• as a blockship. HMS Revenge (1654) was a 58-gun third rate launched in 1654 as Newbury, during the Commonwealth. She was renamed Revenge at the Restoration...
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    in 1654. She was named for the Parliamentarian victories at the two battles of Newbury. After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS Revenge. She...
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  • of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Newbury: HMS Newbury (1654), renamed to HMS Revenge (1654) in 1660 HMS Newbury (1916) was a Racecourse-class...
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  • Nonsuch and sold in 1654. HMS Renown (1747) was a 30-gun fifth rate, previously the French ship Renommée. She was captured in 1747 by HMS Dover and broken...
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    battleship in service from 1893 to 1914. HMS Resolution (09), a Revenge-class battleship in service from 1915 to 1944. HMS Resolution (S22), lead ship of the...
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    Nassau' (1654)". "Dutch Sixth Rate ship of the line 'Zeelandia' (1652)". "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Delft' (1658)". became HMS Delft became HMS Zealand...
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    Anglo-Spanish War (1654). After the English Restoration, Charles II pardoned Spragge and rewarded his loyalty by making him captain of HMS Drake. Whenever...
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    Williams, alias Cromwell (c. 1560–1617), who married Elizabeth Steward (c. 1564–1654), probably in 1591. They had ten children, but Oliver, the fifth child, was...
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    more likely to be retained. Mountbatten was posted to the battleship HMS Revenge in the Mediterranean Fleet in January 1923. Pursuing his interests in...
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    Newbury 52 (c. 1654) – Renamed Revenge 1660, condemned 1678 Bridgewater 52 (c. 1654) – Renamed Anne 1660, blew up 1673 Lyme 52 (c. 1654) – Renamed Montague...
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    1673. Laughton 1885–1900, pp. 410–411. Laughton 1885–1900, p. 411. HMS Newbury (1654). La Roque 2000. Campbell 1742, p. 279. Chérubini 1988, p. 35. Harlow...
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    Constitution vs HMS Guerriere on 19 August 1812, USS United States vs HMS Macedonian on 25 October, USS Constitution vs HMS Java on 29–30 December, HMS Shannon...
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  • broke apart. Of 107 passengers aboard, 21 survived. 86 1682 England HMS Gloucester (1654) - wrecked off the port of Yarmouth while carrying James, Duke of...
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    Henry Morgan's Panama expedition (category Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660))
    knighted by King Charles II and eventually became governor of Jamaica. In 1654, Oliver Cromwell had declared war on Spain, and executed the Western Design...
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    by Károly Patkó. In classical music, Italian composer Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728) dedicated his opera "Niobe, Queen of Saba" to her myth, and Giovanni...
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    Mediterranean Fleet was the appointment of General at Sea Robert Blake in September 1654 (styled as Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet). The Fleet was in existence...
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  • 2019. Lettens, Jan. "Goede Hoop (+1654)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 26 July 2014. Lettnes, Jan. "Tayouan (Taiwan) (+1654)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 11 August...
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    from the Dutch, hulked 1675, broken up 1703 Montague 62 – built as Lyme in 1654, rebuilt as Montague in 1675 and again rebuilt in 1698 Constant Warwick (1645)...
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  • War of the Spanish Succession. August 2 – British Royal Navy 90-gun ship HMS Vanguard is relaunched from Chatham; Vanguard sank in Chatham Dockyard in...
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  • Ed/S/Po) Mathilde Blind (1841–1896, England, Bg/Lc) Walter Blith (1605–1654, England, Ag) Marc Bloch (1886–1944, France, H); The Historian's Craft Allan...
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    a small squadron comprising HMS Dover, the frigate HMS Cornwallis under Captain William Augustus Montagu and the sloop HMS Samarang. They carried two companies...
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    Partition, pp. 67, 227. Dublin Historical Record 1998, vol. 51, pp. 4–24. Cmd. 1654: Compensation (Ireland) Commission : warrant of appointment. Parliamentary...
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    Henry Morgan's raid on Lake Maracaibo (category Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660))
    place on Porto Bello which was even more successful. Soon after the 26 gun HMS Oxford was given to Morgan as a gift from King Charles II of England. In...
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  • (1901–2011) – British Empire. Last combat veteran. Served in the Royal Navy on HMS Revenge. Also last veteran to serve in both World Wars. Harry Patch (1898–2009) –...
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    dispatched HMS Repulse and diverted HMS Emerald to Haifa, which arrived the same day and landed five platoons, one to each police district. HMS Repulse relieved...
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    and allowing Smith to lead sweeps across the frontier country. In 1852, HMS Birkenhead was wrecked at Gansbaai while bringing reinforcements to the war...
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    responds to the loss of life in the retreat with a speech at the launch of HMS Trafalgar, and by privately meeting and honouring Brydon. Second Anglo-Afghan...
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    them. However, in terms of military preparations, little was done. In May 1654, Fort Zeelandia was afflicted by locusts, a plague, and an earthquake. Zheng...
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    Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1652–54: First Anglo-Dutch War 1654–60: Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60) 1657: Alliance with France signed against Spain. 1661:...
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  • (1997) "A General History of Blackbeard the Pirate, the Queen Anne's Revenge and the Adventure". In Tributaries, Volume VII, 1997. pp. 31–35. (North...
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