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Expedition against Belle-Isle

29th March 1761 - 11th 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 KeppelBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1743-1783

 
Ships of the Line
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Valiant (74) 1759-1826
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Adam DuncanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1849
Fleet Flagship
Sandwich (90) 1759-1810
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
Richard NorburyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1763
Torbay (74) 1749-1784
British 74 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1750 Renamed "Torbay"
William BrettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1763
Dragon (74) 1760-1784
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Augustus John HerveyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1778
Temeraire (74) 1759-1784
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Matthew BartonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1789
Prince of Orange (60) 1734-1810
British 60 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Samuel WallisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1781
Swiftsure (68) 1750-1773
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Sir Thomas StanhopeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1745
Essex (64) 1760-1799
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Alexander SchombergBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1804
Hampton Court (64) 1744-1774
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Carr ScropeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1762
Achilles (60) 1756-1784
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
 
 
Reinforcments
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Monmouth (70) 1742-1767
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
John StorrBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1725-1780
Buckingham (68) 1751-1779
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1777 Renamed "Grampus"
Peter ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1799
Burford (68) 1757-1785
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
James GambierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1800
Chichester (68) 1753-1803
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
William Saltern WillettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1770
Trident (64) 1747-1763
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Benjamin CliveBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1762
 
Frigates
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Lynn (44) 1741-1763
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
Walter StirlingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1785
Launceston 1741-1784
British unarmed
5th Rate Ship of the Line
1752 Renamed "Launceston Hulk"
1758 Renamed "Launceston"
Edmund AffleckBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1787
Melampe (36) 1757-1764
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
William HothamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1805
Adventure (32) 1758-1770
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
Mathew MooreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1780
Southampton (32) 1757-1812
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
Charles AntrobusBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1756-1766
Actaeon (28) 1757-1766
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
Paul Henry OurryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1773
Flamborough (20) 1756-1772
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
Samuel ThompsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1788
Aldborough (20) 1756-1777
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
Mitchell GrahamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1787
 
Supporting Vessels
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Escort (14) 1757-1768
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
Charles EllysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1774
Sloop
Fly (8) 1752-1772
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
George GaytonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1795
Sloop
Druid (10) 1761-1773
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
John LuttrellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1784
Sloop
Firedrake (10) 1742-1763
British 10 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
James OrrokBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1783
Bomb vessel
Infernal (14) 1757-1774
British 14 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
James MackenzieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1763
Bomb vessel
Furnace (8) 1740-1763
British 8 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
James ChaplenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1763
Bomb vessel
Aetna (16) 1756-1763
British 16 Gun
Unrated Fireship
Michael Henry PascalBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1766
Fireship
Vesuvius (14) 1756-1763
British 14 Gun
Unrated Fireship
James ChadsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1776
Fireship
 
Blockading Squadron off Brest,
Mathew BuckleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1780
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Namur (90) 1756-1804
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
Mathew BuckleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1780
Squadron Flagship
Union (90) 1756-1816
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1802 Renamed "Sussex"
Thomas EvansBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1775
Royal William (84) 1757-1813
British 84 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
Hugh PigotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1787
Princess Amelia (80) 1757-1788
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
John BrayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1789
Hero (74) 1759-1810
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1800 Renamed "Rochester"
George EdgcumbeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1782
Fame (74) 1759-1814
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1801 Renamed "Guildford"
John ByronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1780
Mars (74) 1759-1784
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
James YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1778
Bedford (64) 1741-1787
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1767 Renamed "Bedford Hulk"
John LockhartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1787
Prince Frederick (64) 1740-1784
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Jervis MaplesdenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1748
Lion (58) 1738-1765
British 58 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
Edward Le CrasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1778
Rippon (60) 1758-1808
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
Edward JekyllBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1774
Tweed (32) 1759-1776
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
William PastonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1764
Aquilon (28) 1758-1776
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
Chaloner OgleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1805
Unicorn (28) 1748-1771
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
 
 

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