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A squadron of ships under Lord Anson and Admiral Hawke, totalling 24 ships of the line with support vessels and including an escort squadron under Commodore Howe escorted 130 transports carrying 13,000 troops. The target was Saint Malo and the expedition anchored in Cancale Bay and landed the troops. Saint Malo was not taken, although much other damage was inflicted. The fleet then spent the rest of June looking at other possible landing places including Le Havre, Caen and Cherbourg, but no landings were undertaken due to poor weather and French resistance and the whole enterprise abandoned in early July.
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| Channel Fleet, Lord George Anson (1st Baron Anson)British Naval Sailor Ship Owner Service 1711-1761 | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : Royal Anne (100)
1715-1767 British 100 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line 1756 Renamed "Royal Anne" | Sir William BurnabyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1722-1770 | Fleet Flagship | |
| Name : Ramillies (90)
1749-1760 British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line | Wittewronge TaylorBritish Naval Sailor Service 1741-1760 | Squadron Flagship | |
| Name : Duke (90)
1739-1769 British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line | Thomas HanwayBritish Naval Sailor Service 1729-1759 | ||
| Name : Torbay (74)
1749-1784 British 74 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line 1750 Renamed "Torbay" | Augustus KeppelBritish Naval Sailor Marine Service 1743-1783 | ||
| Name : Barfleur (80)
1755-1783 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1764 Renamed "Barfleur Hulk" | Samuel GravesBritish Naval Sailor Service 1732-1783 | ||
| Name : Union (90)
1756-1816 British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line 1802 Renamed "Sussex" | Michael EverittBritish Naval Sailor Service 1732-1776 | ||
| Name : Newark (80)
1747-1787 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | William HolburneBritish Naval Sailor Service 1726-1734 | ||
| Name : Magnanime (74)
1748-1775 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | Jervis Henry PorterBritish Naval Sailor Service 1732-1763 | ||
| Name : Norfolk (74)
1757-1774 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | Sir Piercy BrettBritish Naval Sailor Marine Service 1723-1778 | ||
| Name : Shrewsbury (74)
1758-1783 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | Hugh PalliserBritish Naval Sailor Service 1735-1779 | ||
| Name : Lennox (74)
1758-1789 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | Francis GearyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1734-1780 | ||
| Name : Torbay (74)
1749-1784 British 74 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line 1750 Renamed "Torbay" | Augustus KeppelBritish Naval Sailor Marine Service 1743-1783 | ||
| Name : Chichester (68)
1753-1803 British 68 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | William Saltern WillettBritish Naval Sailor Service 1741-1770 | ||
| Name : Alcide (64)
1755-1772 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | James DouglasBritish Naval Sailor Service 1732-1782 | ||
| Name : Duc d'Aquitaine (64)
1757-1761 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | Washington ShirleyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1735-1778 | ||
| Name : Dunkirk (60)
1754-1792 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | Robert DigbyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1752-1805 | ||
| Name : Southampton (32)
1757-1812 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | James GilchristBritish Naval Sailor Service 1726-1759 | ||
| Name : Actaeon (28)
1757-1766 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate | Michael ClementsBritish Naval Sailor Service 1748-1790 | ||
| Name : Tartar (28)
1756-1797 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate | John KnightBritish Naval Sailor Service 1727-1766 | ||
| Name : Lowestoffe (28)
1756-1760 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate | Robert HaldaneBritish Naval Sailor Service 1741-1744 | ||
| Name : Coventry (28)
1757-1783 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate | Carr ScropeBritish Naval Sailor Service 1733-1762 | ||
| Inshore Squadron, Richard HoweBritish Naval Sailor Marine Service 1736-1799 | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : Swallow (14)
1745-1769 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop | John LendrickBritish Naval Sailor Service 1740-1764 | Escorting the 1st Division | |
| Name : Essex (64)
1741-1759 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | John CampbellBritish Naval Sailor Service 1737-1790 | Squadron Flagship Escorting the 1st Division | |
| Name : Diligence (10)
1756-1780 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop 1779 Renamed "Comet" | Joseph EastwoodBritish Naval Sailor Service 1743-1760 | Escorting the 1st Division | |
| Name : Active (28)
1758-1778 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate | Richard HughesBritish Naval Sailor Service 1739-1805 | ||
| Name : Maidstone (28)
1758-1794 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate | Dudley DiggesBritish Naval Sailor Service 1739-1763 | Escorting the 1st Division | |
| Name : Deptford (50)
1732-1767 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | John HollwallBritish Naval Sailor Service 1737-1771 | Escorting the ordnance | |
| Name : Portland (50)
1744-1763 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | Jervis MaplesdenBritish Naval Sailor Service 1721-1748 | Escorting the ordnance | |
| Name : Flamborough (20)
1756-1772 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship | Archibald KennedyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1744-1768 | Escorting the 2nd Division | |
| Name : Brilliant (36)
1757-1776 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | Hyde ParkerBritish Naval Sailor Service 1736-1782 | Escorting the 2nd Division | |
| Name : | Benjamin CliveBritish Naval Sailor Service 1746-1762 | Escorting the 2nd Division | |
| Name : Success (20)
1740-1779 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship | Paul Henry OurryBritish Naval Sailor Service 1742-1773 | Escorting the 2nd Division | |
| Name : Saltash (14)
1746-1763 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop | Walter StirlingBritish Naval Sailor Service 1732-1785 | ||
| Name : Rochester (50)
1749-1770 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | Robert DuffBritish Naval Sailor Service 1739-1780 | ||
| Name : Speedwell (8)
1752-1780 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop 1779 Renamed "Spitfire" | Joseph FraineBritish Naval Sailor Service 1743-1763 | ||
| Name : Grace (10)
1758-1759 British 10 Gun Hired Cutter | |||
| Name : Jason (30)
1747-1763 British 30 Gun 5th Rate Ship of the Line | William PastonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1752-1764 | Lower deck guns removed | |
| Name : Pallas (36)
1757-1783 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | Archibald ClevelandBritish Naval Sailor Service 1755-1756 | ||
| Name : Renown (30)
1747-1771 British 30 Gun 6th Rate Frigate 1748 Renamed "Renown" | George MackenzieBritish Naval Sailor Service 1740-1779 | ||
| Name : Richmond (32)
1757-1781 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | Thomas HankersonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1727-1763 | ||
| Name : Cormorant (8)
1757-1762 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop | Patrick MouatBritish Naval Sailor Service 1734-1766 | ||
| Name : | James JohnstonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1727-1783 | Fireship | |
| Name : Salamander (16)
1757-1762 British 16 Gun Unrated Fireship | John ElphinstoneBritish Naval Sailor Service 1739-1783 | Fireship | |
| Name : Granado (8)
1742-1763 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel | Samuel UvedaleBritish Naval Sailor Service 1740-1790 | Bomb | |
| Name : Infernal (14)
1757-1774 British 14 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel | James MackenzieBritish Naval Sailor Service 1734-1763 | Bomb | |
Royaume de France | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : L'Orphelin de la Chine
1755 French Unrated Unknown | Charles de Brémond (Marquis D'Ars)French Naval Sailor Service 1754-1759 | ||