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Fleet losses and privateer captures near the West Indies
A string of maritime incidents dominates the report including the Warren from Lancaster seized by a French privateer in the Windward Passage, the Charming Jenny retaken by the Sally and brought to Guadalupe, and the Mason left at Louisburgh after news from the Admiralty about Admiral Boscawen’s retreat to Plymouth. Reports from Bristol note East India ships weathered high winds, while other ships suffered wrecks, bulging hulls, and salvaged cargo. Additional items cover Prussian campaigns, court cases, marriages, and local deaths along with a Bristol windstorm causing damage and a ship mast seen adrift near Kingroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Warren
Lancaster
Jamaica
Charming Jenny
London
West Indies
Sally
Taylor
Liverpool
Guadalupe
Mason
Johnson
Louisburgh
Admiralty Office
Boscawen
Plymouth
Margate
Bristol
Kingroad
Storey
Eagle
George Capps
Nancy
Lethwaite
Cork
Yortula
Douglass Harbour
Ile of Man
Mitchell
Maesty
Viscount Middleton
Kingdom of Ireland
Charles Street
Berkeley Square
Exton
County of
Rutland
Viscount Carbery
Juliana Noel
Earl of Gainsborough
Robert Jenkinson, Bart
Mary Cope
Jonathan Cope
Bruern
Oxfordshire
Allstone
Gloucestershire
Matthews
Wapping
Alice Weare
Sheriff Weare
St. James’s Church
Riddle
Foot Guards
Sally Middleton
Clifford-street
St. James’s
Joseph Hesketh
Chesterfield
Africa
Romsey
Hants
O’ Neil
Eart-Sheen
Lethallier
Ely
Thomas Hales
Court of Common Pleas
King’s Bench
Duke of Portland
St. Margaret’s
Westminster
Privy Garden
Whitehall
Margaret’s
Scot
Low-Layton
Yarmouth
Norfolk
Thomas Vere
Moore
Caister
Filby