Capture of Vigilant

The Capture of Vigilant involved Commodore Warren in HMS Superb (60 guns), Captain Durell in HMS Eltham (40 guns), Captain Calmady in HMS Launceston, Captain Douglas in HMS Mermaid and Captain John Rous of HMS Shirley Galley who fought the French ship Vigilant (64 guns) off Louisbourg. Captain Douglas in Mermaid (40 guns) engaged the French ship. John Rous in Shirley Galley was the first to fire, giving the ship several broadsides into the stern. Captain Durell was next to give a broadside. The commodore got alongside the ship - they fired briskly, tearing the rigging and sails to pieces. Fog settled in and Vigilant got away. In the morning, Vigilant was visible and clearly wrecked. The British took 100 French sailors prisoner to Boston.[2]

Capture of Vigilant
Part of the King George's War

Edward Tyng
Date18–20 May 1745
Location
off Fortress Louisbourg
Result British victory
Belligerents
 Great Britain  France
Commanders and leaders
Peter Warren
Edward Tyng		 Marquis de la Maisonfort[1]
Strength
5 ships of the line 1 ship of the line; 500 men
Casualties and losses
6 wounded (including Tyng) 1 ship of the line captured
35 killed & 26 wounded
100 prisoners
Vigilant in 1745, a captured French third rate, as taken off prior to fitting as a 58-gun two-decker fourth rate

References
  1. "Biography – LA MAISONFORT DU BOISDECOURT, ALEXANDRE DE, Marquis de LA MAISONFORT – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca.
  2. Chapin, Howard M. (January 29, 1928). "Privateering in King George's war, 1739-1748 /". Providence. hdl:2027/txu.059173017850230. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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