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Break of the Rocks and Moorish Frigate Encounter
An account describes a vessel breaking off to sea due to a westward wind, the Dane steering toward Plymouth but meeting a violent NE gale. The Rover or Py gate appears as a Turkisa-Buile frigate with over twenty guns, about three hundred tons, and an armed crew of hundreds. details include ship features and Moorish- clad officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Rover
Thomas Wheat Ballstards
Woolstock
Deceas
Earl of Abingdon
Thomas Crisp
Duke of Marlborough
John Keil
Oxford
Infanta of
Spain