Record book of ships in the English navy [manuscript], 1777-1799.

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Record book of ships in the English navy [manuscript], 1777-1799.

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Approximately four hundred ships are inventoried with information on their length, breadth, depth, guns, weight, men, and place and year of building, together with remarks on their fate. The final two leaves contain a list of ships "lost, taken, or destroyed," June 1776 to [1781] including the capture of the Serapis by John Paul Jones.

1 volume (30 pages); 10 x19cm.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Great Britain. Naval Office.

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Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792

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Naval hero of the United States Revolutionary War and founder of the United States Navy. From the description of Typescript, [19--]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58758919 John Paul Jones, American naval officer. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the U. S. Navy in 1775, and captain in 1776. In 1778 he began rading the English coast; a year later he commanded the Bon Homme Richard in its victory over the Serapis. After the Revolution, he went t...

Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...