Battle of Grenada

The French fleet, under Admiral Comte d'Estaing, consisted of 25 ships of the line and several frigates.

The British fleet, under Vice-Admiral John Byron, had 21 ships of the line and 1 frigate. The French were anchored off St. George's Town on the south-west of the island, and the English approached during the night. D’Estaing weighed at 4 A.M. and Byron chased. The British ships attacked in utter disorder and confusion. Fame, Lion and two other ships got separated from the main body, and were very badly mauled. Lion was forced to run downwind to Jamaica to avoid capture. The French lost no ships and eventually hauled off. The British lost 183 killed and 346 wounded. Fame lost 4 killed and 9 wounded. The French lost 190 killed and 759 wounded.

The war now died down in the West Indies. Byron returned home in August. D'Estaing, after co-operating unsuccessfully with the Americans in an attack on Savannah in September, also returned to Europe.

British Royal Navy

Vanguard
* HMS Suffolk (74 guns, 617 men), Captain Hugh Cloberry Christian, Rear-Admiral Joshua Rowley
* HMS Boyne (70 guns, 520 men), Captain Herbert Sawyer
* HMS Royal Oak (74 guns, 600 men), Captain Thomas Fitzherbert
* HMS Prince of Wales (74 guns, 600 men), Captain Benjamin Hill, Vice-Admiral Samuel Barrington
* HMS Magnificent (74 guns, 600 men), Captain John Elphinstone
* HMS Prudent (64 guns, 500 men), Captain A Jack P Molloy
* HMS Medway (60 guns, 420 men), Captain William Affleck

Centre
* HMS Fame (74 guns, 600 men), Captain John Butchart
* HMS Nonsuch (64 guns, 500 men), Captain Walter Griffith
* HMS Sultan (74 guns, 600 men), Captain Alan Gardner
* HMS Princess Royal (90 guns, 770 men), Captain William Blair, Vice-Admiral Hon. John Byron (commander)
* HMS Albion (74 guns, 600 men), Captain George Bowyer
* HMS Stirling Castle (64 guns, 500 men), Captain Robert Carkett
* HMS Elizabeth (74 guns, 600 men), Captain William Truscott
* HMS Ariadne (20 guns, 160 men) Captain Thomas Pringle (To repeat signals)

Rear
* HMS Yarmouth (64 guns, 500 men), Captain Nathaniel Bateman
* HMS Lion (64 guns, 500 men), Captain Hon. William Cornwallis
* HMS Vigilant (64 guns, 500 men), Captain Sir Digby Dent
* HMS Conqueror (74 guns, 617 men), Captain Harry Harmood, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker
* HMS Cornwall (74 guns, 600 men), Captain Timothy Edwards
* HMS Monmouth (64 guns, 500 men), Captain Robert Fanshaw
* HMS Grafton (74 guns, 600 men), Captain Thomas Collingwood

French Royal Navy

Vanguard

Ships of the line
* Zélé (74)
* Fantasque (64)
* Magnifique (74)
* Tonnant (80)
* Protecteur (74)
* Fier (50)
* Dauphin Royal (70)
* Provence (64)
* Prudente

Frigates
* Diligente (28)
* Fortunée (32)
* Ellis (20)
* Concorde
* Étourdie
* Blanche

Main corps

Ships of the line
* Fendant (74)
* Artésien (64)
* Fier-Rodrigue (50)
* Hector (74)
* Languedoc (80)
* Robuste (74)
* Vaillant (64)
* Sagittaire (54)
* Guerrier (74)

Frigates
* Alcmène (28)
* Chimère (32)
* Iphigénie (32)
* Lively (24)
* Cérès (18)

Rear guard

Ships of the line
* Sphinx (64)
* Diadème (74)
* Amphion (50)
* Marseillais (74)
* César (74)
* Vengeur (64)
* Réfléchi (64)
* Annibal (74)

Frigates
* Amazone (32)
* Boudeuse (32)

Cutter
* Alerte (14)

Fluyt
* Ménagère (30)

Schooner
* Barington