Port News Deal Feb 17 Arrivals and Movements
Port News reports vessels arriving in the Downs after a cruise with his Majesty's Sloop Otter and the Duke of Richmond Godfrey the Noralk Benham and a Storeship bound for East India. The Hawke and Charming Nancy proceed to Africa and Cork respectively. The Rose remains with the fleet as the outward bound ships depart in a N by W wind.
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Otter
Duke of Richmond
Godfrey
Noralk
Benham
Laft
East India
Hawke
Fraser
Africa
Nancy
Fanning
Corke
Mournful Fashion Fanfare Devours the Court World
The Spectator excerpt laments overblown mourning across society as fashionable display. Merchants, tailors, and milliners prosper while ordinary trades suffer from costly habits. Foreign princes’ salud remains the talk of courtiers, masking uncertainty and economic strain at home. Naval news notes ships at Spithead and distress at sea.
Violent Wind Drives Ship America from Moorings
Extracts from letters describe a severe storm affecting ships off Plymouth and Devon. Majfly's Ship the America broke from moorings without damage reported. The Thames Frigate returned from Quiberon Bay with light victualers, a French Snow Marie-Anne laden with wine from Rochefort for Brest, and other vessels involved in rough seas near Switch-West. One vessel, the Ontiow Hinde, parted a cable but sustained no damage. A Belfast bound vessel carrying two cabins and a hawser was driven ashore near Hee. all crew saved except one boy. A four-hundred-ton new ship grounded near Greton-Hill. many crew saved, ten drowned. The Captain survived, but his young son perished. Additional letters recount encounters with French privateers near Martinique and Jamaica, heavy ship damage, and ongoing convoy operations. Admiral Holmes plans to depart for Portsmouth with frigates to convoy Jamaica and Leeward Island fleets. Extracts note prize goods aboard a Bristol-bound vessel from West Indies and privateer actions near Barbadoes and Guadalupe.
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Martinico
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Hispaniola
Fmnall Arms
Richardson
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Holmes
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Howell
Liverpol
Guadalupe Advis
Sarah
Faylor
Iland
Toptham
St. Kit’s
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