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HMS Dunkirk (1754)
HMS ''Dunkirk'' was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched on 22 July 1754.〔
==Career==
HMS ''Dunkirk'' was sent to America in 1755, along with several other ships, under Vice-Admiral Edward Boscawen. On 5 June she spotted four French ships which were bound for Canada under the command of Admiral Bois de la Mothe. ''Dunkirk'', and several other ships gave chase. ''Dunkirk'' came alongside the 64-gun ''Alcide'' and requested the captain meet with the Vice-Admiral, who was then about three miles away. After the captain of the ''Alcide'' refused, the ''Dunkirk'' opened fire. Soon afterwards, came alongside the French at which ''Alcide'' struck her colours. The ''Alcide'' had been carrying 900 troops and the governor of Louisbourg. The general of those troops was killed and 30,000 pounds sterling captured. In the battle, another French vessel, the ''Lys'' was captured by .
''Dunkirk'' was placed on harbour service in 1778 under captain John Milligan, who had previously served as second lieutenant aboard During Milligan's captaincy and despite her harbor service status, she is among the vessels credited with a capture on 23 December 1781. According to the ''London Gazette''. she was in company with , , and at the capture of the Dutch ship ''De Vrow Esther''. Milligan left the ship in 1782.〔
''Dunkirk'' was sold out of the navy in 1792.〔
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