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Voyage of the Coney and English naval news from 1780
An OCR fragment reports a voyage of the Coney with Captain Purp and a small crew, detailing captures, engagements with French ships, and convoy battles near Nantes and the Loire. It includes Admiralty notes on the Jamaica fleet, Rhode Island and Baltic theater actions, and mentions estimates of killed and wounded, plus court-martial decisions and reinforcement orders for the West Indies. The text also references Paris Madrid intrigues and a Plymouth port extract regarding ships and convoys, with scattered Dublin and Belfast notices on public matters, money, and local events.
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Lyons
Roerhfort
Purp
Adi
Alice
Nantz
L'Eftwyn
Elf
Kang Thos Morin
Lord Hillsborough
Maan
Kya
Hague
Madrid
Carmichael
Cumberland
Plymouth
Gosport
London
Liverpool
Bristol
Lancaster
Admiralty
Jamaica
Stu Frelten
N.eb
Nantes
Lezard
Rao
Loire
James Wallace
Johnstone
Hantie
Lisbon
Count D'Artuis
Unicorn
Plurk
Kitty
Lyon
New
Branith
Bay of
Santa Fee
Middlesex
Chatham
Col. Gibbes
Tryal
Robert Hill
Surry
Reddube
near-Brompton
Hull
Portsmouth
Godney
West
Indica
Hugh Palliser
G. Rodney