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Fleet news and ship arrivals reach English ports in 1760
The report details multiple ships arriving at various ports including Rotterdam to Virginia and Trieste to Stangate Creek, with British guard ships off the Isle of Wight after a fourteen day passage. It notes damage to Portuguese wine, ships from Barbadoes to Liverpool, evacuations from Quebec, and preparations for 4000 seamen. Additional items cover naval actions, crew losses aboard the Winthelsea Indiaman, and local incidents in Plymouth and London, including theft, court actions, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Kenner
Rotterdam
Virginia
Angel
Ferod
Trieste
Stangate Creek
Flamborough
Neptune
Blackford
Britannia
Gaul
Charlotte
Hill
Lisbon
Tile of Wight
Brazils
London
Oporto
Grace
Thomas
Bristol
Jackson
Barbadoes
Cork
Liverpool
Portsmouth
Downs
Quebec
Lord Colville
Leeward Islands
Ireland
Lewes
Sussex
Plymouth
England
Barfleur
Torrington
Lagos
Litchfield
Bownell
Gunton
Suffolk
Hewling Luton
Totterham
Pryor
Mills Bray
London Bridge
Hertford
James Hickman
Medway
Romneymarth
Bethnal Green
Shoreditch
Westminster
Margaret Williams
Richmond
Surry
Williams
Three Tun Tavern
St. Margaret’s Hill
Bridewell
Southwark
Ludgate-Hill
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Fleet-Market
Holborn Bridge
Clerkenwell
New Prison
Newgate