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, Volumen3Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
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... decks which opened against , or in the wake of , the rigging . Towards the end of the year , namely , on the 12th of December , the order for carronades was extended to frigates in general , and made to include all the ports on the ...
... decks which opened against , or in the wake of , the rigging . Towards the end of the year , namely , on the 12th of December , the order for carronades was extended to frigates in general , and made to include all the ports on the ...
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... deck . For two or three days previous the weather had been so thick as to render it impracticable to take an observation ; and on the 10th , at about 10 P. M. , the Repulse , then going about six knots an hour , struck on a sunken rock ...
... deck . For two or three days previous the weather had been so thick as to render it impracticable to take an observation ; and on the 10th , at about 10 P. M. , the Repulse , then going about six knots an hour , struck on a sunken rock ...
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... deck , and found the whole half - deck , the front bulk- head of the admiral's cabin , the coat of the main- mast , and the boats ' covering on the booms , all in flames ; which , from every report and probability , I apprehend was ...
... deck , and found the whole half - deck , the front bulk- head of the admiral's cabin , the coat of the main- mast , and the boats ' covering on the booms , all in flames ; which , from every report and probability , I apprehend was ...
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... deck was kept free from fire , and the magazines preserved from danger for a long time : nor did lieutenant Dundas or myself quit this station until several of the middledeck guns came through the deck . At about nine o'clock , finding ...
... deck was kept free from fire , and the magazines preserved from danger for a long time : nor did lieutenant Dundas or myself quit this station until several of the middledeck guns came through the deck . At about nine o'clock , finding ...
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... to supersede the use of the oars , the poor fellows were jumping about the deck in a * Victoires et Conquêtes , tome xii . p . 199 . delirium of joy ; heaping blessings upon those who 1800 16 BRITISH AND FRENCH FLEETS . - MEDITER .
... to supersede the use of the oars , the poor fellows were jumping about the deck in a * Victoires et Conquêtes , tome xii . p . 199 . delirium of joy ; heaping blessings upon those who 1800 16 BRITISH AND FRENCH FLEETS . - MEDITER .
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