Sending Rowley to Jamaica removed him from the forces associated with the Chesapeake campaign and the Battle of the Saintes. The counterfactual argues that those fleets contained bold figures such as Hood and Rodney but lacked a steady intermediary who could bind energetic and less purposeful officers together. Rowley might have reduced command friction as a dependable second-in-command without displacing the more adventurous leader. His presence alone is not offered as a way to reverse either battle.
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The missing dependable deputy at Chesapeake and the Saintes
Rowley's Jamaica detachment creates a command-team counterfactual for the Royal Navy's decisive late-war battles.