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, Volumen5Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
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... remaining 24 - pounder . killed . Finding it impossible to get the vessels afloat , and Is daylight appearing , captain Coombe was in the act of giving orders to abandon them , when a 24 - pound shot struck him on the left side , and he ...
... remaining 24 - pounder . killed . Finding it impossible to get the vessels afloat , and Is daylight appearing , captain Coombe was in the act of giving orders to abandon them , when a 24 - pound shot struck him on the left side , and he ...
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... remaining 12 were built in english dock - yards , and were given the names of birds : Crane , Cuckoo , Jackdaw , Landrail , Magpie , Pigeon , Quail , Rook , Sealark , Wagtail , Wigeon , and Woodcock . When the flimsy and diminutive ...
... remaining 12 were built in english dock - yards , and were given the names of birds : Crane , Cuckoo , Jackdaw , Landrail , Magpie , Pigeon , Quail , Rook , Sealark , Wagtail , Wigeon , and Woodcock . When the flimsy and diminutive ...
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... remaining 18 men of the crew killed or mortally wounded , the privateersmen made a prize of the Rook . This very gallant action more than redeemed the fate of the Jackdaw . Three other schooners of this class were captured by pri ...
... remaining 18 men of the crew killed or mortally wounded , the privateersmen made a prize of the Rook . This very gallant action more than redeemed the fate of the Jackdaw . Three other schooners of this class were captured by pri ...
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... remaining one , along with gun- boat No. 107 and the felucca , effected their escape , the Redwing being in too crippled a state to pursue them . The brig , indeed , had received two 24 - pound shot through her foremast , one through ...
... remaining one , along with gun- boat No. 107 and the felucca , effected their escape , the Redwing being in too crippled a state to pursue them . The brig , indeed , had received two 24 - pound shot through her foremast , one through ...
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... remaining other . two , who were making off through one of the pas- sages in the hope to get to sea . The wind falling , and the brigs making use of their sweeps , it was not until 7 A. M. that the Unité got within gun - shot of the ...
... remaining other . two , who were making off through one of the pas- sages in the hope to get to sea . The wind falling , and the brigs making use of their sweeps , it was not until 7 A. M. that the Unité got within gun - shot of the ...
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