A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839): 1790-1802, Τόμος 1Navy Records Society, 1953 - 468 σελίδες |
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... weather , were obliged to anchor at St. Helens . Our orders were to proceed to St. Helena , to convoy home the East India trade . Captain Hartwell , as the senior officer with another ship of war under him , became entitled to the ...
... weather , were obliged to anchor at St. Helens . Our orders were to proceed to St. Helena , to convoy home the East India trade . Captain Hartwell , as the senior officer with another ship of war under him , became entitled to the ...
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... weather rendered our evolutions uncertain , and there did not appear any probability , that day , of any more fighting . Finally , the fog becoming thicker , we lost sight of the French , so that we could not close upon the enemy . The ...
... weather rendered our evolutions uncertain , and there did not appear any probability , that day , of any more fighting . Finally , the fog becoming thicker , we lost sight of the French , so that we could not close upon the enemy . The ...
Σελίδα 169
... weather , and keep the maintopsail aback when lying to . A ship so placed could not forereach , but often got stern way . Conse- quently accidents frequently occurred , and the rudder injured , under that management . But it was found ...
... weather , and keep the maintopsail aback when lying to . A ship so placed could not forereach , but often got stern way . Conse- quently accidents frequently occurred , and the rudder injured , under that management . But it was found ...
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PEACE March 1790January 1793 I | 1 |
ILE DE GROIX AND THE GREAT STORMS December 1794 | 173 |
THE LESSER ANTILLES March 1796March 1798 | 221 |
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