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Neptune, Newark, Norfolk, Russel, Shrewsbury, Somerset, Terrible, and Ton-bay, of 600 men, and 80 guns, each ; the Bedford, Berwick, Buckingham,Burford, Devonshire, Lancaster, Edinburgh, Elizabeth, Essex, Fougeux, Prince-Frederick, Glorioso, Grafton, Ipswich, Kent, Lenox, Monmouth, Nassau, Prin-ccssa. Royal-Oak, Revenge, Stirling-Castle, Suffolk, and Trident, of 4-80 men,and 70 guns each ; the Cumberland of 66 guns; the Captain, Ilampton-Court,Intrepid, Mars, and the Yarmouth *, of 64- guns.

The fourth rates consisting of the Anson, Saint Alban’s, Augusta, Canterbury,Defiance, Deptford, Dragon, Dreadnought, Dunkirk, Eagle, Exeter, Jersey,Kingston, Princess-Louisa, Lion, Princess-Mary, Medway, Montagu, Nottingham,Prince of Orange, Pembroke, Plymouth, Rippon, Rupert, Stafford, Sunderland,Superb, Tilbury, Tiger, Warwick, Windsor, Worcester, and York, of 400 men,and 60 guns each, with the Vigilant of 58, completed the list of those whichwere properly to be reckoned of the line at that day; but all under 64 gunshave, by a later regulation, been omitted.

Exclusive of these, there were, in the same class of ships, although not put intothe line of battle, except on very extraordinary occasions, the Advice, Antelope,Argyle, Assisstance, Bristol, Centurion, Chatham, Chester, Colchester, Falmouth,Falkland, Gloucester, Guernsey, Hampshire, Harwich, Isis, Leopard, Litchfield,Newcastle, Nonsuch, Norwich, Oxford, Panther, Penzance, Portland, Preston, Port-land’s prize, LeRubis, Salisbury, Severn, Sutherland, Tavistock, Winchester, Wool-

Years. Ships.

1 745 Mercury — -

1745 Wolf

1745 Fame - -

1745 Sapphiie’s prize -

1746 Saltash - -

1712 Duke — -

1745 Hazard - -

1745 Mediator —

1741 Tryal - -

1744 Mercury fire-ship -

1744 Thunder bomb-ketch —

1745 Blast bomb-ketch -

1746 Louisburg fire-ship —

1746 Lightning bomb ketch1744 Lark Hulk -

* This la L«rship was afterwards

Guns.

14 Taken.

14 Taken. — Retaken.

14 Foundered.

14 Lost.

14 Lose

12 Burnt at St. Tropes.

— 12 Taken by the Rebels— Retaken.10 Sunk.

9 Sunk in the South Seas.

— 8 Lost.

— 8 Lost.

8 Taken by the French.

8 Ditto, ditto.

— 8 Lost.

Wrecked at Jamaica,with the superior class of 70 guns.

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