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Fleet Commander | Chevalier Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc (Comte Dubois de la Motte) (1683-1764) | W029 | ||
Fleet Formed | 4.1755 | W029 | ||
Fleet Disbanded | 1755 | W029 |
Troops and supplies for North America. Among the ships of the line, 7 were armed en-flute with their armament reduced accordingly to allow more space for freight and troops
Ship | Joined | Left | Commander | Notes | ||
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L'Entreprenant (74) | 4.1755 | 1755 | Fleet disbanded | |||
L'Apollon (56) | 4.1755 | 1755 | Fleet disbanded | |||
L'Opiniatre (64) | 4.1755 | 1755 | Fleet disbanded | |||
La Sirène (30) | 4.1755 | 1755 | Fleet disbanded | |||
L'Illustre (64) | 4.1755 | 1755 | Antoine Nicolas Choiseul-Beaupré (Comte de Marcheville) (1716-1760) | Fleet disbanded | ||
L'Actif (64) | 4.1755 | 1755 | Alexandre Tancrède de Caumont d'Adde (1708-1777) | Fleet disbanded | ||
L'Algonkin (72) | 4.1755 | 1755 | Fleet disbanded | |||
Le Lys (64) | 4.1755 | 8.6.1755 | Captured | |||
L'Alcide (64) | 4.1755 | 8.6.1755 | Captured | |||
Le Léopard (62) | 4.1755 | 15.8.1755 | Chevalier Jean Joseph d'Anneville | Abandoned |
Date | Event | Source |
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1755/05/03 | Departure from Brest . | |
1755/06 | Arrival of the "Leopard" at Quebec | |
1755/06/08 | L'Alcide (64) left the fleet | |
1755/06/08 | Le Lys (64) left the fleet | |
1755/08/15 | Departure from Canada to France : to escape the enemy, de Cahideuc had the audacity to pass all his ships through the Strait of Belle-Isle, which no ship of the king had ever yet taken . | |
1755/08/15 | Le Léopard (62) left the fleet | |
1756 | "Leopard " condemned and burnt at Quebec after an epidemic aboard |