[3] On 17 October 1760 Hampshire, Boreas and Lively intercepted five French vessels in the Windward Passage.

Prince Edward was armed with 32 guns and had a crew of 180 men under the command of Captain Dubois.

On 19 October, Hampshire, with Lively and Valeur, cornered the King's frigate Fleur de Lis in Freshwater Bay, a little to leeward of Port-de-Paix; her crew too set her on fire.

Fleur de Lis was also armed with 32 guns, and had a crew of 190 men under the command of Captain Diguarty.

The merchant frigate Duc de Choiseul, of 32 guns and 180 men under the command of Captain Bellevan, escaped into Port-de-Paix.