CONCERNING “AN IRISH MAN-OF-WAR.”
Further information is wanted regarding the following incident mentioned in Winthrop’s History of New England: “A ship from the Colonies, carrying fourteen guns * * * on a voyage to the Canaries about the close of the year 1644, fought nearly all day at close quarters, and finally beat off an Irish man-of-war of superior force.” Additional details on this subject would be of great interest.