Action off Cuba, 18th October 1760

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Action off Cuba

18th October 1760
Part of : Seven Years' War (1756/05/17 - 1763/02/10)
Previous action : Siege of Pondicherry 4.9.1760 - 15.1.1761
Next action : Constantine vs Victorieux 23.11.1760
 

Great Britain

 
British squadron
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Hampshire (50) 1741-1766
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
Coningsby NorburyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1761
Boreas (28) 1757-1770
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
Samuel UvedaleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1790
 1 killed, 1 wounded
Lively (20) 1756-1778
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
Frederick Lewis MaitlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1785
 2 wounded
 

Royaume de France

 
French Squadron
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Le Prince Edouard (32) 1760-1760
French 32 Gun
Hired East Indiaman
 
Duc de Choiseul (32) 1759-1761
French 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
  Burnt
La Fleur de Lys (30) 1754-1760
French 30 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
  Sunk
La Valeur (24) 1754-1760
French 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
 38 killed, 25 wounded Captured
La Sirène (30) 1744-1760
French 30 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
  Captured 80 killed and wounded
 

Notes on Action


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In the autumn Rear-Admiral Holmes learnt that a French convoy, escorted by five frigates, was about to sail from Cape Francois for Europe and he despatched the Hampshire, 50, Captain Coningsby Norbury (2), the Boreas, 28, Captain Samuel Uvedale, and the Lively, 20, Captain the Hon. Frederick Lewis Maitland (1), to intercept them. On October 16th the French put to sea, the escort consisting of the vessels mentioned in the note. [Sirene, 32; Due de ChoisetH, 32; Prince Edward, 32; Fleur de Lys, 32; and Valeur, 20] Next morning at dawn the British ships sighted and chased them, but closed very slowly until evening, when the breeze freshened. At midnight the Boreas engaged the Sirene, but, being disabled aloft, fell astern, and could not come up with her again till 2 P.M. on October 18th, off the east end of Cuba. A hot action then began, and at 4.40 P.M. the Sirene struck, having lost 80 killed and wounded. The Boreas had lost but one killed and one wounded. In the meanwhile the Hampshire and Lively had been in chase of the other frigates. Soon after daybreak on the 18th, the Lively, by using her sweeps, got alongside of the Valeur, and, after an hour and a half, forced her to surrender, she having lost 38 killed and 25 wounded, and the Lively but two wounded. Both the Sirene and Valeur were added to the Navy under their own names. The Hampshire at 3.30 P.M. got between the Duc de Choiseul and the Prince Edward, but the former, having the advantage of the wind, got into Port an Paix. The latter ran ashore and struck, but was, nevertheless, subsequently burnt by her crew. On the 19th the Hampshire and Lively were about to attack the Fleur de Lys, which lay in the bay to leeward of Port au Paix, when the enemy saved them the trouble by abandoning and burning the ship.
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