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Database of Ships at Louisbourg
1721
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La Miscoudine
SOURCE:
Extracted from Fr. Patrice Gallant, Michel
Haché-Gallant et ses descendants, volumes I and
II; see
http://www.islandregister.com/biograph.html
1744
French Privateers from Louisbourg
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Select
List of the privateer vessels who mounted a successful campaign against New England shipping in the spring of 1744.
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* Marie Joseph, 1744
* Signe, 1744
* Cantabre, 1744
* St. Charles, 1744
* Cesar, 1744
* St. Joseph, 1744
* Succes, 1744
The
privateer schooner Cantabre (schooner, 80 tons, 8 guns, crew of 94,
Captain Doloboratz) was captured by the Massachusetts provincial warship, Prince of Orange, on July 4, 1744. The French crew, none of whom were killed in the battle, were exchanged after a few weeks imprisonment in Boston.
SOURCE:
Extracted from A.J.B. Johnston, The Summer of 1744: A Portrait of Life in 18th Century
Louisbourg;
John Stewart MacLennan, Louisbourg From Its Foundations to Its Fall (London: MacMillan &
Co., 1918)
1745
WARREN'S
FLEET AT LOUISBOURG
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The
Ship |
No.
of Men |
No.
of Guns |
The
Captain |
| Superbe |
415 |
60 |
Richard
Tiddeman |
| Mermaid |
328 |
40 |
William
Montague |
| Launceston |
239 |
40 |
Warwick
Calmady |
| Eltham |
248 |
44 |
Philip
Durrell |
| Vigilant |
325 |
64 |
James
Douglas |
| Princess
Mary |
394 |
60 |
Richard
Edwards |
| Canterbury |
400 |
60 |
John
Hoare |
| Sunderland |
400 |
60 |
Brett |
| Chester |
350 |
50 |
Francis
Geary |
SOURCE:
Extracted
from: http://www.blupete.com/Hist/Gloss/Warren'sFleet.htm
1745
EXPEDITION
AGAINST LOUISBOURG
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Union
SOURCE:
Extracted from Elisha
Mahew, A Journal of the Voige in the Sloop Union in an Expedition against
Cape Breton (Providence, 1929)
1749
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Brotherhood, departed from Liverpool, England, stopped in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada, and finally arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 24 July 1749.
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London, departed from Liverpool, England, stopped in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada, and finally arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 24 July 1749.
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Merry Jacks, departed from Liverpool, England, stopped in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada, and finally arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 24 July 1749.
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Wilmington, departed from Liverpool, England, stopped in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada, and finally arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 24 July 1749.
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Winchelsea, departed from Liverpool, England, stopped in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada, and finally arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 24 July 1749. |
Source:
Extracted from
http://istg.rootsweb.com/newcompass/pass_lists/listnovascotia.html
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1755
DE
SALVERT COMMAND
* Acquillon
* Bizarre
* Commette
* Dauphin Royal
* Defenseur
* Esperance
SOURCE:
Extracted from
Journals - Monsieur de Vaudreuil (New York Colonial Document, v10);
Jean Guillaume Charles de
Plantevit de Margon, Chevalier de la Pause (Rapport de la Province de Quebec, 1931- 1932).
1756
French Privateers from Louisbourg
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Louisbourg also outfitted privateers in the next conflict, the Seven Years War |
* schooner la
Tourterelle, Maurice Simonin, 1756
* schooner la Vigilente, St-Martin du Rouca, 1756
* sloop L'Heureux, Milly de la Croix, 1756
* schooner la Victoire, Maurice Simonin, 1756
* la Revanche, Milly de la Croix, 1756
SOURCE: Sandy
Balcom,
Parks Canada, Fortress Louisbourg, extracted from France, Archives Nationales, Section
Ancienne, Sirie G5, Carton 260, Amirauti,
Conseil des Prises, Minutes de Jugements 1756-57
1757 and 1758
BRITISH FLEET AT
LOUISBOURG
*
Bedford
* Boreas
* Burford
* Centurion
* Defiance
* Diana
* Dublin
* Gramont
* Hawke
* Hind
* Hunter
* Juno
* Kennington
* Kingston
* Lancaster
* Namur
* Northumberland
* Nottingham
* Orford
* Pembroke
* Portmabon
* Prince Frederick
* Prince of Orange
* Princess Amelia
* Royal William
* Scarborough
* Shannon
* Somerset
* Squirrel
* Sutherland
* Terrible
* Trent
* Vanguard
* York
* Number of smaller vessels
* 144 Sail of Transports
SOURCE:
Extracted
from John Stewart MacLennan, Louisbourg From Its Foundations to Its Fall (London: MacMillan & Co., 1918)
1758
(Additional)
* Aetna
SOURCE:
Extracted
from Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the
African
(London, 1789) Volume I,, Chapter 3, p. 123.
1757 and 1758
FRENCH FLEET AT
LOUISBOURG
* Appollon
* Aréthuse
* Biche
* Bienfaisant
* Bizarre
* Capricieux
* Célèbre
* Chêvre
* Comète
* Echo
* Entreprenant
* Fidèle
* Prudent
SOURCE:
Extracted
from John Stewart MacLennan, Louisbourg From Its Foundations to Its Fall (London: MacMillan & Co., 1918); Richard Brown,
A History of the Island of Cape Breton (Low &
Marston, 1869)
1758
(Additional)
*
Zephyre
SOURCE:
Extracted from
John Robson, A Short Biography of Jean-Francois de Galaup de Laperouse, 1741-1788
- see
http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/jcr/~lap2
1758
DEPORTATIONS
FROM LOUISBOURG TO FRANCE
* La Reine d'Espagne
SOURCE:
Extracted from
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1759
BATTLE
FOR QUEBEC
* Harwood
SOURCE:
Extracted from A Journal of the Expedition up the River St. Lawrence; Containing A True and Particular Account of the Transactions of the Fleet and Army,
From the Time of Their Embarkation at Louisbourg ‘Til After the Surrender of Quebec
by the Serjeant-Major of Gen. Hopson’s Grenadiers, June 1, 1759.
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