Biographia Navalis, or Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, from the Year 1660 to the Present Time, Vol. 5: Drawn from the Most Authentic Sources, and Disposed in a Chronological Arrangement; Being the Fi
Excerpt from Biographia Navalis, or Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, From the Year 1660 to the Present Time, Vol. 5: Drawn From the Most Authentic Sources, and Disposed in a Chronological Arrangement; Being the First Volume of the Continuation Bolton, Harry Povtlet, Duke of - was the fecond fan of Harry, the fourth pcrfonage who was inveflcd with that high title. On the 15th of July 1740, he was ro moted from the rank of lieutenant to the command 0 the Port Mahon, of ...
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Excerpt from Biographia Navalis, or Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, From the Year 1660 to the Present Time, Vol. 5: Drawn From the Most Authentic Sources, and Disposed in a Chronological Arrangement; Being the First Volume of the Continuation Bolton, Harry Povtlet, Duke of - was the fecond fan of Harry, the fourth pcrfonage who was inveflcd with that high title. On the 15th of July 1740, he was ro moted from the rank of lieutenant to the command 0 the Port Mahon, of uguns. He was employed tn the month of November enfuing in efcorting the Oporto trade, as he alfo was, in the month of February 1741, in convoyir�g that to Lifbon. From the F olkftone he was foon advane to the Oxford, of fifty guns, a fhip on the Mediterranean fiation. In the month of Augull 1742, we find him fervipg under commodore Martin, with the fquadron fent into aples by admiral Mathews; the caul'e and event of which expedttion have been already related at length After this time he was employed with feveral fmall de tachments, and was prefent afterwards at the aaion off Toulon, but not engaged, the Oxford, with feveral other fifty-gun fhips, belog fiationed as a referve in cafe any of the enemy's fleet fhould be fortunate enough to force their way through the Btitilh line. After the conclufion of that unfortunate encounter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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