Cadiz, 4 August. On 9 July arrived at Cadiz two American ships of Philadelphia loaded with corn for Cadiz. Their masters reported that the British 44-gun frigate Rocbuck (1) joined by two war barges entered the river to attack the city Philadelphia but were forced to retreat by a large number of provincial vessels while the frigate was grounded but the next night was refloated.
Note
1. J.J. Colledge/Ben Warlow. The ships of the Royal Navy. London, 2006. This must be the 44-gun 5th rate Roebuck launched at the Chatham dockyard on 28 April 1774 and broken up in July 1811 with a displacement of 886 tons builders measurement and as dimensions 140 x 38.
Note
1. J.J. Colledge/Ben Warlow. The ships of the Royal Navy. London, 2006. This must be the 44-gun 5th rate Roebuck launched at the Chatham dockyard on 28 April 1774 and broken up in July 1811 with a displacement of 886 tons builders measurement and as dimensions 140 x 38.