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Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782

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Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782

Commander in Chief

Ships in the Fleet
Victory	100	Henry Duncan	Flagship
Britannia	100	James Bradby
Atlas	98	George Vandeput
Blenheim	90	Adam Duncan
Ocean	90	Richard Boger
Princess Royal	90	Jonathon Faulknor
Queen	90
Union	90	John Dalrymple
Royal William	84	John Carter Allen
Cambridge	80
Foudroyant	80
Princess Amelia	80
Alexander	74
Bellona	74
Courageux	74
Dublin	74
Edgar	74
Egmont	74	James Furguson
Fortitude	74
Ganges	74	Charles Fielding
Goliath	74
Suffolk	74
Vengeance	74
Berwick	70
Asia	64
Bienfaisant	64
Crown	64
Polyphemus	64
Raisonnable	64
Ruby	64
Sampson	64
Vigilant	64
Panther	60
Bristol	50
Buffalo	50	John Holloway
Latona	38
Proserpine	28
Termagent	26

Events and Movements
1782/09/27	The Bristol with the East India, and Proserpine with the West India convoys, parted company on their destined voyages, without losing a ship of their convoy	B125
1782/10/02	The Termagant, with all the Oporto convoy, parted from the fleet off Cape Finisterre	B125
1782/10/05	Made the land to northward of Lisbon	B125
1782/10/11	In the morning saw the entrance of the Gut of Gibraltar; the same evening passed through; the Panther and Buffalo had orders to lead the transports into the bay, but by mismanagement on the part of the transports they all drove past the Rock except four sail.	B125
1782/10/13	Sunday. The enemy's fleet came out of the bay and stood over towards their own shore. In the evening we passed them very close and stood to the southward. The Buffalo was ordered to proceed to the Zaffarine Islands with the transports that were now with us, about twenty sail, and return to Gibraltar the first easterly wind; she parted from us in the night, but half the convoy remained with the fleet; the wind came to the southward and eastward, and we ran down to Tetuan Bay with intention to anchor there to shift the troops and send a supply of powder to the garrison from the ships. We stood close in and found that there could not be anchorage for so large a number of ships	B125

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