Centuri Four Polaccas — 6 February 1794

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Ships in coastal water. Not a portrait.

Overview

The 21 January mill stays on Fiorenzo Flour Mill — 21 January 1794. The 8 February Maginaggio landing stays on Maginaggio — National Colours 8 February 1794. Bastia stays on Bastia Landing — 4 April 1794. This note covers the four Centuri polaccas only.¹

The Four Polaccas

Journal A for 6 February 1794 says Nelson landed at Centuri and burned four polaccas loaded with wine for the French ships at Fiorenzo. That is the whole of the 6 February entry. The 8 February Maginaggio figures stay on the Maginaggio page.²

Bastia stays on Bastia Landing — 4 April 1794. This page does not invent a polacca name or a rate.

Sources

• @nicolas1844dispatches
• Fiorenzo Flour Mill — 21 January 1794

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Footnotes

1. Fiorenzo mill only: Fiorenzo Flour Mill — 21 January 1794. Maginaggio colours only: Maginaggio — National Colours 8 February 1794. Bastia 4 April only: Bastia Landing — 4 April 1794. ↩

2. Landed at Centuri; burned four polaccas loaded with wine for the French ships at Fiorenzo. @nicolas1844dispatches vol. 1, p. 350 (1844). Do not invent a polacca name or a rate. ↩