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9r (SM volume 39)

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9r (SM volume 39)

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(pencil) 4th Division / Arethusa - 32 / Prosperine - 28 / Milford - 28 / Fox - 28 / Andromeda - 28 / Lively - 24 / Pluto & Vulcan fire ships & / Alert sloopThis is a list of the ships that sailed from Spithead on 9 July 1778. Their departure marked the start of hostilities with the French who, on 6 February 1778, had signed a secret alliance with the Americans in their War of Independence from Britain. 'The Bienfaisant was a 3rd rate ship of 64 guns captured from the French at Louisberg in 1758 and broken up in 1814. The Foudroyant was captured from the French in 1758 by the Monmouth and the Swiftsure and broken up in 1787' (letter, Liza Verity, National Maritime Museum, 30 June 2004). P. du Prey adds (note, October 2006) 'cf Morning Post no.1789, Monday 13 July 1778'.(pencil) detail of elevation of upper storey of the Colosseum; profile of (?) the crowning entablature of the Colosseum; elevation of an unrelated 'Corinthian' capital without volutes, perhaps a design

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