Louisbourg Expedition, August 1757 - October 1757

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Louisbourg Expedition

August 1757 - October 1757
Fought at : Louisbourg - Nova Scotia - Île Royale
Part of : Seven Years' War (1756/05/17 - 1763/02/10)
Previous action : Defence of the Southampton 25.7.1757
Next action : Action off Flushing 1.8.1757

A failed British attempt to capture the French Fortress of Louisbourg on Île Royale.


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British Fleet, Francis Holburne (1704-1771)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Newark (80)	William Holburne (c.1711-1760)	Fleet Flagship
Name : Invincible (74)	John Bentley (1703-1772)
Name : Grafton (68)	Thomas Cornwall (d.1796)
Name : Terrible (74)	Richard Collins (d.1779)
Name : Northumberland (68)	Lord Alexander Colville (7^th Viscount Colville of Culross) (1717-1770)
Name : Captain (64)	John Amherst (1718-1778)
Name : Orford (68)	Richard Spry (1715-1775)
Name : Bedford (64)	Thorpe Fowke (d.1784)
Name : Nassau (64)	James Sayer (1721-1777)
Name : Sunderland (60)	George Mackenzie (d.1780)
Name : Defiance (60)	Patrick Baird (1700-1761)
Name : Tilbury (58)	Henry Barnsley (c.1715-1757)
Name : Kingston (60)	William Parry (c.1705-1779)
Name : Windsor (60)	Samuel Faulknor (c.1719-1759)
Name : Sutherland (50)	Edward Falkingham (d.1783)

British Frigates & Sloops
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Winchelsea (20)	John Hale (c.1718-1791)
Name : Success (20)	Paul Henry Ourry (1719-1783)
Name : Port Mahon (24)	Samuel Wallis (1728-1795)
Name : Nightingale (22)	James Campbell (c.1714-?)
Name : Kennington (20)	Dudley Digges (d.1779)
Name : Ferret (14)	Francis Upton (c.1720-1757)
Name : Vulture (14)	John Scaife (c.1709-1773)
Name : Hunter (10)	Sir William Hewett (5^th Baronet of Headley Hall) (c.1724-1761)
Name : Speedwell (8)	Robert Bond (c.1722-1772)
Name : Hawke (8)	Housman Broadley (c.1722-1759)
Name : Gibraltar's Prize (14)	John Stott (c.1729-1778)
Name : Jamaica (10)	Samuel Thompson (1718-1813)
Name : Furnace (8)	William Williamson (c.1720-1771)	Bomb Vessel
Name : Lightning (14)	Henry Martin (1733-1794)	Fireship

Royaume de France (Marine Royale) - Chevalier Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc (Comte Dubois de la Motte) (1683-1764)

French Squadron, Chevalier Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc (Comte Dubois de la Motte) (1683-1764)
9 Ships of Line and 2 frigates
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Formidable (80)		Squadron Flagship
Name : Le Duc de Bourgogne (80)
Name : Le Superbe (74)	Antoine Nicolas Choiseul-Beaupré (Comte de Marcheville) (1716-1760)
Name : Le Glorieux (74)
Name : Le Héros (74)
Name : Le Dauphin Royal (74)	André d’Urtubie (Chevalier d’Urtubie Fagosse) (1708-1767)
Name : Le Belliqueux (64)	Louis Guillouet (Comte d'Orvilliers) (1710-1792)
Name : Le Célèbre (64)
Name : Le Bizarre (64)

French Squadron from Saint Domingue, Joseph de Bauffremont (1714-1781)
5 Ships of Line and 1 Frigate
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Tonnant (80)		Squadron Flagship
Name : Le Défenseur (24)	Chevalier Charles de Courbon (1710-1766)
Name : Le Diadème (74)
Name : L'Inflexible (64)	de Tilly (d.1757)
Name : L'Éveillé (64)

French Squadron from Toulon, Joseph-François de Noble du Revest
4 Ships of Line and 2 Frigates : depart from Toulon april 1757 , escape blockade of Admiral Charles Saunders at Gilbratar
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Le Hector (74)	Joseph-François de Noble du Revest	Squadron Flagship
Name : L'Achille (64)	Pannat
Name : Le Vaillant (64)	Surin de Murat
Name : Le Sage (64)	d’Abon

French Frigates Squadron
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : La Brune (30)
Name : L'Abénaquise (38)	Mac Carthy
Name : La Comète (30)
Name : L'Hermione (28)
Name : La Fleur de Lys (30)

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