1) Account 2) An official report 3) Communique 4) Dispatch 5) Killing a person or animal 6) News report 7) Report 8) Story 9) Write up Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/despatch
[brig] The Despatch was a brig noted for having shipwrecked near Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, and for the subsequent heroic rescue of many of its passengers and crew. The Despatch was partly owned by William Lancaster of Workington, England. On May 29, 1828 she set sail from Derry, Ireland en route to Quebec with eleven crew and 200 passen... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despatch_(brig)
HMS Despatch was a British D Class cruiser of 4850 tons displacement launched in 1919 that saw action during the Second World War. HMS Despatch was armed with six 6-inch 50 calibre guns; three 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; four 3-pounder guns; 12 smaller guns twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in four triple deck mountings. HMS Despatch was powered... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RD.HTM