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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... possessed no stronger vessels than frigates , and those one 44 not of the first class ; but England could send to sea a fleet of line - of - battle ships . It was this , we believe , that occasioned the american president to direct , as ...
... possessed no stronger vessels than frigates , and those one 44 not of the first class ; but England could send to sea a fleet of line - of - battle ships . It was this , we believe , that occasioned the american president to direct , as ...
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... possessed . The Chesapeake was a 36 - 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 ...
... possessed . The Chesapeake was a 36 - 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 ...
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... vers was still in french possession . Daylight on the 7th colony arrived , and the colours hoisted at the fort upon * Brenton , vol . iv . p . 555 . is in the 1811. Isle de la Passe were french ; but ACTION OFF MADAGASCAR . 21.
... vers was still in french possession . Daylight on the 7th colony arrived , and the colours hoisted at the fort upon * Brenton , vol . iv . p . 555 . is in the 1811. Isle de la Passe were french ; but ACTION OFF MADAGASCAR . 21.
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... possession of the Renommée ; but the brig , just at this moment losing her fore topmast from a wound it had received , was unable to do so . Captain Schomberg then sent on board the prize , in a sinking boat , lieutenant Charles Royer ...
... possession of the Renommée ; but the brig , just at this moment losing her fore topmast from a wound it had received , was unable to do so . Captain Schomberg then sent on board the prize , in a sinking boat , lieutenant Charles Royer ...
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... possessed the inferiority in number of men . Had the Renommée not have been somewhat roughly handled by the Galatea , and had the Clorinde , when the Renommée was attacked by 1811. the Astrea and Phoebe , given to the former ACTION OFF ...
... possessed the inferiority in number of men . Had the Renommée not have been somewhat roughly handled by the Galatea , and had the Clorinde , when the Renommée was attacked by 1811. the Astrea and Phoebe , given to the former ACTION OFF ...
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