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    HMS Druid was one of 20 Acheron-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. Completed in 1912 the ship served during World War I and was...
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  • Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Druid, after the Druids of Celtic polytheism, whilst another was planned: HMS Druid (1761) was a 10-gun sloop launched...
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    the Druid, Pylades, and the Algerine— were left moored at Gulangyu to defend Xiamen. Commander John Elliot Bingham (late first lieutenant of HMS Modeste)...
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    James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    of a Guernsey-based squadron consisting of three frigates, HMS Crescent, HMS Druid, and HMS Eurydice, and some smaller vessels a planned invasion by 20...
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  • training ship Britannia, in 1872 was appointed a midshipman on the corvette HMS Druid. Coke served during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War and was present during...
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    USS Druid (SP-321) was a private yacht launched 10 February 1902 as Rheclair that was built for Daniel G. Reid. Reid sold the yacht to Senator Nelson...
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    Edward Codrington (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Retrieved 3 June 2018. Hannay 1911. Harrison, Simon. "Sir Edward Codrington". Threedecks. Retrieved 1 June 2018. "Druid". Michael Phillips' Ships of the...
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    sail: HMS Botha (flotilla leader), HMS Archer, HMS Jackal, Phoenix and HMS Tigress (all refitting); HMS Beaver, HMS Druid, HMS Ferret, HMS Hind, HMS Hornet...
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    HMS Dee HMS Druid El Inca (1979) HMS Fury HMS Gloucester HMS Hardy HMS Howe HMS Loch Dunvegan Marrakech (1979) HMS Mutine HMS Revenge HMS Rother HMS Royal...
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    1819–40 HMS Seringapatam 1819 HMS Madagascar 1822 HMS Druid 1825 HMS Nemesis 1826 HMS Africaine 1827 HMS Leda 1828 HMS Hotspur 1828 HMS Eurotas 1829 HMS Andromeda...
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    Anglesey (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    the first episode, Kris Hughes, a noted companion of the Druid community and the Anglesey Druid Order, was followed as the order marked the Summer Solstice...
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    HMS Shannon was a 38-gun Leda-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806 and served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. She won...
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    Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    entered the Navy on April 9th 1761, and served as purser or pay master in the Druid from April 25th 1761 to November 24th 1765. The next day he was appointed...
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    new North Eastern Hospital for Children in 1867 and launching the ship HMS Druid in 1869. As a daughter of the queen, Louise was a desirable bride; more...
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    despatched from Portsmouth were HMS Druid, HMS Hind and HMS Sandfly: Ferret was also based at Portsmouth, and was towed there by Druid. A supplement of January...
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    November 1872. On 22 December, she rescued the crew of the British brig Druid, which had been abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. On 19 November 1874, she...
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    Goodenough, M.V.O. HMS Southampton: Cdre Goodenough HMS Nottingham: Capt Charles B. Miller HMS Birmingham: Capt Arthur A. M. Duff HMS Lowestoft: Capt Theobald...
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    Merlin (category Druids)
    Merlin is based on a historical person, probably a 5th and/or 6th-century druid living in southern Scotland. Nikolai Tolstoy makes a similar argument based...
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    needed] The Pontypridd Rocking Stone in Wales is set within the middle of a Druidic stone circle. Bosistow Logan Rock is at the head of Pendower Cove (sometimes...
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    Birkenhead include HMS Achilles, HMS Affray, CSS Alabama, HMS Ark Royal, HMS Birkenhead, HMS Caroline, Huáscar, the pioneer submarine Resurgam, HMS Thetis (which...
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  • describes a statue formerly placed on the grave of General Felix Agnus in Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville, Maryland. The Black Angel is a folklore legend...
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    1781 (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    value from insurers. Henry Hurle officially founds the Ancient Order of Druids in London, England. December – A school is founded in Washington County...
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    with the ship-of-the-line HMS St Albans and the frigates Alcmene and HMS Druid, she then captured the Spanish merchant Adriana on 5 November. Activity...
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    Royal Navy, all built under the 1910–11 Programme and completed between 1911 and 1912, which served during the First World War. A further six ships were...
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    Sempill converted to Roman Catholicism in the early 1930s. He was also a druid and a Cornish bard. In 1944, Lord Sempill called on the Premier of Nova...
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    John Wilkinson (industrialist) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    projects. They were amongst the first to issue trade tokens ('Willys' and 'Druids') to alleviate the shortage of small coins. Jointly they set up the Cornish...
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    Culture of the United Kingdom (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    The use of a crystal ball to foretell the future is attributed to the druids. In medieval folklore King Arthur's magician, the wizard Merlin, carried...
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    SMS V187 (category 1911 ships)
    but then found a second division of four destroyers (Ferret, Forester, Druid and Defender) ahead. Trapped between two groups of destroyers, V187 was...
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    Hunger strike (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    January 29, 2024. Ellis, Peter Bereford. The Druids (Eerdmans, 1998). pp. 141–142. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brehon Laws" . Encyclopædia Britannica....
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  • Devonshire and Roxburgh, was attached, together with the destroyers Beaver, Druid, Ferret, Hind, Hornet, and Sandfly from the 1st Destroyer Flotilla, and...
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