Packets Dover-Flushing 1758-1762
The following packet boats are mentioned in Dutch newspapers in the period 1758-1762:
DISPATCH, captains Thomas Brown, Pellew.
HANNOVER, captains John Norris, Wellard
PRINCE FREDERICK, captain Richardson
COURIER, captains Cannon, Richards
Dover by the way is always named the French way: Douvres
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"This ship was nought to me, nor I to her, Yet I pursued her with a Lover's look" (William Wordsworth, 1770-1850)
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