This Miscellany contains several documents that were in private ownership and range from 1656 to 1815 and are mainly related to naval operations.
There are documents relating to the raid on the Dutch coast in 1666 and letters from Blake to Montague on operational matters in 1756; a discussion on whether to prosecute the likely war in 1738 on land, with alliances, or by sea, without them; the action of HMS Lyon which effectively prevented munitions from reaching Bonnie Prince Charlie in Scotland; letters written by Benjamin Thompson that criticise Keppel at Ushant; two accounts of the action between HMS Brunswick and Le Vengeur in 1794.
There are the Board of Admiralty instructions to Captain Cook for his three voyages between 1768 and 1777; letters from Nelson written between 1804 and 1805; the journal of a surgeon at the Bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807 giving a valuable account of shipboard life and naval discipline; an account of the Capture of the Cape of Good Hope in 1806; and finally the history and legality of the Salute of the Narrow Seas and the Vienna Conference of 1815.
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Preface vii
Naval operations in the latter part of the year 1666 3
Edited by R. C. Anderson
The Land Forces of France – June 1738 51
Edited by Vice-admiral Sir Herbert W. Richmond
The action between HMS Lyon and the Elisabeth, July 1745 85
By H. H. Brindley
The Channel Fleet in 1779 – letters of Benjamin Thompson to Lord George Germain 123
The engagement between HMS Brunswick and Le Vengeur, 1st June 1794 157
Letters of Lord Nelson, 1804–5 173
The Second Capture of the Cape of Good Hope, 1806 193
The Salute in the Narrow Seas and the Vienna Conference of 1815 289
Two letters from Blake to Mountagu, 1656–7 333
Edited by G. E. Manwaring
Instructions to Captain Cook for his three voyages 341
The bombardment of Copenhagen, 1807 – journal of Surgeon Charles Chambers of HM Fireship Prometheus 367
Index 467
(N.B.-The ranks and titles indicated against the names of naval officers are the highest attained by them at the latest date at which they are mentioned.)
Adams (Captain R.N.), 338
Addington, Henry (Lord Sidmouth), 193, 196
Adeler, C. (Admiral), 436
Admiral, Lord High, jurisdiction of, 311
Admiralty: Nelson complains of lack of information from, 177–8; abolition of salute in narrow seas, 289
Africa, coast of, 51, 260, 268
Aix-la-Chapelle, 289, 291
Albemarle, Duke of (Admiral), 3, 5, 27
Alcester, 423
Aldborough, 7
Allen, Sir Thomas (Admiral), 11, 14, 39–41
All Saints, Bay of, 258
Amack Island, 403
America, 59, 64, 69, 72, 76–8, 180
America, South, 202
Amsterdam, 19–20, 38, 104
Angola, coast of, 265, 267, 270
Anker (General), 283
Ankers, Mr. (Clerk), 423, 466
Antigua, 70, 187, 189–90
Aquitaine, 311
Arbuthnot (Captain), 278
Argyll, Duke of, 91, 118
Army: regiments embarked for Cape (1805), 208, 225; detachments recaptured from French, 272
Atlantic Ocean, 357, 361
Auchmuty, Sir S. (General), 196
Austria, 317
Baffins Bay, 359
Baird, Sir David (MajorGeneral), at Cape, 196, 198–9, 205–7, 213–4, 219, 228, 230–1, 239–41, 243, 246, 250–2, 257, 262; instructions to, 207, 220; general order by, 248; at Copenhagen, 403
Ball, Sir Alex. (Captain R.N.), 180
Baltic, 59, 64, 374
Bankert (Vice-Admiral), 11
Bar (Capitaine), 97
Barbados, 79, 174, 182, 184, 186, 188, 201, 279
Barbuda, 174
Barcelona, 175, 177
Barham, Lord (Admiral), 182, 213, 216, 290, 326
Baro Sound, 367
Barrère (French Minister), 157
Barrow, John (Secretary of Admiralty), 216–17, 329
Batavia, 218, 264
Bathurst, Earl (Secretary of State), 293, 316
Bazeley, John (Captain R.N.), 159
Beachy Head, 36
Beaufort, Due de, 39, 42–3
Bellasis (Bellasyse), John (Captain R.N.), 18
Belle Isle, 35, 92, 96–7
Belt, the, 380, 415, 419, 441
Belt, the Little, 414
Bengal, 222
Berar, Rajah of, 220
Beresford, W. C. (Brigadier-General), 198–200, 231, 241, 249, 259–62
Bcrthier (General), 391
Bevan, Rowland (Lieut. R.N.), 157
Bickerton, Sir Richard (Rear-Admiral), 179–80
Bingham (Captain R.A.), 372
Birch (Captain E.I.C.), 234
Biscay, Bay of, 110, 111, 272, 433
Black Sea, 176, 179
Blaikie, Dr. W. B., 85, 89, 99
Blake, Robert (Admiral), 40–1; letters to Admiral Mountagu, 333
Blankenburg, 29
Blueberg, 199
Blueberg Bay, 240
Bolckow, Mr., 341
Bolingbroke, Viscount, 304
Bombay, 219, 221
Bonaparte, Jerome, 201, 274
Bonne Anse, 92
Bordeaux, 268
Borroclale, 85
Boulogne, 73, 392
Bouvet, Monsieur, 352, 354
Bouvet Island, 352, 354
Bradshaw, Thos., 356
Brazil, 198, 234, 279, 283, 344
Breda, Treaty of, 297, 304
Brest, 42–3, 58, 95, 97, 125–6, 132, 134, 139, 150–3, 175, 178, 187, 200–1, 273, 279, 281, 314
Brett, Sir Peircy (Vice-Admiral), 91, 101, 103, 113–14, 116, 346, 350
Brettel (Capitaine), 275
British Seas, 297–9
Broadwood, Mr., 464
Broglie, M. de (French Minister), 306
Brown, Mr. (Master attendant), 282
Browne, Henry (Captain R.N.), 20
Brownrigg (Colonel), 241
Bucknill, S., 428
Burchett, John (Secretary of Admiralty), 304
Burton, Dr., 89, 101
Butterfield, W. (Captain R.N.), 223, 239, 244
Byng, George (Captain R.N.), 244, 249, 250
Byron, John (Captain R.N.), 351
Cabende Bay, 263
Cabende Roads, 268
Cadiz, 181–2, 190, 328, 333, 336, 338
Caffraria, 260
Calais, 32, 39, 43, 72–73, 311
Calcutta, 219, 221
Callow (Master M.S.), 254–5
Cameron, Duncan, 87–9, 98–100
Cameron (Captain E.I.C.), 244
Campbell, Colin (Captain), 374, 423
Campeachy, 65
Camp’s Bay, 246
Canaries, 201, 357
Canning, Stratford, 433
Cape of Good Hope, 349, 351–2, 354, 357; capture of, 193–285; castle, 245–6, 248, 253; Nelson on value of, 193; Pitt on do., 194; restoration of, in 1803, 195; terms of capitulations, 246, 252
Cape Town, 197, 199, 200, 246, 248, 253, 256
Carew, T. (Lieut. R.N.), 250
Carolina, 70, 78
Carrol, Thos., 374
Carteret, P. (Captain R.N.), 351
Carthagena, 181–2
Castlereagh, Viscount (Secretary of State), 219, 222, 238, 289, 291, 316–7, 322, 324; letters to Admiralty on expedition to Cape, 205–13; instructions to Sir D. Baird, 207, 220
Castro, Monsieur de, 271
Cathcart, Lord (General), 317–18, 322, 381, 400, 405, 412–13, 422
Cattegat, 376
Cawsand Bay, 114
Caye St. Louis, 94
Centry Redoubt, 252
Ceylon, 194, 229
Chack, Paul (Capitaine), 88
Chambers, Charles (Surgeon R.N.), 367–466
Chambers, William (Rear-Admiral), 367, 465
Champain, W. B. (Captain R.N.), 188
Channel, 28, 35, 37–8, 43, 103, 139, 141–2, 145, 147, 150–1, 1.54, 174, 299, 304, 306, 309
Channel Fleet, operations in 1779, 123–54
Charles II, 296–7
Charles Edward, Prince, 85–9, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 116–17
Chrétien, Joseph, 174, 189
Christian VI, 436
Christopher (Captain E.I.C.), 2 44
Chronometers, 237
Circumcision, Cape, 352, 354
Clarges, Sir Thomas, 34
Clerke, C. (Captain R.N.), 357, 363–4
Cochin, 194
Cochrane (Lieut. R.N.), 244
Cochrane, Hon. Alexander F. I. (Rear-Admiral), 173, 279, 281; letters from Nelson, 177–80, 182–5, 188; observations to Nelson on objects of combined fleet, 187
Colbert (French Minister), 302
Colchester, 213
Collingwood, C. (Vice-Admiral), 174
Collins, Henry (Captain R.N.), 124, 130
Concarneau, 201
Congreve, William: rockets at Copenhagen, 394–5, 398, 401, 407, 410
Contraband trade: English in America, 65
Cook, James (Captain R.N.), instructions for his three voyages, 339–64
Cope, Sir John, 91, 118
Copenhagen, 264, 414; capture of (1807), 365–466
Corbet, Thomas (Secretary of Admiralty), 113
Cork, 206, 208–9, 212, 215, 223; cove of, 223
Cornwallis, Marquis (GovernorGeneral of India), 194, 200, 222
Cornwallis, William (Admiral), 178, 461
Corunna, 125, 173
Cox, Sir John (Captain R.N.), 14
Cracraft, W. E. (Lieut. R.N.), 164
Craig’s Tower, 240, 243, 246, 252
Croft, John (Commander R.N.), 463, 466
Croker, John Wilson (Secretary of Admiralty), 289, 291, 293; memo. on salutes at sea, 294
Cuba, 64–6, 69, 71, 77–9
Curtis, Sir Roger (Admiral), 196; on right of salute, 326–9
Dacres, J. R. (Rear-Admiral), 189
Danzig, 21
Dau (Capitaine), 88, 96, 98–100
d’Aumant, Duc, 305
Davison, Alexander, 179
Deal, 166, 429
de Grey, Thomas, 124, 139; letter from Benjamin Thompson, 132
Delft, 16
Denmark, King of, 302
Deptford ketch, 35
De Ruyter, M. A. (Admiral), 9–11, 13, 32, 42
Desirée, Petet, 174, 189
D’Heguerty, M., 89, 90, 92–4
Diamond Rock, 184
Dickenson, W., 238
Dieppe, 39, 42
Disbrough, C., 336
Dodman, 145
Domett, Sir Wm. (Vice-Admiral), 326, 329
Donnelly, Ross (Captain R.N.), 227–8, 253, 255, 257
D’Orvilliers, Comte (Vice-Admiral), 149
Douglas, Sir Charles (Captain R.N.), 123
Dover, 72, 166
Downman, Hugh (Captain R.N.), 202, 230, 242–4, 284–5
Downs, 38–9, 46, 114, 302, 308, 372
Drake’s Island, 114
Duckworth, Sir J. T. (RearAdmiral), 201
Dudley, Sir Henry (Vice-Admiral), 301
Du Guay-Trouin, René, 95
Dundas, Francis (Lieut.-General), 195–6
Dundas, Henry, 194
Dungeness, 36–8, 41
Dunkirk, 16, 46, 73, 93
Dunwich, 25
Durbé, Claude (Capitaine), 86–8, 90, 92, 97–102, 117, 119
Dutch fleet, actions with, 5–46; ships burnt in the Vlie, 19
Du Teillay, M., 89
East Indies, 173, 194, 202, 238, 279, 309
Edgcumbe, J. (Captain R.N.), 188
Edmeads (Captain E.I.C.), 250
Edmonds, J. (Commander R.N.), 231
Egypt, 176
Ellenborough, Lord (L.C.J.), 290
Elsinburgh, 439–40
Elsineur, 376–7, 379, 383, 401, 438–9
Elsineur Castle, 377, 379–81, 383, 425, 434
Elsineur Church, 378
England, 62, 64, 66, 68, 72–5, 79, 81, 125, 190, 229, 258, 262, 297, 306, 310, 313, 323, 333, 335–6, 350, 354, 361–2, 379–80, 384, 389, 414, 417, 423–6, 442, 444, 446, 452–3, 457–8, 460
Eton, 433
Evertsen, Johan (Admiral), 15
Fairley (Fairlight), 303
Falkland’s Isles, 344
Falmouth, 208
False Bay, 282, 284
False Cape, 229
Fayal, 212
Ferguson, R. C. (Brig.-General), 231, 241–2, 249–51, 253, 259
Ferrol, 173–5, 179, 181, 187
Finch, Hon. S. (Lieut. R.N.), 131
Finisterre, Cape, 125, 135, 137, 298–300, 302–3, 306–7, 310, 32 3
Fireship, journal of surgeon in Copenhagen Expedition, 369
Fireships, in naval actions, 25
Flag, right of the, 289
Flanders, 63
Flanders coast, 29–30, 43, 46
Flushing, 13
Forbes, Robert (Bishop), 87, 89, 99–101
Forrest, Thomas (Captain R.N.), 367
France, 118, 180, 193, 229, 260, 290, 296, 303, 305–6, 310–1, 313; memorandum in the land and sea forces of, 1738, 51–81; combined French and Spanish fleet in Channel, 1779, 125–53; fleet action of 1st June, 1794, 159–69
Fremantle, T. F. (Captain R.N.), 180
French ships attacked in 1666, 36–43
Frere, John Hookham, 175
Frio, Cape, 269
Funchal Roads, 223–4, 227
Funnel (voice pipe), 161
Furneaux, T. (Captain R.N.), 351, 355
Gabbart, 31
Gabon, 271
Galleons Reach, 346
Galleys proposed in America, 70
Galleys for English coasts, 71
Galloper, 7, 30
Gambier, Lord (Admiral), 182, 238; on right of salute, 326, 329; at Copenhagen, 378–9, 383–4, 387, 389, 393, 395, 399, 412–3, 423, 435
Ganteaume, Honoré, Comte (Vice-Admiral), 178
Gardner, Lord (Admiral), 181–2
George III, 195
Georgia, 51
Germain, Lord George (Secretary of State): letters from Benjamin Thompson, 123–54
German legion at Copenhagen (1807), 385
Gibraltar, 179, 200, 205, 333
Gillande, Mr., 266
Goeree, 14–15
Gold Coast, 270–1
Goodwins, 38
Gosport, 371
Gottenburgh, 452–3, 458
Graham (Lieut.), 250
Granada, 187–8
Grand Pré, M. de, 269
Green, Charles, 343–4
Green Point, 240, 261, 280
Greenwich Observatory, 341, 344
Grenville, Thomas, 194
Griffiths, —, 450
Gros Islet, Le, 188
Guadalupe, 94, 188
Guernsey, 35, 150, 463
Guienne, 311
Guinea, 21
Guinea, coast of, 270–1
Gunfleet, 5, 6
Gunnery, experiments in Channel Fleet, 1779, 123
Guy, T. (Captain RN.), 18
Gyldenlove, Count U. C., 436
Haddock, R. (Captain R.N.), 18
Hague, 15
Hall (Captain), 227
Hamburg, 15–16
Hamilton, John (Captain R.N.), 114
Hamilton, W. R., 293
Hamoaze, 113, 307
Harding (Captain), 250
Hardinge (Captain), 244
Hardy, Admiral Sir Charles, his command of the Channel Fleet in 1779, 123–54; character of, 143
Hardy, Mr. (son of Sir Charles Hardy), 131
Hardy, Mr., 37I
Hartsinck (Admiral), 218
Harvey, Henry (Captain R.N.), 162, 168
Harvey, John (Captain R.N.), 159–60, 163, 166
Harwich, 44
Haslar Hospital, 370–2, 462
Havanna, 187
Havre de Grace, 58
Haward (Captain), 336
Hawke, Sir Edward (Admiral), 346, 350
Hawkesbury, Lord (Secretary of State), 290
Héau, vide Dau
Herrick, Wm. Henry (Lieut. R.N.), 232
Hervey, Hon. A. J. (Captain R.N.), 356
Hilsea, 161, 165
Hinchingbrooke, 333, 337
Hispaniola, 64, 69, 71, 77, 79
Hobart, Lord (Secretary for War and Colonies), 194–6
Holland (Seven Provinces), 10, 14, 15, 17, 25–8, 117, 195, 252, 262, 290, 296–7, 311
Hollwall, J. (Captain R.N.), 308–9
Holmes, John (Captain R.N.), 18
Holmes, Sir Robert (RearAdmiral), 12, 18, 19, 21–4, 45, 302
Honduras, 65
Honyman, R. (Captain R.N.), 234, 236–7, 240
Hood, Sir Samuel (Commodore), 147, 379, 415, 417, 435
Horn, Cape, 344, 349
Hout Bay, 198
Howard, Sir Philip, 18, 23
Howe, Earl (Admiral of the Fleet), 160, 166
Hudson’s Bay, 359
Humboldt, 322
India, 193–4, 197, 207, 209, 211–13, 219–20, 222, 229, 282
India Arms P. H., 371
Ireland, 69, 86, 118, 175
Jamaica, 51, 65–6, 70, 78–9, 183, 188–9, 201, 337
James I, 302
James II, 311
Janssens (Governor of the Cape of Good Hope), 199–200, 243, 262–3, 267, 276
Jennings, Sir Wm. (Captain R.N.), 16–18, 22
Jersey, 115, 150
Jeswunt, Rao Holkar, 220
Johnstone, Geo. (Commodore), 140
Jordan, Sir Joseph (RearAdmiral), 9, 11
Kamtschatka, 360
Kane, Edward, 114
Keats, Sir R. G. (Rear Admiral), 177, 442
Kemble, W. G. (Lieut. R.N.), 157
Kempenfelt, Richard (Captain R.N.), 124, 128–31, 144
Kempt, F. (Captain R.N.), 188
Kent, 166
Keppel, Hon. Augustus (Admiral), 123
King, Wm. (Commander R.N.), 231–2, 241, 250, 275
King George’s Island, 343–5
Kinlochmoidart, 87
Knokke, Fort, 200, 248, 252
Labrador, Gomez (Chevalier), 317, 322
La Garde, Baron de, 301
Lagos Bay, 338
Lagullas, 229, 279
La Hogue, 73
La Roche, de (Capitaine), 39–41, 43, 46
Laroche, Christopher (Captain R.N.), 372
La Touche-Tréville, Comte de (Admiral), 180
Latour du Pin, 322
Lazar, Fort, 115
Leeward Islands, 79, 371
Leghorn, 305
Leissegues (Vice-Admiral), 200–201, 273, 276, 281
Levant, 61
Linois, Comte de (Vice-Admiral), 200–201, 260, 262–6, 271, 276, 284; captured letters of, 265
Lion’s Rump, 272
Lisbon, 41, 104, 190, 233, 433
Lisburne, Viscount, 356
Liverpool, 260
Liverpool, Earl of, 295
Lizard, 101–2, 113–14, 125, 150–52
Lloyd, John (Clerk of Checque), 139
Lloyd, Sir Nath., 299
Lloyd (Captain R.N.), 309
Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund, 450
Loango, 200, 260, 268–9
Lochiel, 87
Lochinnest, 91
Loch nan Uamh, 85
L’Onde (Ensigne de vaisseau), 268
London, 3, 27, 34, 47, 87, 89, 146, 173, 193, 291; Port of, 52; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, 370–1, 393; St. Bride’s, 377, 431
Long Sands Head, 45
Lopez Gonsalvo, Cape, 269
Loraine, Duchy of, 61, 62
Losack, G. (Captain R.N.), 230
Losperd’s Bay, 199, 240
Louis XIV, 296–7, 303, 309, 311
Louis, Thos. (Rear-Admiral), 177–8
Lowenheilm, Count, 322
Lowestoft, 361, 374
Lowestoft Head, 29
Lydd, 36
Macbride, J. (Captain R.N.), 123, 151
MacDonald, Aeneas, 87–8, 90, 92–4, 97–8, 100–2, 115–16
Madeira, 197–8, 201, 206–9, 213–14, 217, 224, 232–3, 344, 351, 357
Madras, 262, 264
Malta, 179
Mangeaux (Admiral), 260
Manoeuvres at sea in 1779, 127–30
Marine Society, 447
Marseilles, 59, 60
Martin, Geo. (Rear-Admiral), 177–8
Martin, T. B. (Captain R.N.), 367
Martinique, 94, 174, 183, 187
Maryland, 70, 78
Massarida, Cape, 255
Mauritius (Isle of France), 194, 256, 260, 264, 267–8, 281–3, 358
Mayombra, 269
Meadows, Sir Philip, 299
Mediterranean, 51, 71, 73, 174–6, 179–82, 190, 206, 209, 302, 333, 450
Merry, Antony (Ambassador), 432–5, 460
Middle Grounds, 45
Mindin, 91, 102
Mingay, W. J. (Lieut. R.N.), 250
Missiessy (Vice-Admiral), 174
Mississippi, 77
Molkt, Count, 124, 140, 144
Mona Passage, 187
Montserrat, 70
Morea, 176
Moring (Captain E.I.C.), 244
Morlaix, 152
Mostyn, Sir Thomas, 3
Mountagu, Edward (Earl of Sandwich), letters from Blake, 333–8
Mount, Cape, 254
Mulgrave, Earl of, 35
Murphy, Mr., 378, 383
Murray, G. (Rear-Admiral), 177, 178, 180
Muscle Bay, 261
Myers, Sir William (Lieut.General), 184
Nantes, 86–91, 94, 98
Naples, 63, 179
Napoleon Bonaparte, 175, 195, 421
Narrow Sea, 72; salutes in, 289
Nase, 297, 299
Negro, Cape, 260, 268
Nelson, Viscount (Vice-Admiral), 173, 377, 382, 395, 400, 413, 415, 439; letter to Sir Edward Pellew, 175; to Rear-Admiral Alexander Cochrane, 177–80, 182–5, 188–90; Admiralty Orders, 181; pursuit of combined fleet, 182–90; observations by Admiral Cochrane, 187; general order, 188; Cape of Good Hope, 193, 197
Nepean, Sir Evan, 137, 182
Nevis, 70
New Albion, 358–9
Newcastle, Duke of, 307–8
New England, 70, 78–9
Newfoundland, 61, 77
Newgate, 411
New Spain, 65–7, 71–2, 76, 78
New York, 70, 78
New Zealand, 347, 349, 358
Nicollière-Terjeiro, 87–90, 98, 100, l 15
Nore, 45, 372, 374; buoy in the, 5, 42, 45–6
Nore, Little, 462
Norfolk, 432
Normandy, 152, 31 I
North Foreland, 44
North Sea, 304
Norway, 298, 323
Oeiras Bay, 333, 336
Operations at sea in 1666, 1–47
Oporto, 233
Orfordness, 462
Orkney Islands, 144
Osborn, Peter, 124, 140, 143
Ostend, 29
Otaheite, 3.58
Owens, O. (Master R.N.), 466
Pacific, 357, 361
Paget, Hon. C. (Captain R.N.), 378
Palmella, 322
Palliser, Sir H. (Rear-Admiral), 363–4
Palmer, John, 248
Papendorp, 248
Parker, F. (Commander R.N.), 435
Parker, F. (Master’s Mate), 232
Parker, Sir Hyde (Admiral), 460
Parker, Hyde (Captain R.N.), 372–466
Parker, Peter (Captain R.N.), 367
Parkes, Mr., 422
Pasley, T. (Rear-Admiral), 159
Patton, Philip (Vice-Admiral), 182, 216
Pearce (Lieut. R.N.), 250
Pellew, Sir Edward (RearAdmiral), 173, 264, 273, 282; letter from Nelson, 175
Pennsylvania, 70, 78
Percy, Hon. Joscelin (Captain R.N.), 244, 272
Peters, —, 376, 385, 437, 450
Petropavlovsk, 360
Philip of Spain, 301–2
Phipps, Hon. Augustus, 435
Pigot, — (Lieut. R.N.), 250
Pitt, William, 54, 173, 194, 196
Plymouth, 118, 125–6, 132–3, 137–9, 141, 144, 159, 205, 313, 363, 370, 380, 432
Plymouth Sound, 110, 113, 135, 307, 333, 344
Pocock, Nicholas, 157
Pole, The Hon. W. Wellesley, 433
Ponseau Souze Prego, Henrique de, 235
Popham, Sir Home (Commodore), his character, 202; capture of Cape of Good Hope, 196–285; at Copenhagen, 377, 392, 401, 406, 413, 423; makes himself Commodore 1st class, 230, 285
Port Egmont, 344
Portland, 42, 150
Port Louis, 281
Porto Praya, 215
Porto Rico, 69, 71, 77, 79
Port Royal Harbour, 344
Portsmouth, 35, 41, 45, 138, 143, 146, 148, 205, 300–301, 372, 432
Portsmouth Harbour, 34, 42, 314, 370
Portugal, 40, 125
Pownoll, P. (Captain R.N.), 151
Prince, Isle du, 265, 267, 270–71
Privateers, 80, 152
Prophalow, H. C. von (Lieut.Colonel), 245–6, 248, 252–3, 465
Radway, 367, 383, 429, 441
Ramehead, 113–14, 126
Ray, James, 96
Raynor, J. (Captain R.N.), 148
Reynolds, Francis (Captain R.N.), 151
Rhode Island, 70
Riet Valley, 199, 243
Rio de Janeiro, 229, 232–3, 258, 281, 284
Rio de la Plata, 283
River Plate, 202
Robben Island, 240, 259, 263
Roccas, 234
Rochelle, 16, 28, 35, 58
Rochefort, 183, 210
Rondebosch, 196
Ross, Daniel (Lieut. R.N.), 232
Ross, Sir John L. (Rear-Admiral), 129, 140, 150–1
Rotterdam, 16
Rouen, 35
Rowe, Sir John, 27
Rowley, Josias (Captain RN.), 233–4, 242, 244
Rufane, Henry (Captain R.M.), 114–15
Rupert, Prince (Admiral), 3, 5, 9, 2 7
Russia, 21, 311, 317
Russian fleet in Mediterranean, 176
Rutlets, Walter, 93–4
Ryswick, Treaty of, 297, 304, 310
St. Augustine, 64–6, 70
St. Catherine Island, 284
St. Christophers, 70
St. Domingo, 187, 189, 338
St. Helena, 201, 209, 212, 215–17, 220, 228–9, 258, 264, 267–8, 277, 280
St. Helen’s, 35, 41–2, 103, 125
St. Helen’s Point, 34
St. Jago, 216
St. John’s, 190
St. John’s Bay, 32, 35
St. Juan de puerto Rico, 187
St. Malo, 58, 86
St. Nazaire, 85, 92, 102
St. Salvador, 197–8, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 258
St. Thomas’s, 188, 260
St. Valery, 37
St. Vincent, Cape, 182, 190
St. Vincent Island, 188
Saldanha Bay, 198, 241, 278
Salt Pan, 243
Salutes in the narrow seas, 289
Sandwich, 165–6
Sandwich, Earl of (First Lord of Admiralty), 138, 148, 351, 356–7, 363–4
Santa Cruz, 187–8, 333
Scaw, The, 437, 439, 441–2, 444, 452, 455, 458–60, 462–3
Scaw Town, 451
Schelling, Island of, 18, 19, 21
Scheveningen, 15
Schouwen, 15
Scilly Island, 125–6, 131, 144, 150–52, 299
Scindea, 220
Scotland, 69, 86, 118
Scott, John, 174, 185
Scott, Sir Wm. (Lord Stowell), 291
Scott, Mr., 370–71
Seaforth, Lord, 183
Searching English ships in W. Indies, 66
Setford, James (Lieut. R.N.), 381–2, 416, 420, 437, 449, 455, 457, 464, 466
Sheerness, 301, 373–4, 463, 465–6
Ships named:
Achille (Fr.), 161, 168
Acute, H.M.S., 376
Adamant, H.M.S., 238
Adventure, H.M.S., 40, 351, 355
Africane, H.M.S., 376
Agamemnon, H.M.S., 376, 392
Agnes (E.I.C.), 226
Ajax, H.M.S., 148
Alacrity, H.M.S., 376, 443, 456
Albion (E.I.C.), 226
Alcyon, H.M.S., 376
Alert, H.M.S., 376
Alert (Da.), 424
Alexandre (Fr.), 273
Alfred, H.M.S., 159, 376
Amazone (Du.), 95
Amity, H.M.S., 44
Amphitrite (E.I.C.), 226
Anacreon (E.I.C.), 226
Anne (E.I.C.), 226
Antelope, H.M.S., 30, 37, 39, 43
Apollo, H.M.S., 151–2
Apollon (Fr.), 93–4
Ardent, H.M.S., 125, 153
Ariadne, H.M.S., 426
Arran, H.M.S., 376
Arrogant, H.M.S., 148
Assistance, H.M.S., 25, 40, 305
Assurance, H.M.S., 27
Astrea, H.M.S., 376, 416, 418
Atalante (Fr.), 247, 256
Atlas (E.I.C.), 226
Atlas (Span.), 176
Audacious, H.M.S., 159
Augusta, H.M.S., 113–14
Banterer, H.M.S., 376
Barfleur, H.M.S., 149
Basilisk, H.M.S., 376
Bato (Du.), 218, 223, 244, 266
Belle (packet), 219, 238
Belle Paule (Fr.), 201, 260, 263, 267–8, 272
Bellerophon, H.M.S., 159, 367
Bellette, H.M.S., 376
Belliqueux, H.M.S., 206, 208, 211, 214–15, 224, 227, 241, 250, 260–2
Bellisle, H.M.S., 186
Bellona (E.I.C.), 226, 395
Bellone (Fr.), 257
Berwick, H.M.S., 133, 140, 176
Bienfaisant, H.M.S., 144, 151–2
Blenheim, H.M.S., 144, 148
Bonetta, H.M.S., 376
Bourbon (Fr.), 41
Brave (Fr.), 273
Breda, H.M.S., 26
Bristol, H.M.S., 16
Britannia (E.I.C.), 225, 234, 236, 245
Brunswick, H.M.S., 375; engagement with Le Vengeur, 154–69
Bucentaur, H.M.S., 176
Calcutta, H.M.S., 217
Cambrian, H.M.S., 376, 385
Cambridge, H.M.S., 25
Canopus, H.M.S., 186
Captain, H.M.S., 376
Cassard (Fr.), 274
Centaur, H.M.S., 376, 434
Charles, H.M.S., 302
Charles (galley), H.M.S., 303
Charles the Merchant (hired ship), 31, 34–5
Charlotte (E.I.C.), 226
Chichester (storeship), 225
Christian 7th (Da.), 424
Colchester, H.M.S., 27, 30
Columbus (Guinea ship), 254–5
Comet (E.I.C.), 225, 244
Combatant, H.M.S., 376
Comus, H.M.S., 376, 382, 388
Concord, H.M.S., 196
Conqueror, H.M.S., 186
Conqueror (Da.), 424
Cormorant, H.M. sloop, 140
Cornète (Fr.), 273
Cossack, H.M.S., 376
Courier (Da.), 424
Crown, H.M.S., 27
Crown Prince Frederik (Da.), 424
Crown Princess Maria (Da.), 424
Cruizer, H.M.S., 376
Culloden, H.M.S., 159
Cumberland, H.M.S., 126
Curlew, H.M.S., 435–6
Cyane, H.M.S., 376
Daphne (Da.), 424
Dart (storeship), 225
Defence, H.M.S., 375, 382
Defiance, H.M.S., 34
Denmark (Da.), 424
Desperate, H.M.S., 376
Diadem, H.M.S., 200, 202, 205, 208, 217, 220, 225, 227, 230–2, 236, 238, 240, 243–4, 250–1, 253, 257–63, 271–3, 276, 278, 280, 283–5
Diamond, H.M.S., 36, 37
Diana (E.I.C.), 223–4
Dictator, H.M.S., 375
Diligent (Fr.), 273
Diomede, H.M.S., 200, 202, 205, 207–8, 214, 220, 223–4, 227, 231–2, 241, 261–2, 272, 276, 284–5
Diomede (Fr.), 273
Discovery, H.M.S., 357, 363–4
Dithmarschen (Da.), 424
Dolphin, H.M.S., 343, 345, 347, 351
Dolphin, H.M. storeship, 225
Donegal, H.M.S., 186
Dragon, H.M.S., 17–9
Dryade (Fr.), 91
Du Teillay (Fr.), 85–9, 91–4, 98–101, 117, 118
Edgar, H.M.S., 148
Eideren (Da.), 424
Elbe (Da.), 424
Elisabeth (Fr.), action with H.M.S. Lyon., 1745, 85–119
Elizabeth (E.I.C.), 226
Elisha Tupper (E.I.C.), 226
Encounter, H.M.S., 214, 225, 227, 241–3
Endeavour, H.M.S., 343, 346–7, 350
Entrance (Br.), 336
Eole (Fr.), 274
Espoir, L’, H.M.S., 214, 225, 227, 231–3, 240–1, 250, 284
Euphrates (E.I.C.), 225, 264
Europe (E.I.C.), 225
Fairfax, H.M.S., 10
Falsette (Br.), 244
Fame (E.I.C.), 226
Fanfare, H.M. yacht, 9, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 45
Fauvette (Fr.), 91
Fearless, H.M.S., 376
Félicité (Fr.), 273
Fidèle (Fr.), 300
Fisgard, H.M.S., 179
Flamer, H.M.S., 376
Flying Fish (Da.), 424
Foresight, H.M.S., 40
Formidable, H.M.S., 141
Formidable (Fr.), 176
Forrester, H.M.S., 440
Forward, H.M.S., 376
Foudroyant, H.M.S., 134
Foudroyant (Fr.), 274
Fountain (Algerian prize), 28, 37
Franchise, H.M.S., 376
Francis and Eliza (E.I.C.), 226
Frederigstagn (Da.), 424
Fury, H.M.S., 376
Fyen (Da.), 424
Fylla (Da.), 424
Gallant, H.M.S., 376
Ganges, H.M.S., 375
George, H.M.S., 34, 333, 337–8
Gibraltar, H.M.S., 179
Glommen (Da.), 424
Glory (E.I.C.), 225
Glykstad (Da.), 424
Golden Grove (E.I.C.), 226
Goliath, H.M.S., 376, 380, 390, 413, 435
Goshawk, H.M.S., 376, 443–4
Gosport, H.M.S., 307
Hampshire, H.M.S., 18, 19
Hannibal, H.M.S., 176
Happy Return, H.M.S., 34
Harbinger (E.I.C.), 226
Harlekin (E.I.C.), 226
Harriott (E.I.C.), 226
Havfrue (Da.), 424
Hawke, H.M.S., 309
Hebe, H.M.S., 309
Heir Apparent Frederik (Da.), 424
Henrietta, H.M.S., 25, 26
Hercule, H.M.S., 375, 421
Hercules (Du.), 431
Hero, H.M.S., 367, 370, 374, 378, 444
Heron, H.M.S., 188
Hope, H.M.S., 336
Howe (storeship), 285
Horatio Nelson (Br.), 254–5
Hussar, H.M.S., 376, 439
Illustrious, H.M.S., 174
Imogene, H.M.S., 195
Impérial (Fr.), 273
Impétueux (Fr.), 274
Implacable, H.M.S., 367
Indefatigable (Br.), 224, 226
Indignant, H.M.S., 376
Indomptable, H.M.S., 176
Intelligent, H.M.S., 376
Intrépid (Fr.), 176
Invincible, H.M.S., 159
Iris, H.M.S., 367
Iris (Da.), 424
Isis, H.M.S., 148
Jack (E.I.C.), 224, 226, 279
Jacobin (Fr.), 160, 166–7
James, H.M.S., 27
Jane Duchess of Gordon (E.I.C.), 225, 244
Jason, H.M.S., 184
Jersey, H.M.S., 7, 30, 37
Juno (E.I.C.), 226
Jupiter, H.M.S., 151–2, 218, 231
Jupiter (Fr.), 273
Justice (Da.), 124
Katherine (pleasure boat), 36
Kent, H.M.S., 179
King George (E.I.C.), 226, 234, 236
Kite, H.M. cutter, 152
Land of Promise (fireship), 13
Leda, H.M.S., 200, 206, 208, 214, 223–4, 227, 232–4, 236–7, 240, 243, 258, 264, 272, 276, 280, 376
Levant, H.M.S., 138, 140
Leveret, H.M.S., 376
Leviathan, H.M.S., 159, 178, 186
Liberty (Da.), 424
Lightning, H.M.S., 376, 380, 465
Lion, H.M.S., 10, 16
Lily, H.M.S., 25
Little Belt (Da.), 424
Little Mary, H.M.S., 7, 8, 15, 16, 26, 28, 29, 30
Lyon, H.M.S., action with the Elisabeth, 1745, 85–119
Maida, H.M.S., 375, 408
Maidstone, H.M.S., 179
Majestic (E.I.C.), 226
Malabar (storeship), 225
Marengo (Fr.), 201, 260, 263, 265, 267, 272
Maria (E.I.C.), 225
Marigold (Br.), 336
Mariner, H.M.S., 376
Marlborough, H.M.S., 125
Marmaduke (Br.), 34
Mars, H.M.S., 375, 404
Mars (Da.), 420–1, 424
Martha, H.M.S., 25
Martin, H.M.S., 184
Mary, H.M.S., 34
Melpomene, H.M.S., 367
Mercurius (Da.), 424
Mermaid, H.M.S., 36
Messenger (E.I.C.), 226
Milantho (E.I.C.), 226
Milford, H.M.S., 132, 152
Minotaur, H.M.S., 375
Montagne (Fr.), 160, 166–7
Montagu, H.M.S., 159
Mont Blanc (Fr.), 176
Musquito, H.M.S., 376
Mynx, H.M.S., 376
Naiad, H.M.S., 180
Naiade (Fr.), 103
Namur, H.M.S., 465
Nantwich, H.M.S., 336
Napoleon (Fr.), 247
Narcissus, H.M.S., 179, 198–200, 205–8, 214, 223–4, 227–9, 254–5, 261–2, 272, 276
Naseby, H.M.S., 333
Nassau, H.M.S., 376
Neptune, H.M.S., 176
Neptunus (Da.), 424, 440
Nidelven (Da.), 424
Norge (Da.), 424
Northampton (E.I.C.), 225
Northumberland (E.I.C.), 225, 264
Northumberland, H.M.S., 184–7, 189
Nymphe, H.M.S., 376
Ocean (E.I.C.), 149, 224, 226
Oden (Da.), 424
Orange, H.M.S., 36, 42, 45
Orestes, H.M.S., 376
Orion, H.M.S., 375, 464
Pandora, H.M.S., 376
Paradox, H.M.S., 35
Paragon (E.I.C.), 226
Patrick, H.M.S., 27
Patriote (Fr.), 160, 167, 274
Pearl (Da.), 424
Peggy, H.M. cutter, 129–32
Pelletier (Fr.), 160, 166
Pembroke, H.M.S., 16–9, 21
Piedmonties (Fr.), 264
Pincher, H.M.S., 376
Pompée, H.M.S., 375, 415
Pomponne (Fr.), 300
Porpoise (storeship), 238
Princess, H.M.S., 39–40
Princess Carolina (Da.), 424
Princess Caroline, H.M.S., 367
Princess Sophia Frederica (Da.), 424
Prince of Wales, H.M.S., 376, 378–80, 383, 4134, 423, 435
Procris, H.M.S., 376
Prometheus, H.M.S., 367–466 passim
Prometheus, Young, 393, 398, 413
Protector, H.M. Brig, 225, 227, 243
Providence (Br.), 336
Prudent (Fr.), 255
Queen Charlotte, H.M.S., 159–60, 166–7, 169
Railleur, H.M.S., 376, 435
Rainbow, H.M.S., 46
Raisonable, H.M.S., 200, 207–8, 214–6, 220, 225, 227, 235, 241, 261–2, 264, 272, 276–7, 284
Ramillies, H.M.S., 162, 168–69, 174
Renown, H.M.S., 179
Resolution, H.M.S., 12, 351, 355, 357, 363–4, 375
Resource (Guineaman), 200, 260, 266, 268
Revolutionnaire (Fr.), 159
Richmond, H.M.S., 25, 376
Ringdove, H.M.S., 436
Roe (Rowe) (ketch), 8, 28, 29, 30, 35, 43
Rollo (Br. privateer), 200, 263, 265–6, 268, 282
Romney, H.M.S., 140
Rosamund, H.M.S., 376
Rota (Da.), 424
Royal Charles, H.M.S., 3, 14, 27, 32–5, 47
Royal George, H.M.S., 129
Royal James, H.M.S., 3, 14, 25
Royal Sovereign, H.M.S., 14
Royal William, H.M.S., 370–71
Ruby, H.M.S., 30, 41, 375, 419
Ruby (Fr.), 39
Russell, H.M.S., 159
St. Andrew, H.M.S., 34
St. Raphiel, 187
St. Thomas (Da.), 420, 424
Safeguard, H.M.S., 376, 381
Sandwich, H.M.S., 149
Sappho, H.M.S., 376
Sarah (E.I.C.), 226
Sarah Christiana (E.I.C.), 225
Sarpen (Da.), 424
Scipion (Fr.), 176
Seahorse (E.I.C.), 226, 260
Seierherre (Da.), 424
Semilante (Fr.), 260
Sicily, H.M.S., 376
Simpson (E.I.C.), 226
Sir John B. Warren (E.I.C.), 224, 226
Sir Wm. Pulteney (E.I.C.), 225, 244
Sirius, H.M.S., 273
Skiold (Da.), 424
Slothany (Du.), 42
Snipe, H.M. gunbrig, 438
Solebay, H.M.S., 376
Southampton, H.M.S., 125
Sovereign, H.M.S., 10, 31, 42
Spartiate, H.M.S., 187
Speaker (Br.), 336
Spencer, H.M.S., 179, 186, 375, 449
Streatham (E.I.C.), 225
Stulkjobin (Du.), 436
Success, H.M.S., 44
Superb, H.M.S., 179, 186, 442
Surveillante, H.M.S., 376, 416
Sussex, H.M.S., 36–7
Swallow, H.M.S., 7, 30, 37–8, 351
Sweepstakes, H.M.S., 18, 19
Swift (cutter), 175
Swiftsure, H.M.S., 176, 186, 336–7
Sybille, H.M.S., 376, 440, 463
Tartarus, H.M.S., 376, 380
Terrible, H.M.S., 133
Three Crowns (Da.), 424
Thunder, H.M.S., 376
Tiger, H.M.S., 18, 19, 21, 36
Tigre, H.M.S., 186
Traveller (E.I.C.), 226
Tredagh (Br.), 336
Triton (Da.), 424
Triton (E.I.C.), 226
Triumph, H.M.S., 10, 179
Trusty, H.M.S., 435
Turbulent, H.M.S., 376
Tygress, H.M.S., 376
Unicorn (Br.), 338
Union (E.I.C.), 225–6
Uranie, H.M.S., 372
Urgent, H.M.S., 376
Valeureuse (Fr.), 274
Valiant, H.M.S., 375, 417–18
Valorous, H.M.S., 376
Vanguard, H.M.S., 34, 375, 456
Varunna (E.I.C.), 225
Vengeur (Fr.), engagement with Brunswick, 154–69
Venus (Da.), 424
Vesuvius, H.M.S., 376, 407
Vétéran (Fr.), 274–5
Victory, H.M.S., 123–4, 127, 129–30, 132, 136–7, 140–3, 147, 175, 177, 179, 182–4, 186–90
Volontaire (Fr.), 200, 272–8, 283
Waldemar (Da.), 424
Walker (E.I.C.), 226
Wanderer, H.M.S., 376
Warspite, H.M.S., 11
Westfriesland (Du.), 7
Wilding (E.I.C.), 226
Wilhelmina (Du.), 217
William (E.I.C.), 223–4, 226
William Pitt (E.I.C.), 224–5, 250
William Pitt (Botany Bay ship), 225
Whitby (E.I.C.), 226, 264
Willington (E.I.C.), 226
Wolf, H.M. sloop, 132
Zebra, H.M.S., 376
Zephyr (E.I.C.), 226
Ships, state of Blake’s, 337
Shoe beacon, 46
Shuldham, Lord (Vice-Admiral), 137, 139
Sicily, 63
Signals, 5, 28, 30, 33–5, 127–30, 146
Silver (Captain), 18
Simons Bay, 218, 244, 256, 266
Smith, Sir Jeremiah (Admiral), 9
Smith, — (Lieut. R.N.), 307–8
Smyth (Captain R.E.), 241
Snipe, J. (Physician to the Fleet), 180
Solebay 25, 28–9, 30, 461
Soundings, The, 95
Southern continent, search for, 347, 352, 354
South Pole, 351, 353
Spain, 51, 63, 67–9, 72, 74–5, 78, 81, 125, 180, 229, 290, 302, 311; forces of, in 1738, 64; reasons for war with, 68; combined fleet in 1779, 125–53
Spelman, Sir H., 295
Spencer, Lord Charles, 346, 350, 363–4
Spencer, — (Lieut. R.N.), 166
Spithead, 126, 137–8, 152, 154, 197, 215, 354, 361, 370
Splicing the mainbrace, 451–2
Stackelberg, 322
Stanhope, Hon. F. H. R. (Captain), 374, 415, 423, 425
Stanislaus, King, 62
Start Point, 141, 150, 152
Stayner, R. (Rear-Admiral), 333
Stephens, Sir Philip, 238
Stewart, Hon. Keith (Captain R.N.), 123, 132, 136, 139, 141
Stewart, — (Master R.N.), 164
Stopford, Hon. R. (Captain R.N.), 378
Stopford (Colonel), 379
Strachan, Sir Richard (RearAdmiral), 180, 444
Straits (of Gibraltar), 21, 42, 46, 181
Suffolk, 432
Sutherland (Lieut. R.N.), 250
Sutton, John (Rear-Admiral), 177–8
Swale, 27, 34
Sweden, King of, 439–40
Swin, 302, 462
Symonds (Master’s Mate R.N.), 419
Table Bay, 198, 200, 229, 240, 248, 250, 253, 255–9, 262–4, 271, 273, 278, 280, 283
Tagus, 333
Tasman, 347
Teddeman, Sir Thomas (Vice-Admiral), 9
Temple, Earl, 195
Temple, Sir William, 296–7, 299
Tencin, de (Cardinal), 95
Teneriffe, 275, 333
Tetuan, 338
Texel, 15, 17
Thames River, 16, 73, 299, 302
Thompson, Benjamin, letters to Lord George Germain, 123–54; letter to Thos. de Grey, 132
Thomson (Lieut, R.N.), 257
Tobacco, 338
Tobin, George (Captain R.N.), 189
Torbay, 125, 141
Torbola, 188
Tonningen, 280
Toulon, 175–6, 180–2, 305, 313; arsenal, 58
Trade in war with Spain, 1738, 76
Tranquebar, 283
Tremorne, Duc de la, 86–7, 94
Trinidad, 229
Trinity House, 439, 443
Troubridge, Sir Thomas (Rear-Admiral), 202
Tromp, M. H. (Admiral), 28
Trotter, W. R. (Major), 249
Truites, Ja., 248
Tweeddale, Marquis of, 91, 118
Ushant, 36, 125, 131, 151–2, 181–2, 200
Utrecht, 304, 310
Van Gent, William Joseph (Colonel), 11
Van Staten, 298, 323
Venus, transit of, 343
Verd, Cape de, 357
Vermat (Ensigne de vaisseau), 265, 268
Vienna (Conference), 289, 291, 293, 312–13, 316, 323
Villeneuve, P. C. J. B. S. (Vice-Admiral), 174
Vincent, M., 94
Virginia, 70, 78
Vlie, The, 18–21, II7
Wallis, Jas. (Captain R.N.), 180
Wallis, S. (Captain R.N.), 343, 345, 347, 351
Walsh, Anthony, 86, 89–96, 98
War, theory of British, 53
Warren, Sir John B. (Vice-Admiral), 201
Warren, Samuel (Captain R.N.), 367
Webster, Professor, 289
Wedel, Count, 124, 144
Wellesley, Sir Arthur (Major-General), 374, 378–80, 383, 393, 401, 423, 425, 427–9
Wells, Thomas (Rear-Admiral), 462
Wessenberg, 322
West Indian Seas, 71
West Indies, 21, 61, 63–4, 67–70, 75, 76, 78, 80, 89, 153, 174, 195, 197, 201, 209, 279, 281, 283, 370; Nelson and, 179, 182, 184
Whetstone, William (Rear-Admiral), 303
Whetworth, Charles, 303
White, John C. (Captain R.N.), 179
Whitehall, 47
Whitehaven, 96
Wielings, 28, 29
Wight, Isle of, 34–5, 38, 41, 302
Willaumez, J. B. P. (ViceAdmiral), 200–1, 272, 274, 276, 278–80, 282–3
Wilshire (Captain), 18
Winterton Lights, 428
Winton College, 449
Withyham, 123
Witt, M. de, 296
Woodford, J. (Lieut. R.N.), 396
Woodriff, D. (Captain R.N.), 217, 219
Woolwich, Royal Arsenal, 372
Yarmouth, 28, 374, 428–30, 432, 435, 436; St. Nicholas Church, 431
Yarmouth Roads, 428
York, H.R.H. Duke of (Frederick Augustus), 213
York, 89
Yorke, J. H. (Brigadier General), 234
Young, Sir Wm. (Admiral), 326
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