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- ↑ "French Privateer snow 'La Marquise de Cavalaire' (1757)". Threedecks.org. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ↑ Rif Winfield (12 December 2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers ... Pen and Sword. p. 312. ISBN 9781783469253 . Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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