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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... signal , ( No. 275 , ) calling upon the stranger , if a british ship of war , to show hers . The non - compli- ance with this signal indicating that the President was , what by her colours she appeared to be , an Presi- american frigate ...
... signal , ( No. 275 , ) calling upon the stranger , if a british ship of war , to show hers . The non - compli- ance with this signal indicating that the President was , what by her colours she appeared to be , an Presi- american frigate ...
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... signals , * lusion and the british frigate Guerrière , as is scarcely thecha - less doubted , from her proximity to the coast , and racter because the mind of almost every person on board is Little- so fully engrossed with the idea of ...
... signals , * lusion and the british frigate Guerrière , as is scarcely thecha - less doubted , from her proximity to the coast , and racter because the mind of almost every person on board is Little- so fully engrossed with the idea of ...
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... signals . This gave the posses- first serious alarm to commodore Roquebert and his sion of companions . At sunrise ... signal fully understood by the latter , as being made according to the code in use at the island previously to its ...
... signals . This gave the posses- first serious alarm to commodore Roquebert and his sion of companions . At sunrise ... signal fully understood by the latter , as being made according to the code in use at the island previously to its ...
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... signal to engage more closely , and , as it was never answered , kept it flying . Owing to the leeward position of the Galatea , and the efforts of the Phoebe , by backing her sails , to support her consort , these two ships lay nearly ...
... signal to engage more closely , and , as it was never answered , kept it flying . Owing to the leeward position of the Galatea , and the efforts of the Phoebe , by backing her sails , to support her consort , these two ships lay nearly ...
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... signal of distress to the commodore . The Astrea immediately closed the Galatea ; and , hailing , was informed , that the latter was in too disabled a state to put her head towards the enemy and renew the action . tea too much to con ...
... signal of distress to the commodore . The Astrea immediately closed the Galatea ; and , hailing , was informed , that the latter was in too disabled a state to put her head towards the enemy and renew the action . tea too much to con ...
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24-pounders 32-pounders 38-gun frigate 74-gun ship Acasta action afterwards Ameri american frigate Améthyste anchor Aréthuse arrived Astrea attack battery Belvidera boats boys brig brig-sloop british frigate british navy british ships broadside Capt captain captain Broke captured carronades chase Chesapeake Clorinde colours command commodore Constitution convoy crew cruise deck detachment distance enemy enemy's Essex Eurotas fire fleet flotilla force fore forecastle four french french frigates frigate Galatea gallant George George Prevost Guerrière gun-boats guns harbour hauled hoisted honourable Hornet hull island James Java John landed larboard larboard tack latter Lieut lieutenant of marines long 18-pounders loss Macedonian master's mate masts midshipman miles mizen mounted naval officers Phoebe port pounders President prize quarter quarterdeck rear-admiral rigging sail schooner seamen and marines Shannon ship-sloop shore shot side sir James Yeo sloop squadron starboard stern surrender to-leeward to-windward tons topmast troops United-States vessels William wind