HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.
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great advauntage by reason of the calme weather: twise eche part assaultedother with ordinaunce, but sodainly the winde rose so great, that the galiescoulde not endure the rage of the seas, and the Englishmen were compelled toenter the main seas for fear of the flattes, and so sailed unto Portsmouth.”
This termination of the naval campaign, together with the causes whichimmediately produced it, are so perfectly analogous to what, under similar cir-cumstances, would be the practice at the present day, that any farther account orelucidation becomes unnecessary, except it is for the purpose of observing, thatvery soon after the return of the fleet into port, a very singular accident tookplace, which very strongly marks and proves that kind of serious defect, whichrarely fails to attend all sciences whatever in their infancy.
“ After die departyng,” says Grafton, “ of the Englishe navy from New-haven, the admirall of Fraunce, called the lorde Danibalt, a man of greatexperience, halsed up his sayles, and with his whole navie came to the poynt ofthe Isle of Wight, called Saint Helene’s poynt, and there, in good order, casttheir ankers, and sent xvi of his galies daily to the very haven of Portesmouth.The English navie liyng in the haven made them prest and set out towardsthem, and stil the one shot at the other. But one day above al other, the whole
In Scotland.
Torn.
Sold.
Brass Pie.
Iron Pie.
The Mary Hamborow
—
-
400
246
5
67
The Phoenix
-
-
40
50
4
33
The Saker -
40
50
2
18
The Doble Roose
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20
43
3
6
Total Number of Ships, &c. - 53 Soldiers - 1885
Tons - - 6255- Marryners - 5136
Gonners - 759
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The number of guns stated to have been mounted on board the vessels in the foregoing list, requires,however, some explanation. A great many of them were either falconets, serpentines, rabinets, orpieces, of still inferior size ; the largest of which carried a ball of only one pound and a half weight,and in the present day would be called nothing more than swivels. The Henry, which, according tothe report, might at first glance be supposed to have carried 122 pieces of cannon, had not more than3-1, which, according to the modern acceptation of the term, could be properly called so.
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