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934:Dartmouth
914:Corcubión
908:lost her
860:When the
738:broken up
718:Dartmouth
714:John Byng
702:Dartmouth
696:privateer
679:, Spain.
677:Corcubión
663:from the
437:Brunswick
417:La Guaira
370:Fort Mosé
304:captured,
168:Aftermath
109:Dartmouth
1153:See also
1147:Glorioso
1137:and the
1126:—
1115:Glorioso
1108:Glorioso
1083:Glorioso
1071:Glorioso
1058:Glorioso
1039:Glorioso
1033:s first
1028:Glorioso
1024:mainmast
1020:Glorioso
1016:flagship
974:Glorioso
972:damaged
946:Glorioso
910:bowsprit
906:Glorioso
894:Shoreham
879:Glorioso
875:Glorioso
851:Glorioso
847:Glorioso
843:Glorioso
833:and the
823:Glorioso
808:Glorioso
800:Glorioso
796:windward
767:Glorioso
726:Glorioso
688:Glorioso
665:Americas
657:Glorioso
653:frigates
645:Glorioso
629:Glorioso
592:campaign
590:Glorioso
574:Anguilla
487:campaign
485:Glorioso
359:Americas
302:Glorioso
280:Glorioso
263:frigates
250:Strength
156:Portugal
143:Galician
138:Portugal
128:Location
105:Glorioso
83:Glorioso
1088:Russell
1079:Russell
1047:Russell
950:Russell
855:Warwick
839:Warwick
835:rigging
784:Warwick
756:Battles
722:Russell
709:Russell
649:British
640:70-gun
638:Spanish
579:Lorient
400:Georgia
273:70-gun
225:†
145:coast,
1404:
1382:
1272:
1143:London
1037:. The
966:Ferrol
902:Oxford
898:Falcon
889:Oxford
853:. HMS
837:. HMS
804:squall
779:Azores
771:Havana
734:Lisbon
669:Azores
564:Toulon
448:Europe
442:Havana
427:Matina
395:Panama
190:
163:Result
1123:then?
1035:salvo
1031:'
981:Cadiz
977:'
970:winds
684:Cadiz
269:brigs
206:Spain
147:Spain
1402:ISBN
1380:ISBN
1270:ISBN
1005:Duke
1003:and
944:The
928:The
887:HMS
831:hull
819:Lark
789:Lark
707:HMS
705:and
700:HMS
671:and
625:The
166:See
120:Date
728:to
1432::
1239:^
1223:^
1202:^
1190:^
1172:^
1094:.
1014:,
999:,
995:,
267:2
265:,
261:7
255:4
154:,
136:,
1408:.
1386:.
549::
536:e
529:t
522:v
337:e
330:t
323:v
259:,
62:)
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