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British naval dispatches and maritime losses amid war
Reports from the Channel and Atlantic show ships from Brest and Home waters under quarantine at the Mother-bank and Stangate Creek. The privateer Ambition has captured the Lucretia, and other vessels including Jenny, Retiney, Frince Gustavus, and St. Ann are noted with prize and ransoms. Barnacle weather and Greenland fishery notes accompany announcements of officials, appointments, and local incidents.
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Chace
Hermione
Stangate Créek
Brest
Lucretia
Green
London
Boston
France
Jenny
Tortola
Liverpool
Hland
M‘ritchie
Guernsey
Eymtoueh
Duke de Broglio
Dunkirk
Forzzo-Piliners
Newcastle
Gibraltar
Algeziras
Jamaica
Romney
Lee
Cork
Belleille
Duke of Richmond
Norfolk
Princess Augusta
Hull
Harburgh
Greenland
Isle of Ely
Betsey
Gill
Hamburgh
Gleffburgh
Heyligeland
Lord Henley
Lincoln’s
Samuel Touchet
Germany
Thomas Skottowe
South Carolina
Edward Woodcock
Watford
Hertfordshire
Cadiz
Joseph Alorida
Anid
Tooting
Surry
Thomas Lestock
Maiten-lane
Coventépurtien
Mrr. Rogers
England
Guildhall
Chelsea-ferry
Shadwell