was renamed HMS Edinburgh in 1721, rebuilt three times and broken up in 1771. HMS Warspite (1758) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1758. She was on...
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HMS Warspite was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line (a new class of two-decker that formed the backbone of British fleets) of the Royal Navy, launched...
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1862. In 1877 she was renamed Warspite and served as a training ship at for the Marine Society. She was burnt in 1918. HMS Conqueror (1881) was a Conqueror-class...
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1784 HMS Warspite Builder: Thomas West, Deptford Ordered: 14 November 1755 Laid down: November 1755 Launched: 8 April 1758 Completed: 27 July 1758 at Deptford...
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HMS Splendid HMS Sovereign HMS Superb HMS Tireless HMS Torbay HMS Trafalgar HMS Turbulent HMS Valiant HMS Warspite In 2018, the UK Parliament's Public Accounts...
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Belle Île in 1761. He went on to command the third-rate HMS Warspite and then the third-rate HMS Ramillies and served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from...
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afloat on board HMS Warspite until April 1940. He was then back onshore at Malta until February 1941. He transferred it again to HMS Warspite until July 1942...
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74 (1758) – scuttled 1784 Mars 74 (1759) – sold 1784 Shrewsbury 74 (1758) – condemned 1783 Warspite 74 (1758) – broken up 1802 Resolution 74 (1758) – wrecked...
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1759. He is also known for leading a British squadron up the River Ems in 1758, leading directly to the Capture of Emden. Holmes was the fourth son of Colonel...
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August: The 74-gun ship was captured on 18 August by the Royal Navy's HMS Warspite. Achille ( French Navy): The 64-gun ship was captured in July by the...
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The first shots were heard as he did so, although Sir John Bentley in Warspite claimed that they were fired without his orders. However the British were...
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and a flotilla of merchant ships 13 April Second Battle of Narvik – HMS Warspite and a force of supporting destroyers sinks all remaining German destroyers...
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1649-1815. Penguin Books. Roskill, Stephen Wentworth (1957). H. M. S. Warspite: the story of a famous battleship. Collins. Simms, Brendan (2008). Three...
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accompanied foot patrols of the Palestine Police Force. The Repulse, HMS Hood and HMS Warspite provided howitzer crews which were sent ashore to combat gun running...
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Sidney Bailey as gunnery officer of HMS Erin. At the end of the First World War he became gunnery officer of HMS Warspite and was promoted to the rank of...
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