HMS Jersey (1736)
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HMS Jersey was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment of dimensions at Plymouth Dockyard, and launched on 14 June 1736. She saw
The Jersey Prison Ship as moored at the Wallabout near Long Island, in the year 1782
A 1733 ship plan in the Royal Museums Greenwich
An illustration of Jersey during her time as a prison ship.
Battle of Lagos
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The Battle of Lagos took place between a British fleet commanded by Edward Boscawen and a French fleet under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran over two days in 1759 during the Seven Years' War. They fou
HMS Jersey (1736)
…water an hour occasioned by two shots in the counter, under the water line. Jersey next saw action in the Seven Years' War and also took part in the Battle of Lagos under Admiral Edward Boscawen on 18–19 August 1759. In March 1771, the aging Jersey was converted into a hospital ship. In the winter of 1779, she was…
The battle off Lagos, August 18, 1759 Richard Paton, 1760
The Battle of Lagos by Thomas Luny
The British flagship, HMS Namur
The French ship of the line Redoutable