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1402:. New York: Harper Perennial.
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525:Philip Broke
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79:(1853-12-04)
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1490:1853 deaths
1485:1788 births
1251:"No. 20840"
1210:19 November
865:John Murray
774:during the
517:War of 1812
466:St. Domingo
398:West Indies
260:War of 1812
1479:Categories
1299:30 January
1236:0625003209
1189:, p. 56-57
1177:, p. 50-51
1160:Borneman.
1140:Borneman.
1089:Borneman.
1074:Colledge.
869:Wikisource
809:Mozambique
784:man-of-war
768:Fish River
750:third rate
697:, but was
575:Isaac Hull
484:privateers
430:brig-sloop
387:troopships
364:third-rate
258:, and the
248:Royal Navy
130:Royal Navy
96:Allegiance
1056:Dodsley.
993:25 August
930:25 August
877:Citations
836:Hampshire
813:HMS
789:President
755:Edinburgh
753:HMS
731:HMS
725:Promotion
715:Guerriere
711:Guerriere
707:Guerriere
699:exchanged
689:Aftermath
683:Guerriere
671:Guerriere
667:Guerriere
647:Guerriere
636:Guerriere
628:Guerriere
620:Guerriere
591:Guerriere
568:USS
561:Guerriere
556:Belvidera
536:HMS
505:Guerriere
503:HMS
496:Guerriere
454:Bacchante
452:HMS
433:HMS
410:HMS
391:Guerrière
374:Guerrière
349:HMS
341:Impetueux
328:HMS
321:HMS
293:Lowestoft
280:Guerriere
278:HMS
271:USS
227:(brother)
216:Relations
209:Guerriere
188:Edinburgh
186:HMS
179:HMS
174:Guerriere
172:HMS
167:Bacchante
158:HMS
91:, England
89:Hampshire
64:Lowestoft
1394:(2004).
842:See also
618:and HMS
475:Mediator
459:schooner
383:en flûte
351:Boadicea
330:Barfleur
237:(cousin)
222:(father)
154:Commands
116:Service/
1312:Sources
1130:, p. 52
1118:, p. 45
1106:, p. 38
1011:Tracy.
893:Tracy.
832:Fareham
824:Tetbury
780:sailors
770:in the
587:Halifax
544:Shannon
512:Blanche
462:Dauphin
442:Command
425:Cruizer
419:Hercule
412:Theseus
408:aboard
323:Sceptre
268:frigate
232:(uncle)
207:vs HMS
85:Fareham
68:England
1427:
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860:
815:Nimrod
550:Aeolus
538:Africa
480:Samana
427:-class
335:Ferrol
127:
118:branch
106:
1461:1846
733:Tiber
659:'
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181:Tiber
1425:ISBN
1404:ISBN
1349:ISBN
1330:ISBN
1301:2009
1231:ISBN
1212:2016
995:2014
932:2014
787:HMS
764:fort
738:Cork
559:and
510:HMS
417:HMS
415:and
339:HMS
254:and
203:USS
165:HMS
144:Rank
74:Died
58:Born
987:XLI
924:XLI
746:Leo
472:of
448:Elk
435:Elk
160:Elk
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