Destruction and disarray after Formidable engagement
Report from the Naraz region details a chaotic sea battle as the French ship Formidable founder and several ships flee to the isle of Aix or Vilaine. English pursuers claim victories while French leadership faces dismissal and financial crises tied to suspended royal payments and damaged commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formidable
Theseus
M. de Kerguesaint
Tonnant
Orient
Magnifique
Intrepide
Dauphin Royal
Northumberland
Solitaire
Bizarre
Isle of
Aix
Glorieux
Dragon
Sphinx
Vilaine
Croific
England
France
M. Silhouette
M. Bertin
Michael de Baris
Naraz
Asmooth
Holland
Germany
Britain
Canada
North America
Guadaloupe
Marigalante, &c
West India- Isles
Isands
Aix-la-Chapelle
Minorca
Senegal and
Goree
African
Great Britain
English East India Company
Fort St. David's
Madrass
PORT NEWS Deal April Reach Ships From Ports
Port News reports arrivals and sailings around the Down and Dover road. Vessels such as the Charles Town Webb and Mary Ann McCloud head to Quebec and Louisburg, others to Virginia. Indiamen Warsen and Pitt pass the Downs, with ships from Gibraltar Gottenburg Rotterdam and Philadelphia also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port News
Deal
Wind N. N
Charles ‘Town
Webb
Quebec
Mary
Downs
Dover Road
Gravesend
St. George
Voyage details from Lieutenant Fielding aboard the Happy
Letter from Lieutenant Fielding commanding his majesty sloop the Happy at Leith Road dated March 30 1760 reports arrival from Helvoet inlets with 44 merchant vessels under convoy. Two left early twelve kept company until the 25th. nine did not rejoin after parting. Fielding notes six vessels remained with him and that the four who separated are documented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fielding
Happy
Mr. Chevland
Leith Road
Admiralty
Helvoet Flays
Firth of Forth
His
Charles “Fielding
Helvoetiluus
Firth
Marquis
Granby
Germany
Robert Sutton
Westminster Hall
Hyde Park
St. James’s Park
Ashley
Sadler’s Warehouse
Bull and Gate Inn
Holborn
Lifitoln’s Inn Fields
Simon Harcourt
St. James’s Place
Earl of Harcourt
Islington
Ann Nicols
Nicols
Fleetlane
Oxford
William Henry Thompson
Lord Haversham
Gray’s Inn-Lane
Sims
Newgate
Theodore Sydenham
Johannah Slaughtery Rowland
Mary May
Newpate
John FieMing
Fane Powell
Mary Biker
James Hammer Biker
Joshua Thomas
Eleanor Powell
John Fielding
Jane Powell
Covent-Garden
Henry the Fourth
Drury-Lane
Love For Love
The
Guardian
Dantzick
Rome
Portugal
Key
Brussels
Silhouette
Foot Guards
Sweden
Lapland
Fischer
Colcgn
Paris
William Whyte
Virginia
London
N. B
Mavy
His Majesty’s Navy
Norigg
Rogers
Plymouth
Shipping notices and public affairs from the Forth and Downs
Reports from the Forth and Downs detail ships splitting company after signals to tack, convoys shaping for Africa and North America, and royal appointments. The text lists vessels, captains, and routes, with court martial actions, public notices, and forthcoming sales of naval stores and duties.
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Philadelphia
Ann, Forten
Bristol
Hartwel
Cooke
Commerce and Intelligence
Forth
Curivin
John Benson
William
Elizabeth
Phil
Edmond
Peggy
Thomas Johnston
Margaret
Barbara
Geo. Younger
St. John
Thomas Grigg
David Miles
Grace
Betty
Geo. Carr
Christian
Geo. Shephard
Matt. Norman
Waterford
Hull
Lands End
Britannia
Lambest
Senegal
Africa Packet
Mawson
Worge
Stein
Triumviral
Gellatrye
Moody
Ross
Tear
Nancy
Webster
Duke
Evans
Nightingale
Campbell
Cove
East-Indies
M. de Moracin
Pondicherry
Harlem
Malulipatan 5
Riadéaie
Souveraine
Bregé
Isle of Saints
Wivenhoe
Colchester
Essex
Thomas Best
Prince Henry Indiaman
Rutfey
Matthew Blakiston
Bayley
Magdalen House
Prescot Street
Goodman‘s Fields
Drapers Hall
Throgmorton
A. Sérmos
Paxite Church of Saint Lawrence
Guildhall
Earl of Hertford
Roger Mather
University of Oxford
Saint Mary, Whitechapel
Earl of Huntingdon
Lord Beauchamp
Jonas Hanway
Stephen Thompson
Joseph Salvador
John Dupre
Frazer Honeywood
Philip de la Haire
Stephen Peter Godin
Timothy Waldo
Mr. Winterbottom
Old Broad Street
Arthur's Chocolate House
St. James’s Street
Mount Coffee House
Grossenor
Aghorn’s
Richard
Temple Bar
Tom's
Batson
Navy Office
Portsmouth
Thor
Elewin
His Majesty
Sheernes
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