Vast Naples Vesuvius eruption and Atlantic naval movements
Dispatches note damage from Vesuvius with losses around 200,000 livres and lava threatening Palermo. Records show the combined fleet sailed from Cadiz on July 8 with orders to Brest, Rock of L Orient, and Corunna. Allied command details, troop dispositions, and fleet movements ignite concerns of a broader maritime crisis in July.
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Paris
Sicily
Mont Vesuvius
Palermo
Istani
Cadiz
Brett
Rockten
L’orient Raziis
Court of
Denmark
Copenhagen
Hag Court
Rutha
Spain
Igasih
Toulon
Corunna
M. D’eslaing
Britanny
Fou
Madrid
Brest
Rochfort
Cumberland
St. Ildefonso
Don Luis de Cordova
Royal procession and naval news from London and abroad
London reports describe a royal Hyde Park review with five regiments and the King on a dun horse, plus ongoing naval activity in European waters. Letters discuss armed neutrality and British convoy delays, while privateers and captures near Dunkirk, Norway, and Portugal are reported. Muted concern over finances, elections and customs, and notable maritime actions frame a broad, period-appropriate update.
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Prince of Wales
Prince Frederick
Hyde Park
Queen’s
Royal Irish
Hertfordshire
Hampshires
Kilkenny
Camely
United States of America
Olver Cromwell
Great Britain
Portugal
New York
Portsmouth
M. Edén
House of Commons
North Seas
Compte de Provence
Dunkirk
Elfinear
Botton
Calais
Boulogne
Europe
Floyer
Mackie
Stratton
Brooke
Varelfi
Graham
Sykes
Lloyd
England
James Wallace
Falmouth
Nonsuch
Jong
la Legere
Lezard
St. Altan
Chatham
Monsieur
Longford
Lord Longford
Alexander
Southampton
Johnstone
Waldegrave
Elfineur
Royal Union
Hewitson
Hull
Norway
Comtesse de Provence
Goodwill
Holgate
Lynn
Stramnes
Elizabeth
Peggy
Saltcoats
Kirkwood
Stromness
Christiana
Rising Sun
Buchannefs
Fearnough
Luke Ryan
N. W
Paul Jones
Buchanness
P.S
Edinburgh
Honourable Commissioners of
His Majesty’s Customs
Furthra
Kirkwall
Jones
P Orient
Aberdeen
Leith
Marseilles
King’s Customs
Dover
Edward Columbine
Phace
West India
Henrietta
Niccolson
Bell
Ship News Record of Augus 3 Sailings
Wind N E. Last night sailed the Sailbury for Portmouth and the Jamaica ships for the River. Remaining vessels include the Droime dary Scourge Ranger sloops Expedition and Wells cutters Helena privateer Supply withwaller Norfolk Grant for St. Lucia and Dunkirk Wigmore for Fluthing with the Nautilus Moorton and Hansah Dawson from Portsmouth.
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Deal
Augus
Wind N
Sailbury
Portmouth
Jamaica
Droimedary
Scourge
Ranger
Expedition
Wells
Helena
Norfolk
Grant
St. Lucia
Dunkirk
Wigmore
Fluthing
Nautilus
Moorton
Hansah
Dawson
Portsmouth
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Martinico
King George
Mouch
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Aurora
Lais
Fnday Laity
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Britannia
Floyd
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Plymouth
Yesterdey
Admiralty
Long Reach
Felicity
Betsey
Greenland
Whitby
Dublin
Lord Carysfort
Garris
Hayward
Bury
Kinsale
Hall
Morning Star
Volk
Dunlop
Campbel Town
Sophia Augusta
M‘kinnon
Kirk Kudbright
Mary
Orr
Memel
Glasgow
Jane
Wilson
Drontheim
Drogheda
Gool
Lloyd Kenyon
St. James’s
Chester
Great Ormond-street
Westminster
Macdonald
Edward Poore
Duke’s Place
Bridewell
George the Second
Welton
Tom~Welton
Weston’ss
Weston
George Smith
Globe Cavern
Blackwall
Jane Ruskins
Poplar
Henry Wilson
Queen’s Regiment of Foot
Jane Chaloner
Wm. Chaloner
Gibrough
Yorkshire
Robert Bla
St. John’se Square
Krabin
Snoreditch
Yeltereday
Ellwood
Windle
Iflex Stairs
Ais Scraggse
Scraggs
Rochester
Greenhithe
Daniel Marth
Loughton
Epping Foret
Daniel D’aumare2
Bear Key
Ship News
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