The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793, to the Accession of George IV. in January 1820 : in Six Volumes, Volumen6Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
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... guns ; and we stated that one class was to mount 56 guns , including 30 long 24 - pounders on the main deck , and the other 48 guns , including 28 long 18 - pounders . * But we are inclined to think that this was not the armament ...
... guns ; and we stated that one class was to mount 56 guns , including 30 long 24 - pounders on the main deck , and the other 48 guns , including 28 long 18 - pounders . * But we are inclined to think that this was not the armament ...
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... gun frigates , two 74 - gun ships , and one frigate of 44 guns , should be constructed . The names An english shipwright , Mr. Joshua Humphreys , of the resident at Philadelphia , was required to give in an ships . estimate of the cost ...
... gun frigates , two 74 - gun ships , and one frigate of 44 guns , should be constructed . The names An english shipwright , Mr. Joshua Humphreys , of the resident at Philadelphia , was required to give in an ships . estimate of the cost ...
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... guns . The breechings were to pass guns . round the iron stanchions , chocks were fitted to the deck to receive the carriages , and the guns could be as effectively mounted as any in the ship . F We formerly doubted if these eight gangway ...
... guns . The breechings were to pass guns . round the iron stanchions , chocks were fitted to the deck to receive the carriages , and the guns could be as effectively mounted as any in the ship . F We formerly doubted if these eight gangway ...
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... guns to the temporary gun in the gang- way port , of 31 , heavy guns . Com- ment For the purpose of showing that , if the President ple- and her two formidable class - mates had been equipped of men with the whole of the 62 guns which ...
... guns to the temporary gun in the gang- way port , of 31 , heavy guns . Com- ment For the purpose of showing that , if the President ple- and her two formidable class - mates had been equipped of men with the whole of the 62 guns which ...
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... gun frigate , and , as we have elsewhere shown , had the ports for mounting on her two broadsides 54 guns . * For a short time , we believe , the ship did mount that number of guns , with a crew of about 440 men . Besides the ...
... gun frigate , and , as we have elsewhere shown , had the ports for mounting on her two broadsides 54 guns . * For a short time , we believe , the ship did mount that number of guns , with a crew of about 440 men . Besides the ...
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