip (2010).
  15. Billias (1972), p. 8.
  16. Schomberg (1802), p. 238.
  17. Little (1974).

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