NAM.1961-07-180-1

Model of a flat bottomed landing craft, 1757-1758. Of the type used during Gen Wolfe’s landing at Quebec, 1759. Landing craft like these were developed for use in seaborne attacks on French ports from 1758 onwards. Assault landing techniques were devised with the aid of Royal Navy officers, and spectacularly successful results were achieved at Louisbourg (Cape Breton, Canada) in 1758 and the Spanish fortress of Havana (Cuba) in 1762.

Plains of Abraham, Battle of the, 1759 (Seven Years War, North America 1756-1763), Quebec, Capture of, 1759 (Seven Years War, North America 1756-1763)