The American Mariners: Or, The Atlantic Voyage. A Moral Poem ... Prefixed is A Vindication of the American Character ... To which are Added Naval Annals: Or, An Impartial Summary of the Actions Fought, During the Late War, at Sea, and on the Lakes, Between the Ships of Great Britain and Those of the United States of America ...Brodie and Dowding, 1822 - 384 páginas |
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... shot in her hull between wind and water , cutting her lower - rigging in pieces , and the fore - sail from the yard ; and , at the same time , disabling all the cannonades on the upper battery but two , together with two eighteen ...
... shot in her hull between wind and water , cutting her lower - rigging in pieces , and the fore - sail from the yard ; and , at the same time , disabling all the cannonades on the upper battery but two , together with two eighteen ...
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... shot through our sails , is the only injury the Peacock has sustained . Not a round - shot touched her hull ; our masts and spars are as sound as ever . When the enemy struck , he had five feet water in his hold , his main - top - mast ...
... shot through our sails , is the only injury the Peacock has sustained . Not a round - shot touched her hull ; our masts and spars are as sound as ever . When the enemy struck , he had five feet water in his hold , his main - top - mast ...
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... shot ; the other , about two cables ' length a - stern , taking a raking position on our quarter ; and the rest ( with the exception of the Endymion ) within gun - shot . Thus situated , with about one fifth of my crew killed and ...
... shot ; the other , about two cables ' length a - stern , taking a raking position on our quarter ; and the rest ( with the exception of the Endymion ) within gun - shot . Thus situated , with about one fifth of my crew killed and ...
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