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Action of 21 July 1781

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led the damaged escorts into a safe harbour. While the British escort was severely damaged, the convoy was still able to pick up a load of coal at Spanish River and deliver it to Halifax.
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approached the convoy, four further escorts joined the two that were sailing to meet them, while the convoy tried to escape to Spanish River. Five of the British warships,
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came in cannon range and opened fire. The French had the advantage in gunnery, as the British had 9-pounder guns, less powerful than the French 12-pounders.
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detected a 20-ship convoy, with two corvettes or frigates detaching to investigate. The convoy, which consisted of 18 merchant vessels, including nine
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to Boston with a prize crew, as they had done with four other ships that they had captured in the previous days: the 18-gun corvette
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s escape, but expressed regrets when they learnt that Evans had died of his wound. Lapérouse called him "a very brave man".
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escorts. The French captured one of the British escorts while the remainder of the British convoy escaped.
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had three killed, six gravely wounded (three of whom died in the following days), and 13 lightly wounded;
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had sustained a dozen hits, was holed in three places, and had suffered two fires during the action.
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Les aventures de Louis-René de Latouche-Tréville, compagnon de La Fayette et commandant de l'Hermione
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in March 1780. On 11 June 1780, the French reinforced their naval presence with the arrival of the
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Description of the order of battle by Lieutenant de Frégate auxillaire Mullon, who was aboard the
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and she escaped into the darkness under her first officer, Lieutenant Michael Cashman.
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British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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Frigates and Foremasts: The North American Squadron in Nova Scotia Waters, 1745-1815
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Learning of their presence, the British scrambled three heavy frigates to intercept
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By nightfall, the three remaining British warships were trying to escape, chased by
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stayed around Boston, carrying out reconnaissance for the squadron and engaging in
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Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours
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gave chase but failed to find her again, and by 2200 they abandoned the pursuit.
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painted a large depiction of the battle. The painting is now on display at the
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American privateers attacked British mining on Cape Breton throughout the war.
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Ashore and Afloat: The British Navy and the Halifax Naval Yard Before 1820
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Captain Tonge and his crew were taken prisoner to Boston. The French sent
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Six French and seventeen British sailors were killed in the action.
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was sold at Salem, only to be recaptured the following year in the
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Naval battles of the American Revolutionary War involving France
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since 1777, in a private capacity. When he returned to France,
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La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI
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The Royal Gazette, New York, 08 Dec 1781, p. 3, col. 2-3.
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Even since France had lost its colonies in Canada in the
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Battles of the American Revolutionary War in Nova Scotia
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and for 30 minutes she also fired broadsides into her.
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Blue Water Patriots: The American Revolution Afloat
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University of Ottawa Press. p.  1927: 1922: 1919: 1913: 1910: 1723: 1718: 1715: 1709: 1706: 1532:, captured on 18; and the merchantman 2380: 2327: 2306: 2249: 2063: 2048: 1916: 1712: 1255:and four supply ships, was bound for 937: 494: 303: 2413: 2207:A History of Nova-Scotia, Or Acadie 1681:Capt Henry Francis Evans Memorial, 1489:After effective temporary repairs, 24: 1696: 1466:had three killed and 15 wounded. 1375:stopped, but doing so she fell in 25: 2520: 1397:. Soon afterward, the maintop of 1096:Combat naval en vue de Louisbourg 2290:L'Hermione, FrĂ©gate des Lumières 2222:"Timothy Hierlihy and his times" 1674: 1658: 1633: 1608: 1590: 1174:had already been supporting the 227: 215: 204: 183: 168: 84:Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy 73: 42:. For the 1758 siege during the 2214: 2194: 2180: 2418:. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2406:Batailles navales de la France 2135: 2124: 2069: 1482:, 1 killed and 2 wounded; and 32:War of the Austrian Succession 13: 1: 2313:. 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Index

Naval battle off Cape Breton
War of the Austrian Succession
King George's War
Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
French and Indian War
Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
American Revolutionary War

Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy
Sydney
Nova Scotia
45°54′27″N 59°58′26″W / 45.9075°N 59.9739°W / 45.9075; -59.9739
France
Great Britain
La PĂ©rouse
Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville
Henry Evans

Rupert George
Richard Peter Tonge
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Atlantic naval theatre
Nassau
Block Island
Turtle Gut Inlet
Barbados
Yarmouth

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