The British Trident, Or, Register of Naval Actions: Including Authentic Accounts of All the Most Remarkabel Engagements of Sea in which the British Flag Has Been Distinguished from the ... Defeat of the Spanish Armada to the Present Time ...J. Cundee, 1804 |
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60 guns action admiral admiral's anchor arrived attack Benbow Blake boats boatswain bore British broadside burned Cadiz cannon Cape carried castle coast commodore consisted continued convoy crew cruize deck destroyed disabled dispatched Duguay Trouin Duke Dutch Dutch fleet Earl Edward Spragge enemy enemy's ships engagement England English fleet English ships escaped expedition fell fire fire-ships flag force French ships frigates gallant galleons galleys gave chace George Ayscue harbor immediately intrepidity island Jamaica king land lieutenant likewise line of battle Lisbon Lord loss lost masts mates men of war merchantmen morning naval night obliged officers ordered port Prince prize proceeded put to sea Rear-admiral received resolved returned royal navy Ruyter sail seamen sent shore shot Sir Cloudesley Shovel Sir George Sir John sloop Spain Spaniards Spanish ships Spithead squadron stood struck sunk tacked taken tion took town Tromp troops vessels vice-admiral West Indies wind