Note 260. Loffes by Death, &c. in the Spanish Ships,

Note 261. Lift of the Fleet under the command of ViceAdmiral Darby in Torbay, with which he went to fea, September 14th, 1781.

Luke Ryan was Captain of a French privateer, whofe owners named the fhip the Calonne, in compliment to the minifter of Louis XVI. who was fuppofed to have a fhare of the veffel. When Ryan was condemned to be hanged as a traitor, the terms of peace were nearly adjusted between this country and France; and M. Calonne prevailed on the Queen of France to defire the French Plenipotentiary to request, in her name, a pardon for Luke Ryan, which requeft his Britannic Majefty was pleafed to grant.

Note

Noote 163. Lift of the Squadron under the command of ViceAdmiral Hyde Parker, in the battle near the Dogger Bank,

Joined the fquadron a fhort time before the action.
+ Joined with the trade from the Baltic.

Note 264. Lift of the Dutch Fleet, which engaged the Bri tish near the Dogger Bank.

Note 265. Return of the Killed and Wounded in the action of the 5th of August.

Fortitude.-Lieuts. Waghorn, Harrington, (died of his wounds) and Hinckley; the boatfwain and pilot, wounded.

Princess Amelia.-Capt. Macartney and the gunner,

Lieutenants Hill, Smith, and Legget, wounded.

killed;

Berwick.-Lieutenants Skipfey and Maxwell; Capt. Campbell and Lieutenant Stewart of the Marines, and fix midshipmen, wounded. The pilot and two midshipmen, killed.

Bienfaifant.-Gunner, wounded.

Buffaloe.-First Lieutenant Randall, (fince dead) and boatswain,

wounded.

Prefton.-Captain Græme (loft his right arm) and 3d Lieutenant Hotchkys, wounded.

Dolphin.-Lieutenant Dalby killed; boatfwain wounded.

Principal damages received by the British ships.

The Fortitude had 10 shots between wind and water, masts, &c. badly wounded, moft of running rigging fhot away, and feven guns rendered unferviceable.

The Princess Amelia's main and mizen mafts and bowsprit rendered unferviceable, and her hull much damaged.

were

The Berwick had 14 fhot between wind and water; the mizen top-maft and top-gallant-maft, and mizen top-fail-yard, were fhot away; all her other mafts and yards greatly damaged, feveral ports

beat

into one, ten guns, difmounted, and fix streaks of the poop-deck fhot away, &c. &c.

Bienfaifant. Several fhot through and through, main top-mast, main top-gallant maft, and ditto ftudding fail booms fhot away, and the hull much damaged.

The Buffalo, much damaged in her mafts and yards, had 39 fhot through and through her, and her ftern gallery beat to pieces. The Preston had five shot between wind and water, 34 balls of 42 lb. weight were found in one of her fides, and 14 fhot went quite through her.

The Dolphin, main and top-mafts much damaged, and all the rigging hot away, fo that they were expected to go overboard every

minute.

Note 266. Lofs fuftained by the Dutch in the action at the

Dogger Bank.

Note 267, French Fleet at Cadiz, under Comte de Guichen.

(See Note 268.)

Note 268. List of the Fleet that failed from Spithead, Dec. 2d, under the command of Rear-Admiral Kempenfelt.