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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... mounted as any in the ship . F We formerly doubted if these eight gangway guns were put on board the President or either of her class - mates ; but it has been asserted by british officers , who visited some of the large american ...
... mounted as any in the ship . F We formerly doubted if these eight gangway guns were put on board the President or either of her class - mates ; but it has been asserted by british officers , who visited some of the large american ...
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... establishment of the Astrea and Galatea was , 14 carronades , 32 - pounders , and two long nines , making the total number of guns 42. The I carron- blish- upon Phoebe appears to have mounted two more 30 LIGHT SQUADRONS AND SINGLE SHIPS .
... establishment of the Astrea and Galatea was , 14 carronades , 32 - pounders , and two long nines , making the total number of guns 42. The I carron- blish- upon Phoebe appears to have mounted two more 30 LIGHT SQUADRONS AND SINGLE SHIPS .
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... mounted two more nines , 1811 . making her number of guns 44. The complements May . have already been enumerated . With respect to the Renommée , Néréide , and Clorinde , they were not quite so formidable as some of the french frigates ...
... mounted two more nines , 1811 . making her number of guns 44. The complements May . have already been enumerated . With respect to the Renommée , Néréide , and Clorinde , they were not quite so formidable as some of the french frigates ...
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... mounted in different parts of it 280 pieces of cannon . On the 6th the Leda and small cruisers proceeded off the entrance of the river Anjole , or Antziol , dis- * Marshall , vol . ii . p . 515 , vance quiet of Ba- tavia . tant about ...
... mounted in different parts of it 280 pieces of cannon . On the 6th the Leda and small cruisers proceeded off the entrance of the river Anjole , or Antziol , dis- * Marshall , vol . ii . p . 515 , vance quiet of Ba- tavia . tant about ...
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... mounted three long 24 - pounders and an 8 - inch brass howitzer , with a complement of 50 men . The commodore had sailed from Boulogne at 10 P. M. on the 26th , and was bound to Cherbourg . As the Rosario made sail to cut off the ...
... mounted three long 24 - pounders and an 8 - inch brass howitzer , with a complement of 50 men . The commodore had sailed from Boulogne at 10 P. M. on the 26th , and was bound to Cherbourg . As the Rosario made sail to cut off the ...
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