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I've found a Colombian newspaper listing of Spanish ships taken by Colombian privateers in 1823-24 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tM0bAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP165#v=onepage&q=el%20aguila&f=false and the 9th ship listed is a brig called Armistad. Is there any possibility of this being the same ...

As specialised bomb vessels had a limited storage capacity they required tenders to carry their munitions and here is a list of 6 such tenders from 1702 and the 5 bombs they supplied. It includes the quantities of munitions that each tender could carry. I assume the relatively small amounts of powde...

Rhode Island in the colonial wars, A list of Rhode Island soldiers & sailors in the old French & Indian war, 1755-1762, by Howard M. Chapin has the following entry: Phenix, Solomon of New York Commander of Privateer Sampson of New York. Recommissioned at Newport in 1759 https://babel.hathitr...

The Manuscripts of the House of Lords vol. 6, 1704 - 1706 has a lot of material on Anglo-Dutch naval operations including a Line of Battle for Rooke's Anglo-Dutch Fleet dated 26th April 1704, which gives the commander, guns and men for each ship. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?num=147&u=1&a...

The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 5 to July 12, 1733 Malta, March 15. The Council of the Order having received Advice, that six Algerine Ships had cast Anchor at Fogeri in the Gulph of Smyrna, to enlist Men; and that the Grand Seignoir had given them two Sultana's, and another Ship loaded with Powder a...

The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 14 to June 21, 1733 Madrid, Feb. 17. Our last Letters from Seville mention the King to be in a fair Way of Recovery; and those from Barcelona relate, that upon Advice that a Corsair of Algiers had taken, almost in Sight of that City, a small Catalan Bark laden with Win...

The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 17 to May 24, 1733 Paris, Feb. 4. Some Letters from Carthagena of the 8 Inst. bring an Account, that two Maltese Men of War, meeting an Algerine Squadron, consisting of the Capitana of Algier and three other Ships, they attack'd them in the Channel, 40 Leagues from Algi...

The Pennsylvania Gazette, December 28 to January 4 1732/3 Geneoa, Sept.26 Yesterday we received Letters, which say, Advice was brought thither, that the French Consul at Algiers and all his Domesticks, were cut to pieces; and that the King's Ships have taken into Custody an Algerine Ship of 24 Guns ...

From 'The Political state of Great Britain. Vol 44 1732' p 146-147 concerning the events of September 1732: It is thought that by the Spaniards having possessed themselves of the Mountains thereabouts, the Barbarian Troops could not get back again to Oran, which was the Occasion of the Town's being ...

It appears that Dove and four other commanding officers were court-martialed after the Battle of Malaga for their actions during the battle and they were all acquitted. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?q1=court%20martial;id=iau.31858033431366;view=image;start=1;sz=10;page=root;size=100;seq=235;nu...