A PARTICULAR NARRATIVE OF THE BURNING In the Port of TRIPOLI, Four Men of War, Belonging to those CORSAIRS, By Sir JOHN NARBROUGH, Admiral of His Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean, On the 14th of January, 1675/6. TOGETHER With an Account of his Taking afterwards FIVE BARKS Laden with CORN, And of his farther Action on that Coast. Published by Authority. In the SAVOY, Printed by Tho: Newcomb. 1676. map of Tripoli TRIPOLI IN BARBARY, 1 The English Ships, 2 Entrance into the Port, 3 The Enemy's Guard-Boat 4 English Boats burning the 4 Tripoli Men of War, 5 The Deyas Castle, 6 Baba Mashees Fort, 7 Skinners Fort, 8 The Maribatt Fort, 9 Babaluke Fort, 10 The west Battery, 11 The Sheriff's Castle, 12 Braggots Castle, 13 Marine Gate, 14 Land Gate, 15 The Sheriff's Church, 16 Dargotts Church, 17 Salems' Church, which is a mark to bear into the Port, 18 La bella Gv●arda, 19 The Mandrake Fort, 20 The place of the Marine, 21 The Scale of the marine, 22 a Merchant Man of Tunis, 23 The Rocks enclosing the Port, 24 The Turks, firing from the Shore upon the English Boats, The Port. PART OF THE MEDITTERRANEAN SEA W. Hollar fecit, 1676, A PARTICULAR NARRATIVE Of the Burning in the Port of Tripoli, Four Men of War, belonging to those Corsairs, By Sir John Narbrough, Admiral of His Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean, etc. FRiday, the 14th of January, 1675/6. I being before Tripoli in Barbary, with His Majesty's Ships under my Command, namely these, Harwich, Henrietta, Portsmouth, the Anne, Christopher and Holmes Fireships, and two Merchant Ships, Guiney and Martin, attending on me for Convoy to Scanderoone. I hoped to have made an honourable and lasting Peace; but the Dey, and Government of Tripoli refusing to make restitution for the Injuries done to His Majesty, and His Subjects; I seeing four of the Tripoli Ships of War of considerable force in the Port of Tripoli, preparing to go out to Cruise, I then having the Fireships with me to supply me with Fireworks, I fitted a Fireboat accordingly out of them; Commanding that all the Boats of my Squadron, being 12 in number, should be manned, armed, and fitted with Fireworks: Also I ordered a considerable Officer to be Commander in every Boat, and my Lieutenant Cloudisley Shovell to be Commander in chief of them all, I being resolved, by God's permission, that Night to attack the Enemy's Ships in their Port, gave directions requisite for such a design. About 12 of the Clock in the Night, my Boats resolvedly entered the Port, seized the Guard-Boat, boarded the Ships, fired them, and utterly destroyed them all; some Turks and Moors slain, the rest fled to save themselves. These four Ships lay under the Deys Castle walls, which was all that were in the Port, excepting a Tunis Merchant Ship, which I ordered should not be meddled with, so escaped firing. This Action was performed in less than an hours time, without sustaining the least damage on our part, more than the expense of some Ammunition, Fireworks, and Fireboat, which effectually were bestowed as designed, to the great astonishment of the Turks that endeavoured to impede our design, by plying several great and innumerable small shot at our Boats and Men, which were within Pistol-shot of the Deys own Castle and Palace. Such was the wonderful mercy of Almighty God towards us, That not one Man of ours was killed, wounded, or touched, nor a Boat any ways disabled, but all returned in safety, bringing the Guard-boat, two Moors, and the Turkish Colours of the four Ships in triumph along with them to my Ship. Our Men employed in the Boats in this particular Action, were 157, they all behaving themselves as becometh Englishmen. And for a present Reward of their good Service, I caused the next day 1956 pieces of Eight to be distributed among them, as will appear by the following List. A List of the Persons Names that were in the Boats in this Action; together with the Names of the Ships they belonged unto, and their Number on the Sea-Book against each Man, with an account of the Pieces of Eight, paid every individual Person. Number on the Ships Sea-book. men's Names that went in the Harwich's Pinnace, in the abovesaid Action. Number of pieces of Eight paid to each person. 438 Cloudisly Shovell Lieutenant of the Harwich, Commander in Chief, of all the Boats in the design 80 439 James Grieves Master's Mate, Lieutenants Assistant 32 445 James Major Midshipman 14 492 William Drummond Quartermaster 14 452 Robert Manser Quartermaster 14 444 Thomas Langford Midshipman 14 502 Joseph Follett Able Seaman 12 504 Daniel Bottom Able Seaman 12 503 Francis Paine Able Seaman 12 505 Henry Peirceson Able Seaman 12 506 Edward Charke Able Seaman 12 499 Nathaniel Coolen Able Seaman 12 494 James Tailor Able Seaman 12 500 Thomas Futner Able Seaman 12 493 Robert Church Able Seaman 12 488 John Edward's Able Seaman 12 Harwiches Longboat. 450 Captain Thomas Berry Commander of the Boat 32 495 Henry Glasson Boatswains Assistant 10 496 John Walton Boatswains Mate 10 214 Frechevill Ramsden Gent. Volunteer 10 483 Silvanus Davis Able Seaman 10 196 John Welter's Able Seaman 10 490 John Whiteing Able Seaman 10 498 George Godfrey Able Seaman 10 66 Richard Clement's Able Seaman 10 484 Anthony Bird Able Seaman 10 387 Thomas Marrow Able Seaman 10 429 Robert Smith Able Seaman 10 465 Robert Berry Able Seaman 10 203 Samuel Higgins Able Seaman 10 229 Richard Harvy Able Seaman 10 222 William Mills Able Seaman 10 454 Francis Browne Able Seaman 10 314 Thomas Ladd Able Seaman 10 337 John English Able Seaman 10 436 Thomas Salvin Soldier 10 Number on the Ships Sea-book. Harwich's Yawi made a Fireboat. Number of pieces of Eight paid to each person. 468 Richard Borthwick Master, Commissioner of the Boat 32 451 John Cable Quartermasters 10 507 Thomas Bollard Quartermasters 10 940 William Corny Midshipman. No. in the Henrietta's Sea-book 10 Guiny's Merchant Pinnace, Manned out of the Harwich. 104 Lieutenant Thomas Hobson Commander of the Boat 32 250 Frederick Cornwallis Gent. Volunteer 10 455 Charles Carlisle Able Seaman 10 216 George Gibbs Able Seaman 10 479 John Dickeson Able Seaman 10 352 John Baker Able Seaman 10 403 Thomas Glendall Able Seaman 10 103 Thomas Peckett Able Seaman 10 47 Richard Ball Able Seaman 10 59 John Handbury Able Seaman 10 Anne and Christopher Firesh. Longboat. 207 Lieutenant John Bounty Commander of the Boat 32 210 James Bouzier Gent. 10 200 Morris Haugherne Corporal 10 124 Francis Duke Able Seaman 10 44 William Barton Able Seaman 10 75 Peter Gregory Seaman, No. in the Anne and Christopher Firesh. Sea-book 10 315 Robert Barnett Able Seaman 10 237 Robert Cockerell Able Seaman 10 229 William Staterne Able Seaman 10 354 John Dick Able Seaman 10 317 John Cornelinson Able Seaman 10 71 Christoph. Hilliard Able Seaman 10 369 Beant Miah Able Seaman 10 73 Henry Pepell Able Seaman 10 Martin Merchant. 442 Robert Best Midshipman, Commander of the Boat 32 476 James Odwin Reformado 10 457 Jacob Barber Able Seaman 10 57 Robert Lash Able Seaman 10 482 Thomas Matthews Able Seaman 10 357 Willam Aldgate Able Seaman 10 343 Francis Wetherby Able Seaman 10 360 John White Able Seaman 10 448 Number on the Ships Sea-Book. Henrietta's Pinnace. Number of Pieces of Eight paid unto each Person. 1262 William Rigby, Lieutenant, Commander of the Boat. 40 1286 John Gore, Gent. Volunteer. 10 1268 Joseph Robinson, Coxswain. 10 1301 Robert Earl Able Seaman. 10 1302 Edward Derby Able Seaman. 10 1299 James Headly Able Seaman. 10 1300 Humph. Rand Able Seaman. 10 1303 Stephen Bank Able Seaman. 10 1305 Enoch Fooke Able Seaman. 10 1307 John Watson Able Seaman. 10 1308 James Hill Able Seaman. 10 174 Nehemiah Standen, Midship-man. 10 35 Thomas Durburne, Steward. 10 1306 Matthew Connoway. 10 William Warren. 10 Henrietta's Longboat. 1267 John Porter, Master's Mate, Commander of the Boat. 32 1278 Nicholas Carlton Able Seaman. 10 1313 James Faulkner Able Seaman. 10 194 William Selby Able Seaman. 10 1178 Thomas Kenniday Able Seaman. 10 1251 John Shaw Able Seaman. 10 212 Benjamin Floyd Able Seaman. 10 1161 Robert Forrest Able Seaman. 10 1138 John Thomas Able Seaman. 10 1314 Hugh Dennison Able Seaman. 10 1312 Stephen Garey Able Seaman. 10 1285 Thomas Montague Able Seaman. 10 1279 William Eades Able Seaman. 10 1274 Vincent Webster Able Seaman. 10 1282 Robert Clough Able Seaman. 10 1258 William Wheeden Able Seaman. 10 193 Richard Grimes Able Seaman. 10 429 Henry Hind Able Seaman. 10 424 Henry Parsley Able Seaman. 10 477 John Hiller Number on the Harwich's Sea-Book 10 Number on the Ships Sea-Book. Portsmouth Pinnace. Number of Pieces of Eight paid to each Seaman. 2 Thomas Loyd Lieutenant, Commander of the Boat. 40 235 Captain Lhoistenn Gent. Reformado. 10 228 Captain Mackdaniel Gent. Reformado. 10 205 Thomas Layton, Doctor. 10 11 John Bat, Coxswain. 10 230 Edward Revet Able Seaman. 10 190 Owen Dickeson Able Seaman. 10 141 Samuel Arrowsmith Able Seaman. 10 158 Richard Clevil Able Seaman. 10 37 Christopher Hayes Able Seaman. 10 532 116 Benjamin Lee Able Seaman. 10 217 Joseph Elms Able Seaman. 10 85 Edward Taylor Able Seaman. 10 229 John Stukley Able Seaman. 10 Portsmouth Longboat 84 Alexander Smart Midship-man, Commander of the Boat. 32 206 Thomas Lunsfoord Gent. Reformado. 10 213 Thomas Yeates Doctor. 10 53 William Framingham, Boatswains Yeom. 10 208 William Ford Able Seaman. 10 216 Roger Burges Able Seaman. 10 33 Thomas Fletcher Able Seaman. 10 83 Francis Preddick Able Seaman. 10 64 Christopher Evans Able Seaman. 10 204 Timothy Belton Able Seaman. 10 191 John Huttson Able Seaman. 10 227 Roger Teague Able Seaman. 10 68 John Hodder Able Seaman. 10 109 Walter Willifoord Able Seaman. 10 210 Edward Helland Able Seaman. 10 Anne and Christopher Firesh. Pinnace. 78 Edmund Barret, Master's Mate, Commander of the Boat. 32 65 Robert Jeffrey, Coxswain, 10 29 Jeffrey Norton Able Seaman. 10 66 Francis Perry Able Seaman. 10 52 Edward Wood Able Seaman. 10 32 Richard Harwood Able Seaman. 10 63 Jàmes Paul Able Seaman. 10 77 William Moor Able Seaman. 10 70 John Wheeden Able Seaman. 10 61 Francis Emmerson Able Seaman. 10 Holms Fireship Pinnace. 29 John Penroy Master, Commander of the Boat. 32 35 William Fleet, Master's Mate. 10 23 Thomas Davies, Gunner's Mate. 10 16 John Comfort, Carpenter's Mate. 10 28 John Oliver Boatswain's Mate. 10 39 John Isaac Able Seaman. 10 30 Stephen Chessun Able Seaman. 10 22 John Beck ford Able Seaman. 10 26 Thomas Webber Able Seaman. 10 27 Charles Edward's Able Seaman. 10 42 Edward Fishlock Able Seaman. 10 Sum total 1956 Names of the Tripoli Ships of War that were Burnt, with their Guns. White Crowned Eagle 50 Guns. Looking-Glass 34 Guns. Sancta Chiara 24 Guns. French Petach 20 Guns. Guard-boat brought off with one Pedreroe, and two Moors in her. From on Board His Majesty's Ship Harwich, at Maltha, Febr. 18. 1675/ 6. John Narbrough. The 26th of January, I fired about One hundred shot into the City of Tripoli amongst the Inhabitants; the first and third of February I took and destroyed five Corn-boats, on the Coast, to the Eastward of Tripoli twenty Leagues, and Landed, and Burned a Stack of Wood and Timber, which was for Building their new Ships, and some small Masts and Yards, and some Bags of Bread brought off, and two Guns spiked up, which could not be got off, it beginning to blow, and likely to be bad weather, so I was constrained to leave them, and to repair on Board, and leave the Coast. The 10th instant, the Portsmouth took a Samberkeene in her Ballast, 30 Leagues to the Eastward of Tripoli, she belonging to that Government; the Moors got all on shore, the Samberkeene she brought unto Maltha. John Narbrough. FINIS.