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water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman
water transport: cargo vessel: merchantman
water transport: fighting vessel: 2 decker
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: brig (English) ?
water transport: fighting vessel: privateer
water transport: fighting vessel: ship (American vessels: captured) ?
water transport: unknown function: ship
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circle of Francis Holman
Holman, Francis
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American War of Independence, 1775-1783
Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1780
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Fly (1776)
Nicholas and Jane (1765)
Royal Saint George 1777
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The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
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Barrington, Samuel
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The ship 'Nicholas and Jane' in a calm sea (Painting)
An English brig with captured American vessels (Painting)
The East Indiaman 'Duke of Portland' (Painting)
The Indiaman Withywood (Painting)
The Indiaman 'Royal George' in three positions in the Downs, 1779 (Painting)
Launch of the 'Venerable', 74 guns, at Blackwall, 19 April 1784 (Painting)
A Small Shipyard on the Thames (Painting)
A two-decker and other vessels off Dover (Painting)
Blackwall Yard from the Thames (Painting)
The Moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 (Painting)
The cutter 'Fly' and other vessels (Painting)
Ships off Dover (Painting)
A merchant ship, ca.1762 (Painting)
Barrington's action at St Lucia, 15 December 1778 (Painting)
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