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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… meaning is. On Wednesday about 10 leagues east of Orford Ness, they saw 10 Dutch men-of-war and two fly-boats. The … being within the Galloper, five leagues S.E. of Orford Ness. I fear we shall get but few pilots. With note from … after twelve or one. They were about 10 leagues off Orford Ness. The wind now blows S.W., a fresh gale. I saw a letter …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… the fleet is at anchor about two leagues this side of the Ness with 42 men-of-war, and that Capt. Haddock in the Royal … Katharine we hear the Prince is at anchor on this side the Ness. It is believed that the men-of-war, that sailed hence, … are gone eastward. The sternmost is got eastward of the Ness point, so I believe they reach the Downs or further …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… beacon we could see vessels coming behind Walton in the Ness from the Buoy in the Nore. The hindmost of the Dutch …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… in Sole Bay. They heard of only one caper near Winterton Ness. The wind is now much southerly. [ Ibid. No. 162.] May … 50 guns each, brought into the river, one sunk off Orford Ness, of what force not known, one flagship sunk after she … Victory.The ship sank, as she was coming in towards Orford Ness. [ Ibid. No. 68.] May 31. London. A. Ellis to …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… and two fly-boats of them some ten leagues off Orford Ness, which he supposed had lost the fleet. He says they are … at sea except two or three ships, which were as far as the Ness, which I suppose to be scouts. My son wrote to you … hour ago, a horseman is come, who has been out about the Ness. He tells me one Dutch man-of-war lies off Folkestone, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… tempest spent all her masts and, driving about Buchan Ness and Peterhead as a wreck, the Earl Marischal sent off …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… Mary Rose, Greenwich, and Antelope are detained at Oakham Ness by foul weather, but have sent up their ordnance and …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… not fetch them up, and before they could get about Orford Ness, a shallop came up with them. The sternmost ran his ship … One of them carried her off and the other anchored off the Ness. Three or four days before a caper took a French merchantman off the Ness. [ Ibid. No. 35.] Nov. 23. Chester. Matthew Anderton to …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… from the Bay of Biscay says that between this and Dungeon Ness are at least 200 vessels which came from France loaden …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… John Narbrough to the Navy Commissioners. I am at Ockam Ness in Chatham river, but detained by westerly winds; I will …