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    HMS Arrogant was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built of Suffolk oak by John Barnard and launched on 22 January 1761 at King's...
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  • foundered in 1709; there were no survivors. HMS Arrogant (1761) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1761. She was used as a receiving ship, sheer hulk...
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    HMS Cornwall was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 May 1761 at Deptford. The ship was named in honour of James Cornewall...
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    The Arrogant-class ships of the line were a class of twelve 74-gun third rate ships designed by Sir Thomas Slade for the Royal Navy. The Arrogant-class...
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    HMS Bellona was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade, she was a prototype for the iconic...
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    1747. HMS Gibraltar 1754 – broken up 1773 HMS Biddeford 1756 – wrecked 1761 HMS Flamborough 1756 – sold 1772 HMS Aldborough 1756 – broken up 1772 HMS Kennington...
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    slightly amended dimensions, being approved on 13 January 1761. Dockyard-built ships: HMS Ramillies Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 1 December 1759...
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    Barrington) HMS Achilles. He passed his examination for lieutenant in 1760 and was commissioned as the fifth lieutenant of HMS Arrogant on 16 January 1761, serving...
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  • King's Yard in Harwich in 1760 HMS Arrogant a 74-gun ship of the line launched at King's Yard in Harwich in 1761 HMS Terrible a 74-gun ship of the line...
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    February 1760, becoming HMS Blonde. Brune, (launched 7 September 1755 at Le Havre) – captured by British Navy 30 January 1761, becoming HMS Brune. Aigrette,...
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    ( United Netherlands Navy): The ship was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Arrogant and HMS Orpheus. Duke of Kent ( Great Britain): The ship was captured on...
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    Plymouth Dock. Thornbrough joined his father at sea in 1761, as captain's servant on HMS Arrogant, and spent two years in the Mediterranean becoming used...
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  • launched on 4 September 1762 at King's Yard in Harwich, as a sister ship to HMS Arrogant. In the English Channel, on 15 April, 1777, under Captain Richard Bickerton...
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    (1764) – broken up 1850 Arrogant class (Slade) – modified Bellona class Arrogant 74 (1761) – broken up 1810 Cornwall 74 (1761) – scuttled/burnt 1780 Edgar...
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    HMS Expedition was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line built at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1677/79. She was in active commission during the War of the English...
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    France in 1760. Sainte Anne 64 – captured by the British in 1761 and added to the RN as HMS St Anne, sold in October 1784. Notre Dame du Rosaire 64 – renamed...
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    Louisbourg as a junior officer. Promoted to commander in 1761 his first command, the cutter HMS Swift, was captured by the French in June of the following...
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  • then formed part of a force which successfully captured Belle Île in spring 1761. It embarked for the West Indies later that year and took part in the Invasion...
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    1744—both as HMS Achilles and with the French spelling HMS Achille. A 60-gun ship of that name served at the Battle of Belleisle in 1761 while a 74-gun...
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  • badly damaged. Captain Haringman (and other officers with him) acted arrogantly towards Hinxt and his small cutter and refused to pay the repair costs...
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    warships at Harwich Dockyard, this time as a private contractor; one of these, HMS Harwich, was considered by Pepys to be one of the finest vessels in the Navy...
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    and were promised repatriation. At noon on 7 August, HMS America, HMS Stately, HMS Echo and HMS Rattlesnake opened fire on Dutch forward positions. Return...
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    his appointment out of concern that public opinion would be against it. In 1761, all his works were banned on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Hume returned...
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    nations came to negotiate with Johnson near Fort Lévis. Although Amherst was arrogant and dismissive of the natives, they agreed on a treaty with Johnson whereby...
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  • John Kessler (naval historian) (category 1761 births)
    John Kessler (September 21, 1761 – March 17, 1840) volunteered for military service in the American Revolution. His combat sea service in the American...
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    be traced to Stafford Fairborne, who in 1695 was appointed as captain of HMS London and "Commander in Chief of his Majesty's shipps in the River of Thames...
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    they received from the administrators. These, in turn, found the officers arrogant and unruly. Now the commanders-in-chief and their clients, Sir Frescheville...
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