Leeward Islands Station

The Leeward Islands Station was a formation or command of the Kingdom of Great Britain and then the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed at English Harbour, Antigua, Leeward Islands from 1743 to 1821.

History
During the 18th and 19th centuries Antigua served as the headquarters of the Commander in Chief of the Leeward Island Station which was the British navy's important base in the Eastern Caribbean area during the Napoleonic Wars. The Station, was formed in 1743 as a separate command to the older Jamaica Station to contribute to a permanent British naval presence in the area 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. The station was in existence from 1743 to 1821 when it was abolished the last commander-in-chief was transferred to the larger North America Station.

Commanders
Notes:Incomplete list Commanders included:
 * Admiral S. W. Richmond, (1743-?)
 * Rear-Admiral Thomas Pye, (1752-1756).
 * Commodore Sir Thomas Frankland, (1756-1758).
 * Commodore John Moore, (1758-1761).
 * Commodore Sir James Douglas, (1761-1762).
 * Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, (1762-1763)
 * Rear-Admiral Robert Swanton, (1763-1764).
 * Rear-Admiral Richard Tyrell, (1765-1766).
 * Vice-Admiral Thomas Pye, (1766-1769).
 * Rear-Admiral Robert Man, (1769-1772).
 * Vice-Admiral William Parry, (1772-1775).
 * Vice-Admiral James Young, (1775-1778).
 * Rear-Admiral Samuel Barrington, (1778-1779).
 * Vice-Admiral John Byron, (1779).
 * Rear-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, (1779-1780).
 * Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, (1780-1781).
 * Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, (1781-1782).
 * Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, (1782).
 * Admiral Hugh Pigot, (1782-1783).
 * Rear Admiral Sir Richard Hughes, (1783-1786).
 * Commodore Sir Richard Bickerton, (1786-1787).
 * Commodore Sir William Parker, (1787-1789).
 * Rear-Admiral Sir John Laforey, (1789-1793).
 * Rear-Admiral Alan Gardner, (1793).
 * Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis, (1793-1794).
 * Vice-Admiral Benjamin Caldwell, (1794-1795).
 * Admiral Sir John Laforey, (1795-96).
 * Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian, (1796).
 * Rear Admiral Henry Harvey, (1796-1799)
 * Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, (1799-1800).
 * Rear Admiral Sir John Duckworth, (1800-1801).
 * Rear-Admiral Thomas Totty, (1801-1802).
 * Commodore Samuel Hood, (1802).
 * Commodore Robert Stopford, (1802-1805).
 * Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, (1805-1811).
 * Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Laforey, (1811-1814).
 * Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Charles Durham, (1814-1816).
 * Rear-Admiral John Harvey, (1816-1818).
 * Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell, (1818-1819).
 * Commodore Thomas Huskisson, (1819-1820).
 * Rear-Admiral William Charles Fahie, (1820-1821).