The naval history of Great Britain, from ... 1793, to ... 1820, with an account of the origin and increase of the British navy, Volum 21826 |
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Pàgina 19
... tack and then on the other , managed to get her two oppo- nents occasionally under her guns . With such dis- advantages on her side in the cannonade , the 74 , numerously manned as she was , naturally had re- course to boarding whenever ...
... tack and then on the other , managed to get her two oppo- nents occasionally under her guns . With such dis- advantages on her side in the cannonade , the 74 , numerously manned as she was , naturally had re- course to boarding whenever ...
Pàgina 23
... tacks , and the ship made sail to the southward . The land could not then be ascertained , but it was supposed to be Ushant ; and , in that case , no particular fears were entertained . But , just before day , breakers were seen upon ...
... tacks , and the ship made sail to the southward . The land could not then be ascertained , but it was supposed to be Ushant ; and , in that case , no particular fears were entertained . But , just before day , breakers were seen upon ...
Pàgina 45
... tacking in succession , the Colossus , keeping her wind a little too long , com- pelled the Culloden to bear up to clear her . The former then suddenly bore up also , and the two ships ran foul of each other . To the Colossus the con ...
... tacking in succession , the Colossus , keeping her wind a little too long , com- pelled the Culloden to bear up to clear her . The former then suddenly bore up also , and the two ships ran foul of each other . To the Colossus the con ...
Pàgina 47
... formed in two compact divisions , standing on the starboard tack , with the wind at west by south , Cape St. - Vincent Feb. 1797. bearing east by north , distant eight leagues . SIR JOHN JERVIS OFF CAPE ST . - VINCENT . 47.
... formed in two compact divisions , standing on the starboard tack , with the wind at west by south , Cape St. - Vincent Feb. 1797. bearing east by north , distant eight leagues . SIR JOHN JERVIS OFF CAPE ST . - VINCENT . 47.
Pàgina 48
... tack . The Bonne - Citoyenne sloop was now directed to reconnoitre . At 8 h . 15 m . A. M. the admiral made the signal for the fleet to form in close order , and , in a few minutes afterwards , re- peated that of the preceding evening ...
... tack . The Bonne - Citoyenne sloop was now directed to reconnoitre . At 8 h . 15 m . A. M. the admiral made the signal for the fleet to form in close order , and , in a few minutes afterwards , re- peated that of the preceding evening ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
36-gun frigate 74-gun ship Aboukir action admiral admiral De Winter afterwards anchor appears armed arrived astern attack battery boats Brest brig brig-sloop british fleet british ships broadside Buonaparte Cadiz captain captain Troubridge captured carronades chase coast colours command commenced commodore Corfu corvette crew cruising Culloden cutter deck despatched detached distance dutch earl St.-Vincent fire force fore forecastle four french fleet french frigate french ships frigate Généreux gun-boats guns harbour hauled Hoche hoisted Immortalité island John killed larboard latter leagues Leander lieutenant line-of-battle line-of-battle ships Loire lord Bridport lord Keith lord Nelson loss marines wounded masts midshipman miles Minorca mizen mounted officers port pounders prisoners prize quarter quarterdeck rear-admiral rigging sail seamen shore shot signal soon Spaniards spanish squadron starboard tack steering Swiftsure tain Theseus to-leeward to-windward topmast Toulon troops vessels vice-admiral Victoires et Conquêtes weather wind yards
Passatges populars
Pàgina 268 - Horatio was created a peer of Great Britain, by the title of Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham Thorpe in the county of Norfolk...
Pàgina 462 - the Flag of the United States be 13 stripes alternate red and white, that the Union be 13 stars white in a blue field representing a new constellation.
Pàgina 462 - desirous of testifying on this occasion to his Majesty the sense they entertain of his generous exertions in behalf of the United States : Resolved, That the agent of marine be and he is hereby instructed to present the America, a 74 gun ship, in the name of the United States, to the Chevalier de la Luzerne for the service of His Most Christian Majesty.
Pàgina 394 - Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson, who arrived in the bay of Naples, on the 24th of June, with the British fleet, found a treaty entered into with the rebels; which, he is of opinion, ought not to be carried into execution, without the approbation of His Sicilian Majesty, Lord St. Vincent, and Lord Keith.
Pàgina 59 - ... story may seem, did I receive the swords of vanquished Spaniards; which, as I received, I gave to William Fearney, one of my bargemen; who put them, with the greatest sang-froid, under his arm. I was surrounded by Captain Berry, Lieutenant Pearson of the sixty-ninth regiment, John Sykes, John Thompson, Francis Cooke — all old Agamemnons — and several other brave men, seamen and soldiers. Thus fell these ships.
Pàgina 92 - ... merits of the respective delegates. On the 20th of May the seamen prepared a statement, which they required Vice-admiral Charles Buckner, whose flag was on board the 90-gun ship Sandwich, to transmit without delay to the admiralty. With the terms of it, they peremptorily demanded compliance, as the only condition on which they would return to obedience. The statement contained as many as eight articles, of which the first betrayed greater ignorance than one could suppose existed among men capable...
Pàgina 236 - At 5 h. 30 m., the fleet being nearly abreast of the extremity of the shoal, the signal was made to form in line of battle ahead and astern of the admiral, as most convenient...
Pàgina 87 - Bowen, the rearadmiral, in his despatch, emphatically adds, "than whom a more enterprising, able, and gallant officer does not grace his majesty's naval service.
Pàgina 345 - In the spring of 1761, the Vestale was captured, off the Penmarcks, by the 28-gun frigate, Unicorn, the look-out ship of a British squadron cruising off Brest, and was added to the British navy by the name of Flora. In the year 1778, the Flora was sunk by the British, at the evacuation of Rhode-Island, in order that she might not fall into the hands of the Americans. The latter, however, with their accustomed ingenuity, weighed the frigate, and then sold her to her original masters, the French government;...
Pàgina 253 - It was soon after nine that the fire on board the Orient broke out. Brueys was dead : he had received three wounds, yet would not leave his post; a fourth cut him almost in two. He desired not to be carried below, but to be left to die upon deck.