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After this action Pellew was knighted.
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NYMPHE TAKES CLEOPATRA IN THE FIRST NAVAL ACTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 18 JUNE 1793
The enemy fought us like brave men neither ship firing a shot until we had hailed The two ships were yard arm and yard arm and so close on board, that at last the Nymph's people on the tops actually went from their own yards to those of the Cleopatra and cut the people from their quarters Page 2, col 1 and Middle Col 3, Page 3 -- 25cm total of column space) In a complete issue of THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, 27 June 1793
The enemy fought us like brave men neither ship firing a shot until we had hailed The two ships were yard arm and yard arm and so close on board, that at last the Nymph's people on the tops actually went from their own yards to those of the Cleopatra and cut the people from their quarters Page 2, col 1 and Middle Col 3, Page 3 -- 25cm total of column space) In a complete issue of THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, 27 June 1793
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