HMS Greenwich was a 54-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Christopher Pett at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in 1666. Greenwich...
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borne the name HMS Greenwich after the town of Greenwich, now part of London: HMS Greenwich (1666) was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1666. She was rebuilt...
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in 1596 and sold in 1649. HMS Warspite (1666) was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1666. She was renamed HMS Edinburgh in 1721, rebuilt...
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Woolwich HMS Royal Katherine (1664) 84-gun ship of the line launched at Woolwich HMS Falcon (1666) 42-gun ship launched at Woolwich HMS Greenwich (1666) 58-gun...
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Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 2 November 2022. Jowitt 2022, p. 13. Davies 2008. "The sinking of HMS Gloucester". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved...
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was later renamed Sovereign under the republican Commonwealth, and then HMS Royal Sovereign at the Restoration of Charles II. The elaborately gilded...
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historic German duchy since 1235 Brunswick-Bevern, a branch principality (1666–1735) Brunswick-Calenberg, a branch principality (1485–1692/1708) Brunswick-Celle...
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HMS Phoenix in April 1679 and returned to HMS Sapphire in May 1679 before transferring to the fifth-rate HMS Nonsuch in July 1680. He returned to HMS...
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Kneller, is in the Painted Hall at Greenwich, to which it was presented by George IV. Harrison, Simon. "John Graydon (c.1666-1725/26) from National Archives...
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the historic settlement in Greenwich where the Royal Observatory defines the prime meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time. Other landmarks include...
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Diamond (1652) Bonaventure 48 – previously named HMS President. Renamed HMS Bonaventure in 1660, rebuilt in 1666 and broken up for a rebuild in 1711. Re-launched...
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Flagmen of Lowestoft (category Paintings in Royal Museums Greenwich)
were originally part of the Royal Collections, though most were given to Greenwich Hospital in the nineteenth century, and are now in the National Maritime...
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HMS Adventure was a 34-gun fourth-rate of the English Navy, built by Peter Pett II at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in 1646. With the outbreak of the...
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The English ship Winsby (renamed HMS Happy Return in 1660) was a 44-gun fourth-rate frigate, built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Great...
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on Breda (70) (1692)". Retrieved 2 November 2006. "Information on Greenwich (54) (1666)". Retrieved 2 November 2006. "Royal Navy Fleets 1702–1718 (Archive)"...
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as voting twice and speaking once. In early 1737 he was commander of HMS Greenwich and served off the West African coast, regulating British trade in the...
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March 1666 and probably to a common design. Conquérant 66/72 (launched November 1666 at Zaandam) – wrecked 1679 Courtisan 64/72 (launched December 1666 at...
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Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz was born on Terschelling around 1550. In 1666 West-Terschelling was ransacked by the English. The English fleet had originally...
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subsidiary titles of the dukedom were Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, of Greenwich in the County of London; all these titles were in the Peerage of...
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questioned these claims. The church survived the Great Fire of London in 1666, but was badly damaged during the Blitz in World War II. Following extensive...
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structures survive due to the city's near-total destruction in the Great Fire of 1666, with exceptions such as the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Westminster...
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his return to England in 1666. George Monck, the Duke of Albemarle gave him commissions for the Little Mary in February, and HMS Guinea on 16 August, a...
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the flagship of the First Sea Lord has nominally been the ship of the line HMS Victory, which used to be Lord Nelson's flagship. The following table lists...
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is the work of Sir Christopher Wren, following the Great Fire of London (1666). With its tall spire, it is still a landmark in the City of London, being...
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other actions. At the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, he was captain of HMS Gloucester, the flagship used by James, Duke of York at Lowestoft in 1665...
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Protectorate), under which it expanded dramatically in size. While the prefix "HMS" (for His or Her Majesty's Ship) is often applied in connection with these...
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Administrative records". Royal Museums Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site In London. Royal Museums Greenwich. 13 January 2003. Rasor, Eugene L. (2004)...
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the line, and captured and towed away the flagship of the English fleet, HMS Royal Charles. Politically, the raid was disastrous for the war plans of...
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and daughter of King Alfred, donates Kentish lands, including Lewisham, Greenwich and Woolwich, to St. Peter's Abbey in Ghent. 925 – 4 September: Coronation...
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| Royal Museums Greenwich". www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2024. "Elizabeth I's religious settlement | Royal Museums Greenwich". www.rmg.co.uk....
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