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The Battle of St. Kitts, also known as the Battle of Frigate Bay, was a naval battle fought in January 1782 between a British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood and a larger French fleet under the Comte de Grasse during the American War of Independence. 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724–1816 by James Northcote, painted 1784. ... François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasse Tilly, comte de Grasse (1722 - January 1788), French admiral, was born at Bar, in the present départment of the Alpes-Maritimes. ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...
Hood outmanouevred De Grasse, but was unable to save the island from surrendering to the French.
Kitts was positioned in the middle of her sister-ships HMS Camperdown and HMS Barfleur.
Kitts, still with the 3rd Flotilla, deployed to the Mediterranean, and took part in the Suez Crisis, which had occurred after the nationalisation of the Suez Canal by the Egyptian leader Nasser.
Kitts was decommissioned, being scrapped in 1962 at Sunderland.
The fourth HMS St Albans served in the American War of Independence from 1777 and was part of the fleet that captured St Lucia and won victories at Battle of St. Kitts and The Saintes.
The fifth HMS St Albans was the 1918 American destroyer USS Thomas, transferred to Britain in late 1940 as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement.
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