248 THE SERVICES OF LIEUT.-COLONEL FRANCIS DOWNMAN, R.A. 
Daphne 20 guns. Strombolo. 
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Thunder . 
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bombs and 
two tenders. 
Vulcano. 
Nautilus 18 „ Sulphur, 
Carcass . 
Four galleys, three armed sloops, one armed schooner. 
The Thunder bomb is missing, supposed to be taken by the 
French, or lost. Nothing could happen more fortunate for them, for 
some time ago they took the Carcass bomb tender, so that they 
now have two sea mortars and everything necessary for them. The 
Ferret, galley, Captain O’Brien, was cast away on the Jersey coast, 
and all the crew made prisoners by the rebels. 
Five of our frigates, two sloops of war, with some transports and 
three galleys were burnt at Rhode Island to prevent their falling into 
the hands of Mons. d’Estaing. We are very fond of burning what we 
should not. 
(To be Continued ). 
