Footnote 142:[ (return) ]
Charnock, however, says that in 1762, immediately after receiving his post-commission, he commanded in succession the Hind, 20, and the Wager, 20. Moreover, before his appointment to the expedition of 1781, he had been Commodore on the Lisbon Station. But he had spent comparatively little time at sea as a captain.—W.L.C.
Footnote 143:[ (return) ]
Footnote 144:[ (return) ]
One being the captured British Hannibal, 50, which was commissioned by Captain Morard de Galles, retaining the English form of the name, Hannibal, to distinguish her from the Annibal, 74, already in the squadron.
Footnote 145:[ (return) ]
In the plan, Positions II and III, the second position is indicated by ships with broken outlines. These show the two lines of battle in the engagement until the wind shifted to south-south-east. The results of the shift constituted a third position, consecutive with the second, and is indicated by ships in full outline.
Footnote 146:[ (return) ]
Previously the British East Indiaman, Elizabeth.
Footnote 147:[ (return) ]
Forty-five degrees.
GLOSSARY
OF NAUTICAL AND NAVAL TERMS USED IN THE TEXT
(This glossary is intended to cover only the technical expressions actually used in the book itself.)