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Long 1761 naval reports from St Christopher to London
Extracts recount engagements with sixteen gun privateers off the Channel mouth, captures and damages to ships including the St Kitts Planter, St. Kitts, and Vanguard at Spithead, plus returns from Plymouth and Dover detailing convoy events, arrivals, and frequent mentions of ships, captains, and dates in January and February 1761.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronny
Felicité
France
England
Englis
Captain Rogers
St. Christopher’s
Messrs. Pigott and Co
London
Falmouth
Samuel Lightbourne
St. Kitts
St Kitts
Portmouth
Vanguard
Spithead
Swifefare
Prince of Orange
Tweed
Lightning
Raven
Greinley
Hibernia
Israel
Mayflower
Shepherd
Wickham
Furze
Ambuscade
Buffet
Downs
St. Helen’s
Guernsey
Plymouth
Sound
Stag
Nottingham
Seahorse
Vengeance
Fortune
Partition
Dover
Percival
New-York
New York
Thomas
Amazon
Sir James Douglas
Bafleterre
Guadalupe
Patfey
Nancy
Wilson
Hawke
Richards
Carolina Packet
White
South Carolina
Elizabeth
Platt
Jamaica
Samuel
Ross
Kent
Lewes
Carolina
Coleock
Prince of Wales
Curling
Littleton
Brown
Exbery
Wealf
Philadephia
Halton
Hallowell
Lisbon
Sealien
Cuite
Europa
Machel
Leghorn
Kemp
Everal
Middlesex
Campbell
Tyburn
Claus Schlutingt
Newgate
Christopher Scott
Jane Trueman
Leadenhall Street
Alderman Beckford
Guildhall
George Teadall
Poultry Compter
Moses
Royal Exchange
St. Bride’s
Gaton
Bradley
Gwatkin
Woodward
William Alexander
Edinburgh
James Maffe
Old Broad-street
Chadwin
Swithin’s Lane
Thorpe
Lincolnshire