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Joining the service in 1780 aboard H.M.S. Valiant, he was present at Rodney's victory at the Saintes, promoted Lieutenant 1790 and was active until 1801.
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A QUANTITY OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NAVAL DOCUMENTS
including a line-of-battle for the Channel Fleet, circa 1793, by Lt. John Langdale Smith, with watercoloured flags, and a quantity of orders and letters, mostly to Smith
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(a lot)
including a line-of-battle for the Channel Fleet, circa 1793, by Lt. John Langdale Smith, with watercoloured flags, and a quantity of orders and letters, mostly to Smith
See illustration
(a lot)
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