Battle of Quiberon Bay, 20th November 1759

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Battle of Quiberon Bay

Bataille des Cardinaux
20th November 1759
 
French Squadron
 
French First Division, Chevalier Hubert de Brienne
Ship NameGunsCommanderNotes
Soleil Royal 80 Fleet Flagship Sunk
Orient 80 Squadron Flagship
Glorieux 74 
Robuste 74 
Dauphin Royal 74 
Dragon 64 
Solitaire 64 
 
French Second Division
Ship NameGunsCommanderNotes
Tonnant 80 Squadron Flagship
Intrépide 74 
Thésée 74  Sunk
Northumberland 64 
Le Superbe 74  Sunk
Eveillé 64 
Brillant 64 
 
French Third Division
Ship NameGunsCommanderNotes
Formidable 80 Squadron Flagship Captured
Magnifique 74 
Héros 74  Sunk
Juste 70  Sunk
Inflexible 64 
Sphinx 64 
Bizarre 64 
 
French Frigates
Ship NameGunsCommanderNotes
Vestale 32 
Aigrette 32 
Calypso 16 
 
British Squadron
 
Aeolus 32John Elliot
Pluto 8James Johnston
Proserpine 8Robert Keeler
Thunder 8Archibald Millar
 
British Fleet, Sir Edward Hawke
Ship NameGunsCommanderNotes
Royal George 100John CampbellFleet Flagship
Union 90Thomas EvansSquadron Flagship
Namur 90Mathew Buckle
Duke 90Samuel Graves
Hero 74George Edgcumbe
Mars 74James Young
Resolution 74Henry Speke Sunk
Torbay 74Augustus Keppel
Warspite 74Sir John Bentley
Hercules 74William Fortescue
Magnanime 74Lord Richard Howe
Le Essex 64Lucius O'Brien Sunk
Revenge 64John Storr
Burford 68James Gambier
Dorsetshire 68Sir Peter Denis
Swiftsure 68Sir Thomas Stanhope
Temple 68Washington Shirley
Chichester 68William Saltern Willett
Intrepid 60Jervis Maplesden
Kingston 60James Shirley
Montagu 60Sir Joshua Rowley
Dunkirk 60Sir Robert Digby
Defiance 60James Gambier
 
Independant Squadron, Robert Duff
Ship NameGunsCommanderNotes
Rochester 50Robert Duff
Falkland 50Francis William Drake
Chatham 50John Lockhart
Portland 50Marriot Arbuthnot
 
British Frigates
Ship NameGunsCommanderNotes
Venus 36Thomas Harrison
Sapphire 32John Strachan
Minerva 32Alexander Arthur Hood
Vengeance 28Gamaliel Nightingale
Coventry 28Francis Burslem
Maidstone 28Dudley Digges
 
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