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77:(1818-07-28)
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1400:1818 deaths
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1299:"Ganteaume"
1210:Strathern,
884:Louis XVIII
556:on a boat.
484:Républicain
422:The 74-gun
411:Service on
367:Marlborough
361:and in the
294:Louis XVIII
112:French Navy
1389:Categories
982:References
843:Proserpine
834:Proserpine
803:Cornwallis
792:Villeneuve
732:ended the
728:After the
527:Appointed
507:Villeneuve
282:Villeneuve
88:Allegiance
59:1755-04-13
1338:165892922
1198:Mackesy,
841:in which
830:to chase
788:Missiessy
763:, made a
664:Swiftsure
632:Gibraltar
565:Bonaparte
476:Catalonia
470:In 1795,
352:d'Estaing
316:Indiaman
310:La Ciotat
286:Missiessy
238:d'Estaing
223:La Ciotat
66:La Ciotat
1262:(1866).
821:Pénélope
599:Revanche
575:and the
254:and the
106:Service/
1311:7840944
950:Apollon
945:Apollon
940:Apollon
909:, near
856:in the
827:Pauline
780:Ireland
653:Success
603:tartane
591:Carrère
513:Nemesis
464:Scipion
457:in the
404:Jupiter
375:Suffren
296:at the
242:Suffren
227:Aubagne
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607:Fréjus
601:and a
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585:Muiron
571:, the
558:Orient
554:Orient
545:Orient
503:Smyrna
488:Martin
371:Indies
304:Career
208:Count
108:branch
100:France
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926:Notes
596:aviso
536:Bruix
34:Count
1353:ISBN
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1281:ISBN
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850:gout
832:HMS
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