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    Victory was a great ship of the English Navy, launched in 1620 and in active service during the seventeenth century's Anglo-Dutch Wars. After a seventy-year...
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  • the Spanish Armada and broken up in 1608. HMS Victory (1620), a 42-gun great ship launched at Deptford in 1620. She was rebuilt in 1666 as an 82-gun second-rate...
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  • Cleopatra (Artemisia Gentileschi, Ferrara), by Artemisia Gentileschi, c. 1620 Cleopatra (Artemisia Gentileschi, Milan), by Artemisia Gentileschi, 1613...
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    flag from HMS Victory, the world's oldest commissioned warship, which is preserved in dry dock in Portsmouth. The right to use HMS Victory as a flagship...
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    Colours" (PDF). Library and Information Services. The National Museum & HMS Victory, Royal Navy Portsmouth. 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2019. "Naval Ranks...
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    Water during the Falklands War. British destroyer HMS Coventry and British frigates HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope are all sunk by bombs from Argentine light...
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  • James I of England, who designed and built the first successful submarine in 1620. Hence, it is not impossible that it was because of the interest taken by...
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    construction there exists reliable information was designed and built in 1620 by Cornelis Drebbel, a Dutchman in the service of James I of England. It...
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    there were numerous attempts by European powers to settle Tobago during the 1620–40s, with the Dutch, English and Couronians (people from the Duchy of Courland...
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    drum beating, including: when the Mayflower left Plymouth for America in 1620, when Admiral Lord Nelson was made a freeman of Plymouth, when Napoleon was...
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    Personnel deployed to non-naval establishments are allocated to the crew of HMS Victory.[citation needed] "Indian Navy to finally include Satyameva Jayata below...
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    Mornington became HMS Drake. Other examples include: HMS Calcutta HMS Glatton HMS Hindostan (1795) HMS Hindostan (1804) HMS Malabar HMS Buffalo Their design...
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    hostilities broke out again, and as a response, the British sent HMS Russell and HMS Monmouth with a detachment of the 14th Regiment of Foot and 74 cannons...
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    Sir Edward Spragge (c. 1620 – 21 August 1673) was a Royal Navy officer. He was a fiery, brilliantly accomplished seaman who fought in many great actions...
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    in 1620 saw action off Dominica, fighting Spanish warships. In 1628 he was given command of HMS Adventure and later of HMS Garland, HMS Red Lion, HMS Vanguard...
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    koreanhero.net. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2016-02-06. "HMS Glowworm (1934) | Royal Navy History". www.royal-navy.org. Retrieved 2016-02-06...
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    his family. Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier (1598–1665) on 22 August 1620 at St Giles-without-Cripplegate, Fore Street, London. Elizabeth's father...
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    War. Willoughby and most of his crew die in the sinking of his flagship, HMS Hope August 4 (July 25 Julian calendar) – In the St. James's Day Battle of...
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  • the S.S. Balaska in the series The Dana Girls Captain Corcoran, captain of HMS Pinafore, from Gilbert & Sullivan's operetta of the same name; however, ultimately...
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    never rose above the rank of captain in the Continental Navy after his victory over HMS Serapis with the frigate USS Bonhomme Richard, John Paul Jones remains...
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  • Benedict Arnold triggers a gunpowder explosion. Capture of HMS Savage 6 September - American victory over Great Britain Battle of Eutaw Springs 8 September...
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    adherents were persecuted. After the Tokugawa shogunate banned Christianity in 1620, it ceased to exist publicly. Many Catholics went underground, becoming hidden...
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    Years' War. Frederick was not supported by the Protestant Union, and in 1620 was defeated by Emperor Ferdinand II in the Battle of White Mountain. Rupert's...
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    Caledonian army at the Battle of Mons Graupius in 83 AD.: 12  After the Roman victory, Roman forts were briefly set along the Gask Ridge close to the Highland...
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    Duncan's victory at the Battle of Camperdown. Returning from his long convalescence, Hope was again requested by Duncan and commanded his flagship HMS Kent...
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    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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    adapted for service with the Royal Navy. The Bermuda sloop HMS Pickle carried dispatches of the victory at Trafalgar, and news of the death of Admiral Nelson...
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    Nagasaki Harbour Incident: HMS Phaeton enters Nagasaki and lays an unsuccessful ambush on Dutch shipping. 1812. The British whaler HMS Saracen (1812) stopped...
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    parliament located in the capital Hamilton. The House of Assembly dates from 1620, making it one of the world's oldest legislatures. The premier is the head...
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    Reformation 42 (1619) – Joined Royalists June 1648, lost September 1651. Victory 42 (1620) – Rebuilt 1666. Swiftsure 42 (1621) – Rebuilt 1654. St George 42 (1622)...
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