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Admiralty Dispatches Report Rodney Warships Action
From the London Gazette May 25 1782 Captain Courtney arrives with dispatches from Admiral Rodney and Commander James Wallace. The letters recount the fleet reconnoitering bays, engaging enemy ships, capturing battering cannons, and resupplying Jamaica forces. Knightings and Irish Privy Council appointments are noted along with maritime notices and ship launches.
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London Gazette
Admiralty Office
Courtney
Evarydice
George Brydges Rodney
Bart. K. B
Leeward Islands
James Wallace
the Warrior
Mr. Stephens
Sir
Lord Cranston
Andromache
Baffeterre
St. Christopher’s
St. Eustatia
Guadaloupe
St. Eustatius
Sir Samuel Food
St. Domingo
Cape Tiberoon
Jamaica
Philip Stephens
B. Rodney
Samuel Hood
Mona
Chace
Phace
Tam
C. JA. Wallace
Philip’ Stephens
Elgi
ST. James's
Htches
Surrey
Thomas Earl of Louth
Henry Flood
Hercules Langford Rowley
Kingdom of Ireland
Westminster
Huntingdon
Liverpool
New Windsor
Poole
Borogh
Doncaster
Hispaniola
Mona Passage
Sir Samuel Head
Porto Rico