A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839)Navy Records Society, 1956 |
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... watch - a very lucky warning , as , if the stranger had not been alarmed , he would probably have run on board of us in the fog . The vessel was an English fishing craft , and the chief received a jobation from me for not keeping a ...
... watch - a very lucky warning , as , if the stranger had not been alarmed , he would probably have run on board of us in the fog . The vessel was an English fishing craft , and the chief received a jobation from me for not keeping a ...
Σελίδα 264
... watch it came to blow a regular gale from the S.W. , with a thick mist : so much so that I could no longer discern the land . I shortened sail to a closereefed main topsail and foresail , then shaped a course for Portland lights . When ...
... watch it came to blow a regular gale from the S.W. , with a thick mist : so much so that I could no longer discern the land . I shortened sail to a closereefed main topsail and foresail , then shaped a course for Portland lights . When ...
Σελίδα 407
... watch , and questioned him upon the state of the weather . He replied that there was hardly a breath of air , but an immense heavy , rolling swell . ' We have all sail set , ' said he , ' and not a cloud to be seen . ' I told him that ...
... watch , and questioned him upon the state of the weather . He replied that there was hardly a breath of air , but an immense heavy , rolling swell . ' We have all sail set , ' said he , ' and not a cloud to be seen . ' I told him that ...
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CALAMITY September 1802September | 1 |
CAPTIVITY September 1803September 1807 | 33 |
TEMPORARY COMMANDS April 1808March 1811 | 114 |
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A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839) Sir William Henry Dillon Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 1953 |
A Narrative of My Professional Adventures: (1790-1839) William Henry Dillon Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 1956 |
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acquainted Admiral Admiral's Admiralty afternoon afterwards anchor anxious appeared appointed arrived attended Bellerophon boat Bonaparte brig cabin called Capt Captain Childers coast command Commodore Consequently convoy Court Martial crew Dillon dine dinner Duke Duke of Sussex enemy England English favourable fire Flag Fleet French frigate gave gentleman going guns harbour heard honour Horatio hour House instantly island ladies land Leopard letter Library Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Commander London Lord Lord Cochrane Lord Dillon Lord Gambier Lord Mulgrave Lordship Macao Malta Master Minorca morning naval officers Navy never night noticed o'clock obliged occasion ordered passed Phaeton Pilot port Portsmouth Post Captain proceedings R-Ad received replied requested returned sail seamen sent ship Ship's Company shore Sir Edward Sir George Sir Richard soon Spanish Spithead taken Texel thought told took town V-Ad Verdun vessel weather whilst wind