Biographia Navalis: Or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, from the Year 1660 to the Present Time; Drawn from the Most Authentic Sources, and Disposed in a Chronological Arrangement, 1 tomasR. Faulder, 1794 |
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... prize , of forty guns . He very foon was removed into the Newcastle . In the year 1670 , he was made commander of the Cen- turion , and fent to the Mediterranean for the purpose of protecting our trade from the outrageous attacks of the ...
... prize , of forty guns . He very foon was removed into the Newcastle . In the year 1670 , he was made commander of the Cen- turion , and fent to the Mediterranean for the purpose of protecting our trade from the outrageous attacks of the ...
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... Prize in 1660 , the Fox and Golden Lyon in 1665 , the London hired fhip in 1666 , and the Hind Dogger in 1673 . DE GENS , John , -commanded the Mary yatch in 1660 , and the Katherine yatch in 1661. Nothing fur- ther is known of him ...
... Prize in 1660 , the Fox and Golden Lyon in 1665 , the London hired fhip in 1666 , and the Hind Dogger in 1673 . DE GENS , John , -commanded the Mary yatch in 1660 , and the Katherine yatch in 1661. Nothing fur- ther is known of him ...
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... prize had received fo much damage in the action , that the funk foon afterwards ; and the reft of the Dutch fleet effected their retreat , with no further lofs than four or five of their merchant fhips , which were taken : this was the ...
... prize had received fo much damage in the action , that the funk foon afterwards ; and the reft of the Dutch fleet effected their retreat , with no further lofs than four or five of their merchant fhips , which were taken : this was the ...
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... prize of one of their principal corfairs , mounting thirty - four guns . Being ordered home before he had been able to reduce them , a fecond time , to reafon , he left fir Thomas Allen commander - in - chief in his room , as has been ...
... prize of one of their principal corfairs , mounting thirty - four guns . Being ordered home before he had been able to reduce them , a fecond time , to reafon , he left fir Thomas Allen commander - in - chief in his room , as has been ...
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... prize . On the 27th of the fame month they drove on fhore the prize belonging to another corfair ; and , on the 28th , the corfair herfelf , mounting twenty - two guns , and carrying one hundred and fifty men : on the 5th of October ...
... prize . On the 27th of the fame month they drove on fhore the prize belonging to another corfair ; and , on the 28th , the corfair herfelf , mounting twenty - two guns , and carrying one hundred and fifty men : on the 5th of October ...
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