User:Jackyd101/Naval Actions 1754-1762

This sub-page is for information relating to naval operations of the Seven Years War, 1754-1762.

Totals

Approximate total ships lost to enemy action by the major combatants during the Seven Years War. This list does not include ships wrecked, foundered or accidentally burnt unless as a direct result of enemy action, but does include those scuttled to avoid capture.

Nation	First Rates 100+ guns	Third Rates 60-80 guns	Fourth Rates 50-58 guns	Frigates 28-48 guns
Great Britain	0	2	1	1
France	0	28	7	23
Spain	0	12	0	0
Total	0	40	7	23

List of Actions

A list of naval actions during the Seven Years War that I think merit their own articles. The basic qualifying criteria of this list is that the engagement must have been between ships of frigate size at least. Other actions may merit articles on a case by case basis, but below this cut-off no action should be guaranteed an article.

• Action of 13 August 1755

• French frigate squadron capture 20-gun frigate HMS Blandford. Took place before official declaration of war.

• Action of 13 November 1755

• Ships of the line HMS Revenge and HMS Orford capture French ship of the line Esperance.

• Action of 11 March 1756

• French squadron captures ship of the line HMS Warwick.

• Action of 17 May 1756

• Inconclusive engagement between HMS Colchester and HMS Lyme and French ships Aquilon and Fidele.

• Action of 16 March 1757

• French squadron captures fourth rate HMS Greenwich.

• Action of 14 May 1757

• Fourth rate HMS Antelope destroys French fourth rate Aquilon.

• Action of 30 May 1757

• Ships of the line HMS Eagle and HMS Medway capture French East Indian Company fourth rate Duc d'Aquitaine.

• Action of 25 July 1757

• Inconclusive engagement between HMS Southampton and French frigates Marechal de Belleisle and Chauvelin.

• Action of 21 September 1757

• Frigate HMS Southampton captures French frigate Emeraude.

• Action of 23 November 1757

• Frigates HMS Hussar and HMS Dolphin destroy French privateer fourth rate Duc d'Aquitaine.

• Action of 29 May 1758

• Ships of the line HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Achilles capture French ship of the line Raisonnable.

• Action of 2 September 1758

• Ships of the line HMS Dreadnought and HMS Assistance fought French ship of the line Palmier.

• Action of 12 September 1758

• Frigate HMS Lizard destroys French frigate Calypso and coastal convoy.

• Action of 3 November 1758

• Ship of the line HMS Buckingham fought French ship of the line Florissant.

• Action of 21 February 1759

• Frigate HMS Vestal captured French frigate Bellone.

• Action of 19 March 1759

• Frigates HMS Isis and HMS Aeolus captured French frigate Mignonne and fought three others.

• Action of 20 March 1759

• Frigates HMS Southampton and HMS Melampe captured French frigate Danae and fought another.

• To be continued (301)