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HMS Boston (1762)

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was eight days out of Bordeaux but had not taken anything. The captain of the privateer was drunk, and so decided to resist, firing his guns, small arms, and running his vessel into
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–17927: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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This article about a specific frigate of the United Kingdom is a
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HMS Boston

Royal Navy Ensign
Rotherhithe
Richmond-class
fifth-rate
frigate
bm
Full-rigged ship
QD
Fc
chase guns

L'Embuscade
Richmond-class
fifth-rate
frigate
Royal Navy
American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary War
leagues
"No. 14010"
The London Gazette
ISBN
0-85177-601-9
ISBN
0-85177-617-5
ISBN
978-1844157006

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