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by AvM
Tue May 29, 2018 5:39 pm
Forum: Ships
Topic: Renaming of the USS Philadelphia
Replies: 6
Views: 8250

Re: Renaming of the USS Philadelphia

I have anywhere some notes on it, but could not find them at the moment 1) A "dangerous" name was cited, have to look for it 2) A name " A gift of Allah" was also used. Arab states very oft used for dift or captuired ships names as "Portuguese", "American",&qu...
by AvM
Mon May 28, 2018 1:57 pm
Forum: Naval Officers and Crew
Topic: U.S. Navy Annual Reports
Replies: 3
Views: 6579

Re: U.S. Navy Annual Reports

Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the expenditure and application of the moneys drawn from the Treasury on account of the Navy, from first of October, 1816, to thirtieth of September, 1817; and of the unexpended balances of former appropriations remaining in the Trea...
by AvM
Mon May 28, 2018 1:56 pm
Forum: Naval Officers and Crew
Topic: U.S. Navy Annual Reports
Replies: 3
Views: 6579

Re: U.S. Navy Annual Reports

Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Navy, during the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth September, 1819. February 4, 1820. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Date February 4, 1820 Session 16th Con...
by AvM
Sat May 26, 2018 5:45 pm
Forum: Ships
Topic: 74 gun ship for Mexico in 1825
Replies: 3
Views: 5307

Re: 74 gun ship for Mexico in 1825

I am very busy with other projects, so as the original text will translate later.

There are some mentions about sale to Mexico in other documents, but it need time.
by AvM
Sat May 26, 2018 1:23 pm
Forum: Ships
Topic: 74 gun ship for Mexico in 1825
Replies: 3
Views: 5307

Re: 74 gun ship for Mexico in 1825

https://www.todoababor.es/datos_docum/nav_mexico.htm Translated from Spanish by Google translator  Some light on this issue is thrown HSu, because even the brief analysis of this work that can be done by almost unknown Swedish language allows to point out that three warships of that Nordic Navy were...
by AvM
Mon May 21, 2018 2:08 pm
Forum: Ships
Topic: 74 gun ship for Mexico in 1825
Replies: 3
Views: 5307

74 gun ship for Mexico in 1825

Globe - Wednesday 30 November 1825 AMERICAN PAEPRS. [From the Washington Paper.] An Antigua papesr gives the following from private letter from of the 3d Sept. An expeditionla to sail against Cube the 15th inst. from Carthtgena. The Mexican , 64 guns, two frigutes, three brigs, and 32 schooners, and...
by AvM
Sun May 20, 2018 6:11 pm
Forum: Ships
Topic: British sailing ships for Greece 1825?
Replies: 4
Views: 6110

Re: British ships for Greece 1825?

We have already discussed KARTERIA here!

I am interesting if the sailing ships mentioned in the article were really prepared for Greece?
by AvM
Sun May 20, 2018 6:23 am
Forum: Ships
Topic: British sailing ships for Greece 1825?
Replies: 4
Views: 6110

British sailing ships for Greece 1825?

York Herald - Saturday 15 October 1825 Previously to the issuing of the Proclamation, regarding Englishmen rendering assistance to the Greeks, several fine vessels were lying off Gravesend, well known to be fining out for the purpose of em- baking in the Greek contest. They were there up- wards of t...
by AvM
Tue May 15, 2018 6:45 pm
Forum: Ships
Topic: Lloyd’s Registers Data
Replies: 0
Views: 6692

Lloyd’s Registers Data

Tracing ols Registers was very difficult,
now many data are available

http://duanaire.ie/lloydsregister/search/index.php

This is a database of information from editions of Lloyd’s Registers for 1776, 1779, 1784, 1790 and for every fifth year thereafter until 1860. T
by AvM
Sun May 13, 2018 2:37 pm
Forum: Ships
Topic: Spanish ship SANTISSIMA TRINIDAD
Replies: 1
Views: 3817

Spanish ship SANTISSIMA TRINIDAD

Perhaps somebody knows , when was the Spanish merchant ship SANTISSIMA TRINIDAD captured.
She was then registered at London #426 on 25 Dec 1801 216 64/94 master John Ley
as NEPTUNUE, formerly #21/1801 of Liverpool