This sub-page is for information relating to naval operations of the Seven Years War, 1754-1762.
Totals
editApproximate total ships lost to enemy action by the major combatants during the Seven Years War. This list does not include ships wrecked, foundered or accidentally burnt unless as a direct result of enemy action, but does include those scuttled to avoid capture.
| Nation | First Rates 100+ guns |
Third Rates 60-80 guns |
Fourth Rates 50-58 guns |
Frigates 28-48 guns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Great Britain |
0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
 France |
0 | 28 | 7 | 23 | ||||||
 Spain |
0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 40 | 7 | 23 | ||||||
List of Actions
editA list of naval actions during the Seven Years War that I think merit their own articles. The basic qualifying criteria of this list is that the engagement must have been between ships of frigate size at least. Other actions may merit articles on a case by case basis, but below this cut-off no action should be guaranteed an article.
- French frigate squadron capture 20-gun frigate HMS Blandford. Took place before official declaration of war.
- Ships of the line HMS Revenge and HMS Orford capture French ship of the line Esperance.
- French squadron captures ship of the line HMS Warwick.
- Inconclusive engagement between HMS Colchester and HMS Lyme and French ships Aquilon and Fidele.
- French squadron captures fourth rate HMS Greenwich.
- Fourth rate HMS Antelope destroys French fourth rate Aquilon.
- Ships of the line HMS Eagle and HMS Medway capture French East Indian Company fourth rate Duc d'Aquitaine.
- Inconclusive engagement between HMS Southampton and French frigates Marechal de Belleisle and Chauvelin.
- Frigate HMS Southampton captures French frigate Emeraude.
- Frigates HMS Hussar and HMS Dolphin destroy French privateer fourth rate Duc d'Aquitaine.
- Ships of the line HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Achilles capture French ship of the line Raisonnable.
- Ships of the line HMS Dreadnought and HMS Assistance fought French ship of the line Palmier.
- Frigate HMS Lizard destroys French frigate Calypso and coastal convoy.
- Ship of the line HMS Buckingham fought French ship of the line Florissant.
- Frigate HMS Vestal captured French frigate Bellone.
- Frigates HMS Isis and HMS Aeolus captured French frigate Mignonne and fought three others.
- Frigates HMS Southampton and HMS Melampe captured French frigate Danae and fought another.
- To be continued (301)