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  4. Officer of the naval army of France [Author]

    Letter from an officer of the naval army of France to the Hon. Admiral Keppel : dated on board a French Squadron off Ushant, 9th of August, 1778. With an engraved plan of the principal Evolutions of the Fleets, in the Engagement off Ushant. Translated from the original, printed at Brest. With some notes

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    London, 1778 ; Online-Ausg., Farmington Hills, Mich: Cengage Gale, 2009

  5. Great Britain Royal Navy

    British Navy : On the 1st of June, 1794, One Hundred and Forty Leagues from Ushant, Lord Howe captured the Six following French Ships of the Line: Guns La Juste . . . . 80 Sans Pareitle . . 80 Guns. L'america . . . 74 L'achille . . . . 74 Guns. Northumberland . 74 L'impetuex . . . 74 Vengeur . . . . 74 sunk immediately upon being taken possession of. L'jacobin . . . 74 sunk in Action. Not a Man saved. On the fourth oe [sic] June, 1794, Port-au-Prince, in the Island of St. Domingo, was taken by Brigadier-General Whyte, Sent by Sir Charles Grey, (who died the 31st: May.) There were found in the Harbour, 22 Vessels of various Burthen, amounting in the whole to 6,820 Tons, laden chiefly with Sugar and Coffee, and some few with Cotton and Indigo. Sixteen other Vessels in ballast, to the Amount of 5,340 Tons; and Seven old Vessels carreering in the Harbour, making 2,440 Tons more. - Total, 45 Vessels-14,600 Tons. By this glorious Acquisition, The whole Island of St. Domingo, lately belonging to France, is now possessed by the British Forces. - Also every Island in the West Indies, that belonged to the French

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    [London?]: s.n, [1794] ; Online-Ausg., Farmington Hills, Mich: Cengage Gale, 2009

  6. Diston, John [Author]

    The seaman's guide : chiefly the experience of the author: The other Parts taken from the latest and best Surveys of the English, French, Dutch, and Danes. The courses by the compass, and distances from place to place round England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Islands adjacent; along the Coast of France, Flanders, Holland, Jutland, and Norway; from the Island of Ushant in France, to North Bergen in Norway; through the Cadigat, Sound, and up the Baltic, to Cronstadt: Across the seas from Great Britain to the Ports and Places in Ireland, France, Flanders, Holland, Jutland, and Norway; with the Variation laid down as observed at this Time. Also the Distances in Miles from London to the principal Ports in Great Britain, Ireland, the East Part of France, Flanders, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and throughout the Baltic. By John Diston, Pilot from the Trinity-House. Some very useful additions will be found in this book, besides many unaccountable errors corrected from the former editions, which the Publisher flatters himself will meet with the hearty Approbation of every Seafaring Man

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    [Liverpool]: Printed for the author John Diston; and sold by him in Liverpool: and at Mr Norton's Watch-Maker No 36 in Crooked-Lane, opposite the Monument, London, [1785?] ; Online-Ausg., Farmington Hills, Mich: Cengage Gale, 2009