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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