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the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du Canada
Tall
Ships At The Fortress
and Town of Louisbourg
Photo Gallery of Original Ships in Louisbourg Harbour during the 18th Century
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1731 |
VEÜE DE LA VILLE DE LOUISBOURG PRISE EN DEDANS DU PORT 1731
© Parks Canada, Fortress of Louisbourg, National Historic Site of Canada, Curatorial Collection Painting - based on the 1731 Verrier View of Louisbourg (Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, Cartes et Plans, GeC. 5019) - Mrs. J.S. McLennan, artist - painted at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France in 1909 [P 84 5194; Alternate Id: 83 97 and 1731-1; Museum Number BL 36.1.9]
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1758 |
PLAN DU Cap BRETON DIT LOUISBOVRG AVEC SES ENVIRONS PRIES PAR LAMIRALLE BOCKOUME LE 26 jullET 1758
© Parks Canada, Fortress of Louisbourg, National Historic Site of Canada, Curatorial Collection Copy - Based on the the original at the Library of Congress (Washington, Library of Congress) [Alternate Id: 1758-9]
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1758 |
To the Captains other Officers and Seamen, who (with a detachment of Boats from the Fleet commanded by Admiral Boscawen) Burnt the Prudent and Took the Bienfaisant in Louisbourg Harbour, about 1 o'clock in the morning of the 26th July 1758. In memory of that Singular and Brave Action, This Re-presentation is humbly Inscribed, By their Most Obedient Servant, Richd Paton ...
© Parks Canada, Fortress of Louisbourg, National Historic Site of Canada, Curatorial Collection Engraving [P 84 3170; Alternate Id: ND-201]
"The burning of the Prudent and capture of the Bienfaisant during the second siege 1758. At one o'clock on the morning of July 25, two boat divisions of twenty-five boats each, one under Captain Laforey of the Hunter and one under Captain Balfour of the Etna, rowed into the harbour, unobserved. Laforey attacked the Prudent, 74 guns, near Batterie de la Grave. Only the sentinels were on deck and the highest officers on board were ensigns. The boats were hailed, a voice answering in French that they were from the town and were coming on board. Before the French suspected anything two hundred men were on board. Finding the ship was aground the British set her on fire and made off. The crew of sixty or seventy men escaped to the shore. Balfour boarded the Bienfaisant after a short conflict in which seven British were killed and nine wounded, she was immediately towed to the head of the harbour held by the British. The guns of the town opened fire on the boats but with no effect. Contemporary engraving. Given by the Louisbourg Chapter, Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, Sydney, 1936. The frame is veneered with Louisbourg oak ..." (Katharine McLennan, Catalogue of Exhibits in the Fortress of Louisbourg Museum (Ottawa, Department of Mines and Resources, ND), p. 16.)
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Source: NAC but
located on:
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