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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Navies]] &gt;&gt; [[British Navy]] &gt;&gt; {{PAGENAME}}</small> ==Origin and History== The sloop was built by John Quallett at Rotherhithe and launched on December 19 1746. During the Seven Years' War, the ship was under the command of: *from at least October to at least December 1758: commander Walter Stirling The sloop was sold on February 15 1763. ==Service during the War== At the end of May 1758, the sloop was part of commodore Howe's squadron who, from June 1 to July 1, escorted the amphibious [[1758 - British first expedition against the French Coasts|expedition against the French coasts]]. From July 31 to September 19, she probably took part to the [[1758 - British second expedition against the French Coasts|second expedition against the French Coasts]]. In October, the sloop was part of commodore Augustus Keppel's squadron assigned to the [[1758 - British expedition against Gorée in Senegal|expedition against Gorée in Sénégal]]. On October 26, the fleet embarked some troops at Kinsale in Ireland and sailed off on November 11. On December 28, the sloop and the transports containing the troops were sent into the bay between Point Gorée and Point Barrabas. On December 29, the squadron bombarded Gorée, soon silencing the French batteries and forcing the town to surrender. The squadron then escorted the British troops to Sénégal where they would take station and returned to Great Britain. To do: campaigns from 1759 to 1762 ==Characteristics== {| class="tblunout" |+<big>'''Technical specifications'''</big> |- |'''Guns'''||14 {| class="tblunin" |- |'''Main deck'''||??? |} |- |'''Crew'''||??? |- |'''Length'''||??? |- |'''Width'''||??? |- |'''Depth'''||??? |- |'''Displacement'''||??? |} ==References== Blasco, Manuel, ''British Unrated Vessels acquired between 1714 and 1793'', [http://3decks.pbwiki.com/ 3 Decks Wiki] Phillip, Michael, [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/index.html Ships of the Old Navy] N.B.: the section ''Service during the War'' is mostly derived from our articles depicting the various campaigns, battles and sieges. [[Category:British Naval Unit]]

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