Ann. Naval Expeditions, &c. of the English,

Book V'

C H A P. VI.

Naval Expeditions and Transactions of the English, with other Occurrences,during the former Part of the Tear, 1704. particularly, Sir George Rookedcarrying the Arch-Duke of Austria, to Lisbon, and the Taking of Gibraltar.

1704. ¥ OBSERVED, in the foregoing

Annals of I Chapter, that Charles, Arch-DukeL Ann. A of Austria, second Son to His Im-Life of A- p e riat Majesty, (now Emperour of

Burnet. . Germany) had been proclaimed King ofBurchett. Spain, at Vienna ; And that the KingCompleat p or t U gal was entered into the Grandrope. U " Alliance. , The new King of Spain,Columna soon aftfer this Declaration, took HisRoslrata Journy towards Holland, in Order toDe Larrey, embark, with His Ministers and Reti-Hift- de Fr. nue, on Board a Fleet of English andDutch Men of War, which were ap-pointed to convoy him to Lisbon, whereste was expected with great Impatience,by his new Ally, in Order to act, inConjunction with him, against theircommon Enemy, the Duke d’Anjou.

Sir George Rooke was appointed, byHer Majesty, to convoy the YoungKing to Lisbon, to which End, he setSail, with a small Squadron for Holland,

and arrived in the Maefe, the sixteenth xyoA'of Ottober, of the foregoing Year.

The Troops being embarked, the Goes, todVBeginning of November, and the Kingof Spain on Board, the Admiral failed ;

But the Wind being contrary, and blow-ing hard, His Majesty thought fit to goon Shoar, the eleventh, and went, witha small Part of his, Retinue, to theHague. While He was on Shoar, hap-pened the great Storm of Wind, ofwhich I have given an Account in theforegoing Chapter, . and which verymuch retarded His Majesty’s Voyage,by the Damage some of our Ships su-stained. ( a ) . .j

When every Thing was in a Readi- 'fy’gjnffness,, their Sailing was, for some Time, Spainprevented, by Fogs and Calms; But, at gland-Length, the Admiral got out, and join-ed Rear-Admiral Vanderdujsen, withfive Dutch Ships of War, having four

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6 . The Mary, a Fourth-Rate, Rear-AdmiralBeaumont, Captain Edward Hopfon, on the Good-win-Sands ; The Captain and Purler on Shoar,one Man saved, the Rest, with the Rear-Admi-ral, drbwned, being two Hundred and fixty-nine.

7. The Mortar- Bomb, a Fifth-Rate, CaptainRaymond, on the Goodwin-Sands; All her Com-pany lost, being sixty-five.

8. The Eagle-A dvice-Boat, a Sixth-Rate, Cap-tain Bostock , lost on the Coast of Sussex ; All herCompany, being five and forty, saved.

9. The Resolution , a Third-Rate, Captain Lifeon the Coast of - Sufj,ex ■ All her Company,being two Hundred, and one and twenty, saved.

10. The Litchfeld-Vrize, a Fifth-Rate, Cap-tain Chamberlain , on the Coast of Sussex-, Allher Company, being one Hundred and eight, sav-ed ; And she was afterwards got off again.

ir. The Newcastle, a Fourth-Rate, CaptainCarter , lost at Spithead ; The Carpenter andnine and thirty Men saved ; And the Rest beingone Hundred, and ninety-three, drowned.

12. The Fe/awM-Fire-fhip, a Fifth-Rate, Cap-tain Paddon, at Spithead All her Company, beingone Hundred, and thirty eight, saved ; And shewas got off again.

13. The Arundel , a Fifth-Rate ; All the Men,being one Hundred, and Fifteen, saved-

Total of the Seamen lost, One Thousand, fiveHundred, and nineteen.

The Association, Rujfel, Revenge, and Dor-setshire, were drove from their Anchors at theGunsteet, and, after having surmounted incredibleDangers, were almost miraculously saved. In theDowns, the Nassau cut away her Main-mast ; TheGuardland and Dunwich all their Masts ; And thePostiiion-Prize her Main- and Mizzen-Mast. AtSpithead, the Firebrand-Firs-ihip lost her Main-

Mast, the yq^mVr-Hofpital-Ship, her Rudder ;

And the Burlington all her Masts. At Tarmouth,the Lynn and Margate were obliged to cut awaytheir Masts.

On this Occasion, the House of Commons unani-mously resolved; “ That an Address be prefent-“ ed Her Majesty, expressing ( among other“ Things) that they could not lee any Diminu-‘ ‘ tion of Her Majesty's Navy, without rqaking" Provision to repair the fame: Wherefore they" besought Her Majesty, that She would imme-“ diately give Direction for Repairing this Loss,

" and for Building such Capital Ships as Her" Majesty should think fit. And to assure Her“ Majesty, that, at the next Meeting, the House" would effectually make good thatExpence, and“ would consider of effectual Means for promo-“ ting Trade, for manning Her Majesty’s Navy-“ Royal, and for encouraging the Seamen. That,

“ in the mean Time, Her Majesty would graci-" onsty think, of some Provision for the Families“ of those Seamen, who had been lost out of Her" Majesty’s Ships in the Storm, 'till the House" could provide for the fame.

(a) The Vigo, a Fourth-Rate, was driven a- B« rC ^ eshoar, upon the West Pier-Head of Helvoetstuys iBut all the Men saved. The Rochester, a Fourth-Rate, lost her Main- and Fore-top-Mast, and nar-rowly escaped being op Shoar. Many of theTransport-Ships were on the Ground; But theWloliuich, Swallow, Tyger , and Greenwich hadthe good Luck to fide it out. Some of themdrove on Board the Newport, a small Frigat, and,carrying away her Boltfprit, she was forced to cutall her Masts away, but was brought safe intothe Pier; And the Swan was forced on Shoar -But afterwards got off again.