Charles-Auguste Levassor de La Touche-Tréville

[1] She sailed in consort with the 74-gun Prudent, under Chevalier d'Aubigny, and the 34-gun frigate Atalante, under Count du Chaffault.

[2] On a journey from France to Martinique, La Touche-Tréville, while escorting a 22-sail convoy, captured two British merchantmen and a privateer.

[3] In October 1760, La Touche-Tréville commanded the pram Louise and harassed the British squadron blockading Île-d'Aix.

He proposed a plan to free the mouth of the Charente River from the British blockade and executed it by attacking it with prams.

[3] At the outbreak of the American War of Independence, La Touche-Tréville took command of the 74-gun Neptune which, in consort with Beausset's 74-gun Glorieux, captured the British privateer Hercules[note 1][4] Promoted to Lieutenant Général des Armées navales, La Touche-Tréville was appointed to command the light squadron of the Franco-Spanish fleet in 1779, under Admirals Orvilliers and Córdova.