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|battles = * American War of Independence * French Revolutionary Wars * *Siege of Toulon * Napoleonic Wars * *Blockade of Saint-Domingue |battles_label = |awards = |relations = Joshua Loring (grandfather) John Wentworth Loring (cousin) |laterwork = |signature = }} John Loring (died 9 November 1808) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Loring was a descendant of a naval officer, with his first-cousin also making a successful career in the Navy. John Loring saw some service in the American War of Independence, being promoted to lieutenant during the war, but remained at this rank until shortly after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. He went out to the Mediterranean with his first command and served at the Siege of Toulon under Admiral Lord Hood. His ship was under repair when the city fell to French forces, and he was forced to burn her to keep her out of enemy hands. His service continued though, and he became acting-captain of the 74-gun for a brief period before a new officer was appointed to replace her original captain. Loring went on to command several ships of the line, before once again taking over HMS ''Bellerophon'', this time as a full post-captain. He served in the West Indies, and distinguished himself after the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars by superintending the Blockade of Saint-Domingue, with the post of commodore. During the blockade a number of French warships, merchants and privateers were taken by his squadron, and he oversaw the surrender and evacuation of the French garrison of Haiti. He finally returned to Britain in 1805 and paid his ship off. He does not appear to have served in a seagoing command again, but commanded the Plymouth guardship for two years and took up a shore-based position as commander of a unit of the Sea Fencibles. He died in 1808, still with the rank of captain. He was succeeded by at least two sons, who followed their father into the navy. ==Family and first commands== Loring's origins are obscure. He was the grandson of Joshua Loring, a naval officer who had served in North America during the Seven Years' War and had commanded a squadron on the Great Lakes during the American War of Independence. He was also the first-cousin of John Wentworth Loring, who also embarked on a naval career and rose to the rank of admiral. John Loring was commissioned as a lieutenant on 3 December 1779. He still held this rank by the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars and in January 1793 was appointed to command the fireship . Promoted to commander on 16 May 1793, he sailed ''Conflagration'' to the Mediterranean on 22 May and was part of Lord Hood's fleet at the occupation and siege of Toulon. She was under repair there when the city was evacuated, and was burnt on Hood's orders to avoid falling into French hands on 18 December 1793.〔 He returned to England and was given command of the 16-gun sloop , which he served in from April 1794 until 1795. Loring was made acting-captain of the 74-gun on 12 April 1796 while ''Bellerophon'' was serving off Ushant on the Brest blockade. ''Bellerophon''s nominal commander, Captain James Cranstoun, 8th Lord Cranstoun, had been appointed Governor of Grenada and left the ship to prepare to take up his post. Loring was in command until being superseded by Cranstoun's replacement, Captain Henry D'Esterre Darby, on 11 September.〔 He seems to have left the ship shortly after this and by October 1796 had presumably been promoted to captain as he commissioned the 32-gun and prepared her for service. He took her out to Jamaica in February 1797 and there had some success against privateers, capturing the French 6-gun privateer schooner ''Liberté'' later that year. In 1799 he is recorded as taking command of the 74-gun at Jamaica, holding the post until 1800. He took over the 74-gun that year, but paid her off later in 1800. He appears to have briefly commissioned the 98-gun in early November 1801, but had received a new appointment before the end of the month. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Loring (Royal Navy officer, died 1808)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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