^Crawford, pp129, quoting a letter from Alexander Cochrane to
George Cockburn dated 1 July 1814: 'I send you HMS Asia & Aetna Bomb with the 3 Troop Ships named in the margin (
HMS Regulus,
HMS Melpomene and
HMS Brune) having on board the 3rd Battalion of Marines [and its Artillery Company] '
^Crawford, pp146-7, quoting the postscript of a letter from Joshua Barney dated 13 July 1814, mentions that HMS Asia and 'two frigates (
en flûte) with several small vessels have passed by point look out'
^Crawford (ed), p152, quoting a Letter from George Cockburn to
Robert Barrie
^Crawford (ed), p273, quoting a Letter from Cockburn to Ross dated 12 September 1814
^Colledge, JJ (2003). Ships of the Royal Navy : the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev.. ed.). Greenhill. p. 37.
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References
Crawford, Michael J. (Ed) (2002). The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, Vol. 3. Washington: United States Department of Defense.
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Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press.
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