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 81–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... eight 18 - pounder carronades and two sixes , with 75 men and boys , Captain Charles Gill , cruising in latitude 53 ° 30 ° north , longitude 30 east , discovered on her lee bow a sail stand- ing to the southward . As soon as the Onyx ...
... eight 18 - pounder carronades and two sixes , with 75 men and boys , Captain Charles Gill , cruising in latitude 53 ° 30 ° north , longitude 30 east , discovered on her lee bow a sail stand- ing to the southward . As soon as the Onyx ...
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... eight wounded . The Iris had sailed from Dunkerque on the 29th of December , with 640 casks of flour on board , bound to Martinique . She was a ship of 587 tons , launched at Dunkerque , October 12 , 1806 , and became added to the ...
... eight wounded . The Iris had sailed from Dunkerque on the 29th of December , with 640 casks of flour on board , bound to Martinique . She was a ship of 587 tons , launched at Dunkerque , October 12 , 1806 , and became added to the ...
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... eight miles upon her lar- board and lee quarter , close hauled upon the starboard tack , standing towards her . By 2 h . 12 m . P.M. , besides the loss of her main and mizentop- masts , the Horatio had had her mainmast badly wounded ...
... eight miles upon her lar- board and lee quarter , close hauled upon the starboard tack , standing towards her . By 2 h . 12 m . P.M. , besides the loss of her main and mizentop- masts , the Horatio had had her mainmast badly wounded ...
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... eight of her foremost larboard guns at the Niemen . To this fire the French frigate made no return , but hauled down her light , and almost instantaneously raised and lowered it again as the signal of submission . The following diagram ...
... eight of her foremost larboard guns at the Niemen . To this fire the French frigate made no return , but hauled down her light , and almost instantaneously raised and lowered it again as the signal of submission . The following diagram ...
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... eight leagues north - east by north of Cape Roxo , Porto- Rico , at 5 h . 15 m . A.M. on the 17th . The Pompée was nearly in as disabled a state , especially in rigging and sails , as the d'Haupoult herself , and had her gaff ...
... eight leagues north - east by north of Cape Roxo , Porto- Rico , at 5 h . 15 m . A.M. on the 17th . The Pompée was nearly in as disabled a state , especially in rigging and sails , as the d'Haupoult herself , and had her gaff ...
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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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