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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Dewbart has lately bin at Ostend, sounded and viewed the harbour, in order to bring the ten men-of-war now at Dunkirk … sea very shortly. There are 4 sail more at the head of the harbour, from 20 to 30 guns, whereof the Milford is the … service. There are about 20 merchant vessels in the harbour, but no sign of any forces to be transported. They …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… in all appearance be desperately destructive, seeing our harbour, ships, and buildings upon the key, so naked and … Island was left out of the establishment, the only safe harbour between Tynmouth and Edinburgh; that it is defended …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Book 346, p. 215.] Jan. 18. On board the Experiment in harbour at Portsmouth. Captain David Lloyd to the principal … half-hour before any ship came in to our assistance. The Falmouth was the nearest, and she not within two miles; the … luff tackle on the remaining part to command our ship. The Falmouth coming in rid us of this trouble, but a worse …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… that I can learn is that she was sunk at the mouth of the harbour through stress of weather, and that the inhabitants, … having complained to the admiralty court at Dover of the harbour's being stopped by her lying there, are getting an … and he charges his subjects that they do no ways conceal, harbour or entertain persons whom they shall know to be …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… and came thence Jan. 5th, and this day came into Hamoze harbour. The occasion of our tarrying was by northerly winds. … Mr. Bolton and a sloop, and has brought them into this harbour; you are to send for the men brought in by capt. Legg …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… war we were in continual fears of being all burnt in the harbour, and we several times applied to col. Henry Villiers, … a good convoy, nor shall we be in any safety in this harbour, the guns at Clifford's fort being almost buried with …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1695
… him that he does not see how Mr. Meisters can ruin the harbour, but will give him all the assistance he can. Also … Daniel Papin, a French protestant, to go to Gravesend or Falmouth for Spain; for Mr. John Gottlieb Arnst, Mr. George … or Flanders; for Lawrence Meruci, an Italian, to go to Falmouth and Spain [ Ibid., p. 393]; for Catherine Foster to …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… with five French men-of-war, who gave her chase to this harbour a second time, but last night she sailed again in … a northerly wind, leaving the town on both sides of the harbour on fire in several places. We flung 2,000 bombs and … 2,000 into D'Olonne, which town stands on both sides of a harbour, which is nearly dry at low water. On the right, as …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Adventure, Charles galley, and St. Vincent fireship; the Falmouth and Dragon followed him. They are to join the Dutch … there. The French had plundered all the island, except the harbour they came from, and Carbenier; they had settled at … Dupuy, a merchant, and Elizabeth his wife to go from Falmouth to Spain; for Joanna Pheby, a collarmaker's wife, to …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… of a council of war against making any attempt in Brest harbour. Ordered thereupon that the Admiralty be put in mind … order of Mr. John Methuen, envoy in Portugal, to carry to Falmouth a packet for the Duke of Shrewsbury. [ Ibid., p. … here against one of the King's captains, who brought up to Falmouth, about the end of the last month, a Danish ship …