Letters from a Royal Ship Describes Atlantic Privateers and Caribbean Sailings
A difficult-to-read communication from a sailor aboard his Majesty's ship Welfat Jamaica, sent to his father in Ipswich, mentions fighting Spaniards, rough seas, and reports from Madeira. It notes two American privateers cruising off the Canary Islands, a third preparing to sail to Boston, and the Chatham under Captain Strange arriving from Spithead to Gibraltar, then coasting to the Channel Islands with stores and men aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Ipswich
Madeira
Canarie
Capain
Canary
Ibraltar
St. Andrew
Davidfom
Rouse
Caneres
Chatham
Strange
Spithead
Gibraltar
Geiney
Pirates Board the Rich Prize Yet Casualties Light
Reports describe a two hundred year old sea clash where a ship of 26 guns and 70 men resisted pirates who attempted to board. The attackers, armed with pistols and cutlasses, boarded in close quarters but the crew repelled them with no bloodshed. Also noted are dispatches about Governor of Jamaica and Admiral Vernon recruiting runaways from the Blue Mountains, and other naval news from the Atlantic, with mutterings of privateers, prizes, and ship movements near Jamaica and Madeira.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James, Jen
de Weldburg
Coe Fts
Sje
Earl of Halifax
House of Peer
Butts
Ely
House of Peers
Cotch
Port Mahon
N.S
Somerset
Barnesly
Lancaster
Cayley
Ipswich
Merun
Pembroke
Leigh
Ford
Ruffel
Warwick
Toller
Oats
Sunderland
Byng
Paycon
Allborough
Pocock
Gedtave
East India Company
East
Calais
Vienna
Bank of England
New York
America
Lord Cathcart
William Kerr
Duke of Roxburgh
Upper
Ee Eer
Paris
Court of Pain
Kilgiom
Milaneze
Poland
Roger Flendafyd
Huntingdon
Ithagena
Jeroth
Regiment of Foot
Jumuree
Jamaica
Vernon
Blue Mountains
Blue Mountain
Port Royal
St. Sebastian’s
Scot
Falmouth
Naples
Sicily
England
Leghere
Ander Convsy
Oregon
Gutlard Mien
Perimshone
Crofsword
Cardignshire
Loin Vaughan
Wilcome
Sebastian
Dunkirk
West Indies
Duke of Devonshire
Ireland
Tuessay
Board of Admiralty
Folxstone
George Bilchern
Balchen
Streights
Bourdeaux
Toulon
Brest
Martinico
Hispaniola
Sandwich
Kent
Grafton
Bristol
Eltham
Plymouth
His Majesty
Scarborough
Downs
Spithead
St. Vincent
High Court of Admiralty
Madeira
Chaloner Ogie
Commons
Earl of Hyndford
Prasia
Wiliam and Mary
Holland
Berlin
Lord Tyrawley
Portugal
Lisbon
Mornhao
Victualling Office
Michell
Deptford
Gravesenc
Leghorn
Antiguy
Howe
Portsmouth
Lyi Rg
Sir Chaloner Ogle
Carthagena
Porto Rico
Port Louis
S. Sebastien’s
Guernsey
St. Bonatio
Carraccas
Michael
Lanferty
Barbadoes
Fowke
Leng
Mordaunt
Scotland
Ordes
N. S
Stevens
Biddeford
Fitch
Courland
Silesia
Flanders
Geneva
Tuscany
John Nerrie
Duke of Cumberland
Ordnance Office
Tower
Iles
Wight and Scilly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edinburgh
Earl of Crowd
London
Westiniat
Earl of Berkel Ey
Regiment of Dragoons
James’s
Earl of Waldegrave
France
John Huddy
Venice
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