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Great Britain (Royal Navy) - Naval Sailor Service 1727-1733 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| British Division, Aubrey BeauclerkBritish Naval Sailor Service 1727-1733 | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : Prince Frederick (70)
1740-1784 British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | Aubrey BeauclerkBritish Naval Sailor Service 1727-1733 | Squadron Flagship | |
| Name : Orford (70)
1713-1745 British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | Lord Augustus FitzroyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1735-1741 | ||
| Name : Dunkirk (60)
1734-1749 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | Thomas CooperBritish Naval Sailor Service 1712-1746 | ||
| Name : Weymouth (60)
1736-1745 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | Charles KnowlesBritish Naval Sailor Service 1718-1770 | ||
| Name : Rippon (60)
1735-1751 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | Thomas JolleyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1706-1740 | ||
| Name : Augusta (60)
1736-1765 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | Charles DennisonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1710-1742 | ||
Royaume de France (Marine Royale) - Naval Sailor Service 1692-1751 | |||
| French Division, Chevalier Nicolas Hercule d'Espinay Beaugroult (Marquis d'Espinay)French Naval Sailor Service 1692-1751 | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : L'Ardent (64)
1723-1746 French 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | Chevalier Nicolas Hercule d'Espinay Beaugroult (Marquis d'Espinay)French Naval Sailor Service 1692-1751 | Squadron Flagship | |
| Name : Le Mercure (60)
1696-1746 French 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | Henri-François des Herbiers (Marquis de l'Etanduère ou de l'Estenduère)French Naval Sailor Soldier Service 1692-1745 | ||
| Name : Le Diamant (50)
1733-1747 French 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | Chevalier de PiosinFrench Naval Sailor Service 1741 | ||
| Name : La Parfaite (46)
1723-1756 French 46 Gun 4th Rate Frigate (Frégate-Vaisseau de 1er Ordre) | Chevalier Constantin Louis d'EstourmelFrench Naval Sailor Service 1707-1747 | ||
"On January 18, 1741, a division of four ships carrying the king's flag, Ardent (74 C.), Mercury (56 c), captain of the Herbiers of Etanduère, Diamond (50 c.), Captain the Chevalier de Piosin, La Parfaite (44 c.), Captain d'Estourmelles, cruised under the orders of the Chevalier d'Epinay, in the vicinity of Cape Tiburon, southwest of Saint-Domingue . A squadron of six large English vessels, - two of seventy-four canons, three of sixty-four, one of fifty, - is reported around six in the morning. On the one hand, two hundred and fourteen guns; on the other, three hundred and eighty Ten . D'Epinay, who was heading for Les Cayes, does not change his course: he confines himself to assembling his little squadron under his command.
"An English vessel approaches one of our ships. A short dialogue is exchanged with the megaphone." Where does this ship come from? - Of France. - Where is the ship going? - At the sea. "Angais continues on his own:" We want to talk to you. You don't answer? You say nothing? ". Thereupon, a sudden cannonade sieves the Diamant with projectiles. D'Epinay retaliates; despite the disproportion of forces, he stands up to his disloyal enemies. The Chevalier de Roquefeuil, officer aboard the Diamant, wrote of this fight: "We were all determined to defend ourselves and perish rather than surrender. Never have we fought with so much fury! ".
(...) "One might think that the slogan of the English navy in this year 1741 was to run over our ships, to try to destroy them and, in the event of failure to put this abortive attack on the account of a confusion ... "
see: G. LACOUR-GAYET, La Marine de la France under the reign of Louis XV, Paris, Plon, 1910, 581 pages; pp. 136-140. (Prometheus)