Expedition against Belle/Isle, 29th March 1761 - 11th June 1761
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Expedition against Belle-Isle
29
th
March 1761 - 11
th
June 1761
Part of :
Seven Years' War
(
1756/05/17
-
1763/02/10
)
Previous action :
Rippon v L'Achille
9.3.1761
-
10.3.1761
Next action :
Isis vs L'Oriflamme
1.4.1761
Great Britain
(Royal Navy) -
Augustus Keppel (1725-1786)
Ships of the Line
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
Valiant (74)
Adam Duncan (1731-1804)
Fleet Flagship
Name :
Sandwich (90)
Richard Norbury (c.1720-1800)
Name :
Torbay (74)
William Brett (c.1718-1769)
Name :
Dragon (74)
Augustus John Hervey (1724-1779)
Name :
Temeraire (74)
Matthew Barton (1716-1795)
Name :
Prince of Orange (60)
Samuel Wallis (1728-1795)
Name :
Swiftsure (68)
Sir Thomas Stanhope (c.1718-1770)
Name :
Essex (64)
Alexander Schomberg (c.1726-1804)
Name :
Hampton Court (64)
Carr Scrope (c.1719-1762)
Name :
Achilles (60)
Reinforcments
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
Monmouth (70)
John Storr (c.1709-1783)
Name :
Buckingham (68)
Peter Parker (1715-1811)
Name :
Burford (68)
James Gambier (1723-1789)
Name :
Chichester (68)
William Saltern Willett (d.1769)
Name :
Trident (64)
Benjamin Clive (d.1764)
Frigates
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
Lynn (44)
Walter Stirling (1718-1786)
Name :
Launceston
Edmund Affleck (1725-1788)
Name :
Melampe (36)
William Hotham (1736-1813)
Name :
Adventure (32)
Mathew Moore (d.1787)
Name :
Southampton (32)
Charles Antrobus (1725-1769)
Name :
Actaeon (28)
Paul Henry Ourry (1719-1783)
Name :
Flamborough (20)
Samuel Thompson (1718-1813)
Name :
Aldborough (20)
Mitchell Graham (c.1734-1795)
Supporting Vessels
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
Escort (14)
Charles Ellys (c.1730-1794)
Sloop
Name :
Fly (8)
George Gayton (1724-1797)
Sloop
Name :
Druid (10)
John Luttrell (d.1829)
Sloop
Name :
Firedrake (10)
James Orrok (c.1721-c.1763)
Bomb vessel
Name :
Infernal (14)
James Mackenzie (c.1715-1789)
Bomb vessel
Name :
Furnace (8)
James Chaplen (c.1724-1766)
Bomb vessel
Name :
Aetna (16)
Michael Henry Pascal (d.1786)
Fireship
Name :
Vesuvius (14)
James Chads (c.1724-1781)
Fireship
Blockading Squadron off Brest,
Mathew Buckle (1716-1784)
Ship Name
Commander
Notes
Name :
Namur (90)
Mathew Buckle (1716-1784)
Squadron Flagship
Name :
Union (90)
Thomas Evans (d.1775)
Name :
Royal William (84)
Hugh Pigot (1722-1792)
Name :
Princess Amelia (80)
John Bray (d.1795)
Name :
Hero (74)
George Edgcumbe (1720-1795)
Name :
Fame (74)
John Byron (1723-1786)
Name :
Mars (74)
James Young (1717-1789)
Name :
Bedford (64)
John Lockhart (1721-1790)
Name :
Prince Frederick (64)
Jervis Maplesden (c.1705-1781)
Name :
Lion (58)
Sir Edward Le Cras (c.1718-1784)
Name :
Rippon (60)
Edward Jekyll (d.1776)
Name :
Tweed (32)
William Paston (1731-1774)
Name :
Aquilon (28)
Chaloner Ogle (1738-1816)
Name :
Unicorn (28)
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