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The Sheerness Rescues Crew After French Pursuit
From the London Gazette reporting Turin news arrives of the British ship Sheerness reaching Villa Franca after a seven day voyage from Gibraltar. They were pursued by three French ships of 64 guns and two frigates the Pleiade and Minerve. The Minerve wrecked after striking a rock, with about twenty five men lost in the wrecking seas. Captain Clarke rescued most survivors, while the French Commodore expressed thanks for the rescue.
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