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Ships of War Commissioned Amid War News and Diplomacy
Yesterday several ships of war were put into commission by the Admiralty including the Princess Amelia Cumberland Defiance Rippon York and more with captains named and crews. Three more eight gun ships will follow and Lieutenants appointed. Reports from the Downs note Haddock actions and prize captures while France plans co‑operation and neutrality ties loom between Spain and the Dutch.
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Admiralty Office
Princess Amelia
John Hemingtons
Cumberland
James Stewart
Norfolk
Thomas Graves
Defiance
John Lrevor
Rippon
Humphrey Orimee
York
John Gascoine
Tilbury
Robsre
Lorg
Litchfield
Jean Towry
Bristol
William Chambers
Rochester
Cornelius Mitchelie Winchester
Ames Ltoyd
Ludlow-Castle
John Crawford
Torbay
Admiralty
Lawson de Jamaica
Haddock
Augustus Fitzroy
de Eltham
Ballendine
Wade
Dheremon
Greenland
Holland
France
Spain
Great Britain
Hague
Hall
Cadiz
England
Jersey
Gueernsey
Prante
de Fenelon
St. Giles
Republick
M- van Hoey
Paris
Madam
Amelot
Cardinal de Fleury
Ely
States General
Savoy
Gibraltar
Port-mahon
Roan
Normandy
Kensington
South Carolina
Oxford
Cole Manly
Royal Regiment of Horse
Prince of Orange
Jamaica
Spanish Town
William Mills
Court of Civil Law
Hay
Rayner
Witchford