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Ship of Twice Their Strength Sails Off Jamaica
A brigantine of 26 guns and 70 men captured a pirate vessel after a bold boarding in Jamaica waters with no bloodshed. Prize money and bale goods boosted crew shares, while reports detail lotteries, naval orders, and European military movements across Lisbon Madrid and Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Jamaica
Leach
Parker
Kingdom of Ireland
Viscount Shannon
Deceas
Leghorn
Mahone
Toulon
France
St. Efpric
Hague
Spain
Prince de Campo Florida
Paris
Great
Campo Florido
Marquis de St. Gilles Lers
Kad
Trevor
Leicester Fields
Philip Parker
Erwarton
Suffolk
Bart
Earl of Egmont
Warwich
Essex
Kent
Grafton
Bristol
Eltham
Plymouth
Kerr’s
Earl Waliegeste
Warren
John Muddy
Venice
Vernon
Westminster
Earl of Hyndford
King of Proffin
Sandwich
Biscuit
Visualling Office
Tippee
West Indies
Streights
Gibraltar
Mickell
Deptford
Gravesend
Bourdeaux
Stockholm
Dyet
Sweden
Madrid
Great Britain
Italy
Courland
Silesia
Marlborough Street
Compton
Tower
Northampton
Flanders
Geneva
Tuscany
John Norris
England
Vicory
Duke of Cumberland
Ordnance Office
Isles of Wight and
Scilly
Admiralty
East India Company
Chins
Majesty
Hawes
Portmouth
Port-Royal
Verson
Port- Royal
Chaloner Ogle
Lord Cathcart
Spasitheros
Carthagens
Porto Rico
Port Louis
Hispaniola
Norwich
John Gurney
Lisbon
Cadiz
Ferro
al-Castle
Tem
West
Gibran
Madeira
Holland
Breslaw
Olam
Beys
Caille
Brieg
Wallis
Glen
Antigus
Petersburg
Duke of
Senate
Ain
Buren
Biron
Duke of Courland
Elizabeth
Ref
Stuffelburg
Fouke
Long
Mordaunt
Scotland
Milan
Watchtenbank
Montejo
Franckfort
Bes
Cork
Desai
Tape
Pia Terrible
Cs Ryan
Admiral Bete
Mediterranean
Gaem
Se. Sebastian’s
London
Micheel
Lunferty
Guernsey