The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France in February 1793, to the Accession of George IV, a New Edition, with Additins and Notes Bringing the Work Down to 1827, Հատոր 5Macmillan, 1902 |
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Արդյունքներ 99–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... deck , and six carronades , 18 - pounders , and two long sixes on the quarter - deck and forecastle , total 28 guns : with a net comple- ment of 173 men and boys . On the 5th of January , at noon , latitude 39 ° 24 ′ north , and ...
... deck , and six carronades , 18 - pounders , and two long sixes on the quarter - deck and forecastle , total 28 guns : with a net comple- ment of 173 men and boys . On the 5th of January , at noon , latitude 39 ° 24 ′ north , and ...
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... deck , and 10 carronades , 18 - pounders , and two sixes , on the quarter- deck and forecastle , total 34 guns ; with a net complement of 173 men and boys . On the 22nd of January , at 7 A.M. , the British 18 - gun ship- sloop Hazard ...
... deck , and 10 carronades , 18 - pounders , and two sixes , on the quarter- deck and forecastle , total 34 guns ; with a net complement of 173 men and boys . On the 22nd of January , at 7 A.M. , the British 18 - gun ship- sloop Hazard ...
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... deck , main and mizen masts , mainyard , and foretopsail - yard badly wounded , and her stays , shrouds , braces , bowlines , and the whole of the running rigging destroyed : the Pénélope was also on her larboard bow , and the Pauline ...
... deck , main and mizen masts , mainyard , and foretopsail - yard badly wounded , and her stays , shrouds , braces , bowlines , and the whole of the running rigging destroyed : the Pénélope was also on her larboard bow , and the Pauline ...
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... deck guns , cutting away two of the brig's fore - shrouds on the larboard side and doing other damage to her rigging , but fortunately , wounding no one . Even this did not intimidate Captain Napier ; for , no sooner had the d'Haupoult ...
... deck guns , cutting away two of the brig's fore - shrouds on the larboard side and doing other damage to her rigging , but fortunately , wounding no one . Even this did not intimidate Captain Napier ; for , no sooner had the d'Haupoult ...
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... deck bulwark . Our researches have not enabled us to give the names of the captains of these two French frigates ; not , at least , with that degree of certainty which is requisite in a case circumstanced like the present . At all ...
... deck bulwark . Our researches have not enabled us to give the names of the captains of these two French frigates ; not , at least , with that degree of certainty which is requisite in a case circumstanced like the present . At all ...
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The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by ..., Հատոր 5 William James Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1886 |
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