(the 32-pounder carronade and six feet 6-pounder weigh nearly alike), proved rather too much for the small class ; and, in consequence, the carronades of many of the brigs were exchanged for 24s. The brig in the "Sold or taken to pieces" column, was one of the larger description, the Despatch, which, as soon as launched, was transferred to the Russian admiral at Portsmouth.

* The hired vessels numbered about 60. See the last notes of Abstracts Nos. 1 and 2, pp. 400 and 401.

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