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s barge and a number of small boats. The boats rushed the frigate and the boarding party stormed her successfully. The boarding party killed or drove off all of her crew, with the exception of twenty whom Bowen took prisoner, among them the captain and lieutenant. Finding that there were no
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67:25 July 1797
26:
1991:1797 deaths
1986:1761 births
1188:George Bass
1184:Third Fleet
1153:Parliament.
1090:Terpsichore
1070:Terpsichore
1055:Terpsichore
1047:Terpsichore
1036:Terpsichore
1028:Terpsichore
1017:Terpsichore
931:Terpsichore
923:Terpsichore
918:Terpsichore
905:Terpsichore
875:Terpsichore
859:Terpsichore
790:Terpsichore
770:Terpsichore
765:Terpsichore
607:Third Fleet
537:of Admiral
512:West Indies
371:John Jervis
329:joined the
259:Terpsichore
243:John Jervis
202:James Bowen
160:Terpsichore
1980:Categories
1904:required.)
1864:References
1788:Campbell.
1755:Campbell.
1733:Campbell.
1715:Campbell.
1693:Campbell.
1673:Campbell.
1649:Colledge.
1634:Campbell.
1619:Campbell.
1604:Campbell.
1567:Campbell.
1549:Campbell.
1471:Campbell.
1433:Campbell.
1411:Campbell.
1391:Campbell.
1367:Campbell.
1343:Campbell.
1311:required.)
1283:Laughton.
1174:Jervis Bay
1159:Ilfracombe
1002:Union Jack
993:first rate
914:Montevideo
805:Guadeloupe
785:Chesapeake
688:Martinique
603:Navy Board
539:Hugh Pigot
490:Foudroyant
486:Foudroyant
462:Foudroyant
437:Foudroyant
411:Hirondelle
382:Foudroyant
378:Foudroyant
366:Foudroyant
360:midshipman
346:ship-sloop
292:Ilfracombe
220:Royal Navy
207:John Bowen
116:Royal Navy
84:Allegiance
54:Ilfracombe
1248:Citations
1238:HMS
1123:grapeshot
1040:HMS
1032:Algeciras
986:HMS
883:HMS
870:Cartagena
863:HMS
854:Gibraltar
842:North Sea
774:HMS
763:HMS
756:HMS
744:Undaunted
737:HMS
728:Undaunted
726:HMS
722:Bien Venu
715:Promotion
696:Bien Venu
684:Barbadoes
677:HMS
670:Caribbean
645:into the
592:HMS
585:HMS
575:Promotion
569:Lord Howe
557:Lord Howe
547:HMS
528:HMS
505:HMS
498:HMS
430:HMS
401:HMS
390:HMS
364:HMS
351:Lightning
339:HMS
331:guardship
320:HMS
313:HMS
273:grapeshot
257:HMS
247:Caribbean
204:(brother)
198:Relations
158:HMS
151:HMS
144:HMS
125:1779–1797
1912:(1818).
1851:Clarke.
1812:Clarke.
1582:Clarke.
1531:Clarke.
1516:Clarke.
1501:Clarke.
1486:Clarke.
1325:Clarke.
1179:Atlantic
960:bowsprit
936:Mahonesa
885:Mahonesa
879:Mahonesa
835:Mahonesa
794:Daedalus
776:Daedalus
659:Spithead
565:Dominica
535:flagship
500:Blenheim
408:corvette
356:Hannibal
335:the Nore
322:Hannibal
264:Tenerife
226:and the
209:(nephew)
140:Commands
102:Service/
74:Tenerife
1451:Tracy.
1268:Tracy.
1230:Vestale
1215:sailed.
1182:of the
988:Emerald
953:Vestale
940:Vestale
927:Vestale
898:Vestale
890:guineas
798:Halifax
758:Veteran
643:Paragua
599:Stately
594:Stately
549:Jupiter
507:Adamant
341:Dunkirk
327:Emerald
315:Emerald
305:Jamaica
185:†
153:Veteran
134:Captain
1965:
1946:
1898:
1834:
1305:
1133:Legacy
1051:Pallas
1042:Pallas
865:Pallas
639:Borneo
633:, the
623:Bengal
587:Prince
494:Pegase
482:Artois
478:Artois
474:master
466:Artois
442:PĂ©gase
432:Artois
415:sweeps
403:Lively
280:London
181:
113:
104:branch
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1198:Notes
956:'
912:from
910:Cadiz
748:Zebra
739:Zebra
708:'
705:Boyne
679:Boyne
300:James
296:Devon
146:Zebra
58:Devon
1963:ISBN
1944:ISBN
1832:ISBN
1228:The
1082:and
1074:Dido
792:and
700:fort
641:and
554:brig
349:HMS
130:Rank
64:Died
51:1761
48:Born
1890:doi
1297:doi
1236:'s
476:of
333:at
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