Crescent

Posted by Jon Miller on Friday 19th of June 2026 18:24

Plymouth, 26 September 1780: Since my last arrived the Talbot, an American privateer, mounting ten guns, and had 32 men; she was laden with tobacco from Maryland, for France, and was taken the 22d instant, by his Majesty’s ships Crescent and Cerberus; she had taken on the 9th of August last, and English vessel called the St Bees, from Lisbon, bound to New-York, and sent her for Boston, after taking out some of her wine, which is now on board. [Exeter Flying Post, 29 September 1780]

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 17th of June 2026 05:41

The following is an accurate state of our present naval strength at Plymouth, including those ships under repair, together with the names of those new building, and ordered to be built:- On commission, the Ulysses, of 44, Crescent of 32, and Apollo, of 32 guns; under repair, the Hero and Kent of 74 guns each; building, the Royal Sovereign of 100, Glory of 90, Anson of 64, Medusa of 50, and Narcissus of 20 guns; ordered to be built, the Caesar of 74 guns. The under-named ships are in Plymouth Sound, with orders to be ready for sailing at a moment’s warning, and are supposed to be intended to proceed with, or immediately follow Adm Rodney to Gibraltar, viz the Invincible, of 74, the Marlborough, of 74, the Hector, Biensaisant , and Resolution of 64 guns each; .Exclusive of the above named are, the Formidable of 84, and the Queen of 98, guns, both ordered by an express from the Admiralty to to be sheathed with coppered immediately. [Exeter Flying Post, 7 January 1780]