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Capt. Ball

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  • - Michael Robinson on Sun 7 Jun 2009, 07:47am. Flag this

    Per L&M Companion:

    Naphthali and Andrew Ball both commanded fireships in the action referred to at vii.228. [ http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1666/06/06/ ]. Pepys gives the name clearly in longhand, as ‘Bell,’ but there was no Naval officer of that name at that time. Coventry thought Napthali ‘stout and ingenious.’

  • - JWB on Sun 7 Jun 2009, 12:13pm. Flag this

    Suggest Naphthali was fireship Capt. Andrew Ball’s nickname.

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