A Short History of the Royal Navy, 1217-1815. Volume II, 1689-1815Hannay, David
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A Short History of the Royal Navy, 1217-1815. Volume II, 1689-1815
Hannay, David
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History
=Thetis= 32 To come to Plymouth. }
=Actæon= 44 " Spithead. } Channel
=Seaford= 20 " Falmouth. } Islands.
=Hyæna= 20 " Spithead .}
=Cygnet= 16 }
=Grasshopper= 14 } To the Downs.
=Pheasant= 8 }
=Boston= 28 To cruise between Belfast Lough and the Mull of Cantyre.
=Stag= 28 To cruise in the Irish Channel.
=Squirrel= 20 To cruise between the Dodman and the Land’s End.
=Harpy= 18 } To convoy the trade from
=Wolf= 8 } Ireland to England.
=Wasp= 8 At Plymouth.
=Beaver’s Prize= 14 To cruise between Flambro’ Head and Yarmouth.
=Merchant A. S.= 20 } To cruise from Flambro’ Head to Shields.
=Content A. S.= 20 }
=Queen A. S.= 20 North Shields.
=Heart of Oak A. S.= 20 Liverpool.
=Three Sisters A. S.= 20 } Leith.
=Leith A. S.= 20 }
=Three Brothers A. S.= 20 Bristol.
=Satisfaction A. S.= 20 Greenock.
Cutter =Meredith= 6·10 To cruise from Beachy Head to Portland.
Cutter =Sherburne= 6·8 To cruise from Portland to Ram Head.
CONVOY
Ship. Guns. Disposition.
=Belleisle= 64 To proceed to St. Helena to
convoy the East India trade
home.
=Jupiter= 50} To cruise on coast of Spain
} and Portugal till the 20th
=Medea= 28} October, and return with the
} trade.
=Warwick= 50 To convoy the trade to Canada
from Cork, and return to
Spithead.
=Chatham= 50} To cruise between Stromness
=Portland= 50} and the isle of Bona, for the
=Jason= 28} protection of the Hudson’s
} Bay trade, and repair with
=Atalanta= 16} it to the Nore.
=Montreal= 32 To convoy trade to the Mediterranean
and repair to Spithead.
=Hussar= 28 To cruise between Oporto and
Lisbon.
=Pelican= 24 To cruise between Finisterre
and Lisbon.
=Fly= 14 To convoy trade to Holland
and return with it to the
Nore.
=Savage= 14 To proceed to New York with
dispatches and return to
Spithead.
=Hawke= 10 To proceed to Newfoundland
with dispatches and return
to Plymouth
=Endeavour= 10 To proceed with dispatches to
Jamaica.
=Ranger= 8 To attend the Yarmouth Herring
Fishery and return to
the Nore.
=Resolution= 12·12″}
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