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Fleet for North America

Fleet CommanderThe Hon. Edward Boscawen (1711-1761)W029
Fleet Formed27.4.1755W029
Fleet Disbanded4.11.1755W029

Introduction

Ordered to intercept French reinforcements to Canada and to capture or destroy French vessels.


ShipJoinedLeftCommander
Torbay (90) 27.4.17554.11.1755Charles Colby (c.1701-1771)
Lichfield (50) 27.4.17554.11.1755Matthew Barton (1716-1795)
Defiance (60) 27.4.17554.11.1755Thomas Andrews (d.1756)
Nottingham (60) 27.4.17554.11.1755Samuel Marshall (c.1711-1768)
Anson (60) 27.4.17554.11.1755Robert Man (1721-1783)
Mars (64) 27.4.17554.11.1755John Amherst (1718-1778)
Fougueux (64) 27.4.17554.11.1755Richard Spry (1715-1775)
Somerset (68) 27.4.17554.11.1755Francis Geary (1709-1796)
Northumberland (68) 27.4.17554.11.1755Lord Alexander Colville (7th Viscount Colville of Culross) (1717-1770)
Monarch (74) 27.4.17554.11.1755Abraham North (c.1712-1781)
Dunkirk (60) 27.4.17554.11.1755Richard Howe (1725/26-1799)
Yarmouth (64) 21.6.17554.11.1755Harry Norris (d.1764)
Grafton (68) 21.6.17554.11.1755Charles Holmes (1711-1761)
Edinburgh (64) 21.6.17554.11.1755Thomas Stanhope (c.1718-1770)
Chichester (68) 21.6.17554.11.1755John Brett (d.1785)
Terrible (74) 21.6.17554.11.1755William Holburne (c.1711-1760)
Augusta (60) 21.6.17554.11.1755William Saltern Willett (d.1769)
DateEventSource
1755/04/27

Sailed from Portsmouth convoying to regiments of foot.

 
1755/06/21Terrible (74) joined the fleet 
1755/06/21Chichester (68) joined the fleet 
1755/06/21Edinburgh (64) joined the fleet 
1755/06/21Grafton (68) joined the fleet 
1755/06/21Yarmouth (64) joined the fleet 
1755/06/21Augusta (60) joined the fleet 
1755/06/21

Holburne's reinforcements joined off the Banks of Newfoundland

 
1755/11/04

Anchored at Spithead

 

Sources


IDDescriptionAuthorType
W029Seven Years War ProjectRichard CoutureWeb Site
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