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Nothing , we conceive , but the lowness of her hull in the water , and the
consequent difficulty of hitting it , prevented the sloop from being sünk . The loss
on board the Little - Belt bore à proportion to her damage : she had one
midshipman ...
Nothing , we conceive , but the lowness of her hull in the water , and the
consequent difficulty of hitting it , prevented the sloop from being sünk . The loss
on board the Little - Belt bore à proportion to her damage : she had one
midshipman ...
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About this time , as already mentioned , a light breeze sprang up ; and , while the
Renommée and Clorinde made sail to support the Néréide , the Galatea , with
her masts much wounded , and her hull greatly shattered , hauled towards the ...
About this time , as already mentioned , a light breeze sprang up ; and , while the
Renommée and Clorinde made sail to support the Néréide , the Galatea , with
her masts much wounded , and her hull greatly shattered , hauled towards the ...
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The Phæbe , besides the loss of her fore topmast , had her three masts and
bowsprit badly wounded , her sails and rigging much cut , and her hull struck in
several places ; and her loss , out of a complement the same as the Astrea's ...
The Phæbe , besides the loss of her fore topmast , had her three masts and
bowsprit badly wounded , her sails and rigging much cut , and her hull struck in
several places ; and her loss , out of a complement the same as the Astrea's ...
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The Galatea was cerCharge tainly more struck in the hull than either of her
against two consorts , and had lost two of her topmasts , captain when they had
every topgallantmast standing . The Galatea ħad also lost nearly four times as
many ...
The Galatea was cerCharge tainly more struck in the hull than either of her
against two consorts , and had lost two of her topmasts , captain when they had
every topgallantmast standing . The Galatea ħad also lost nearly four times as
many ...
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The Bucephalus had not a man hurt , and sustained & c . tó very slight damage in
her rigging , sails , masts , or both hull . To what extent her shot had injured the
parties . Nymphe and Méduse is not known ; but it was evident that the rigging ...
The Bucephalus had not a man hurt , and sustained & c . tó very slight damage in
her rigging , sails , masts , or both hull . To what extent her shot had injured the
parties . Nymphe and Méduse is not known ; but it was evident that the rigging ...
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| Título | 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, Volumen6 |
| Autor | William James |
| Editor | Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
| Procedencia del original | Deutsches Museum |
| Digitalizado | 19 Abr. 2018 |
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