British fireship 'Louisburg' (1745)
Three Decks' Forum
Come and ask, answer or inform.
Home
Ships
People
Nations
Places
Actions
Fleets
Classes
Captures
Sources
Glossary
Rates
Types
Definitions
Editors
Recent updates
Update
Pierre Dieudonné Jaunez
French
Ship Builder
Service 1806-1812
Added
Le Cygne (16)
1806-1808
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
Update
Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre
French
Ship Builder
Service 1804
Added
Endymion (16)
1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
Added
Fanfaron (16)
1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
Update
Le Curieux (16)
1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
Update
Curieux Class (1799)
Update
La Patriote (40)
1794-1798
French 40 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
1795 Renamed "Coquille"
Update
Coquille/Patriote Class (1793)
Added
()
See more...
Recent Comments
Mahonesa (34)
1789-1796
Spanish 34 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1789)
Le Guerrier (74)
1753-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1753)
L'Heureux (16)
1797-1798
French 16 Gun
Privateer
Ship
(1797)
Le Souverain (74)
1757-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
1792 Renamed "Peuple Souverain"
(1757)
L'Aquilon (74)
1789-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1789)
Le Spartiate (74)
1797-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1797)
Le Conquérant (74)
1765-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1765)
Le Franklin (84)
1797-1798
French 84 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1797)
Ganges (74)
1782-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1782)
Henry Chads
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1783
See more...
Louisburg
5170
Louisbourg
Nominal Guns
8
Nationality
Great Britain
Operator
Royal Navy
Captured
1745
First Commissioned
1.10.1745
Shipyard
Unknown
Category
Unrated
Ship Type
Fireship
Captured
4.1.1746/47
2 Ship Commanders
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
1.10.1745
-
4.3.1745/46
Commander
Michael Everitt
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1776
ADM 6/17/185
Issued by
Peter Warren
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1716-1748
,
Barbados -
Windward Islands
-
Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed
2.1.1746/47
ADM 6/17
4.3.1745/46
-
4.1.1746/47
Lieutenant
Philip De Lamotte
British
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1742-1747
† ADM 6/17/368
Issued by
Peter Warren
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1716-1748
,
Barbados -
Windward Islands
-
Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed
12.7.1748
ref:1002
2 Commissioned Officers
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
1.10.1745
-
21.4.1746
Lieutenant
John Thane
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1763
Transfered ADM 6/17/188
Issued by
William Rowley
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
,
The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed
9.1.1746/47
ADM 6/17
3.5.1746
-
2.11.1746
Acting
Lieutenant
John Bowerbank
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1763
Transfered ADM 107/4/216
ADM 107/4
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
ADM 107/4
ADM 107/4 1745-1757 Lieutenants' passing certificates.
Archive
ADM 6/17
ADM 6/17 Commission and Warrant Book 1745 18 Sep.-1751 Apr.
Archive
ref:1002
Parliamentary Papers: 1780-1849, Volume 17
Document
Previous comments on this page
no comments to display
Make a comment about this page
Your Name
Your email
Name of Nelson's flagship in 1805
Sorry! a spate of idiots spamming us makes this necessary.
Your comment
(text only no html or links allowed)
Recent comments to other pages
Date posted
By
Page
Sunday 26th of July 2026 11:05
Jon Miller
Spanish Fifth Rate frigate 'Mahonesa' (1789) (34)
1789-1796
Spanish 34 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
Sunday 26th of July 2026 11:05
Jon Miller
French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Guerrier' (1753) (74)
1753-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
Sunday 26th of July 2026 11:03
Jon Miller
French Privateer ship 'L'Heureux' (1797) (16)
1797-1798
French 16 Gun
Privateer
Ship
Sunday 26th of July 2026 11:01
Jon Miller
French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Souverain' (1757) (74)
1757-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
1792 Renamed "Peuple Souverain"
Sunday 26th of July 2026 11:00
Jon Miller
French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Aquilon' (1789) (74)
1789-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line