coast in 1801, with the loss of 400 lives. HMS Invincible (1808) was a 74-gun ship, launched at Woolwich in 1808. She saw action in the Peninsular War, supporting...
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HMS Invincible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 March 1808 at Woolwich. She was employed as a coal hulk from...
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launched in 1864 as HMS Invincible. She was renamed HMS Erebus in 1904, HMS Fisgard II in 1906 and sank in a storm in 1914. HMS Erebus (I02) was an Erebus-class...
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frigate HMS Boadicea captured on 9 December 1798 and that the Royal Navy took into service as HMS Brazen. Invincible Napoleon (1804 ship) (or Invincible Bonaparte...
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Sir Charles Saxton, 1st Baronet (category 1808 deaths)
War of Independence, before taking command of the ship of the line HMS Invincible. After a brief period in the English Channel, he sailed to North America...
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List of single-ship actions (redirect from HMS Hussar (1780))
Revanche. 1808, March 2 – HMS Sappho captures Danish privateer Admiral Yawl 1808, March 6–8 – HMS San Fiorenzo captures French frigate Piémontaise 1808, March...
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1813 HMS Tremendous Builder: Barnard, Deptford Ordered: 1 January 1782 Launched: 30 October 1784 Fate: Sold out of the service, 1897 HMS Invincible Builder:...
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Falklands War (section Sinking of HMS Sheffield)
whole nation. In the Argentine press, false reports that HMS Hermes was sunk and HMS Invincible had been damaged were circulated after the weekly magazines...
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William and Mary, so the Scottish frigates were renamed HMS Edinburgh and HMS Glasgow, while only HMS Dumbarton Castle retained its name. The Act of Union...
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Antarctic patrol ship HMS Endurance. The fleet included six aircraft carriers (modern capital ships): Charles de Gaulle, Illustrious, Invincible, Ocean, Principe...
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Making post captain on 8 February 1781, he took temporary command of HMS Invincible and fought in her at the Battle of Fort Royal on 29 April 1781. When...
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harbour duty in the 74-gun HMS Invincible, in the 74-gun HMS Ramillies, the 74-gun HMS Defence and finally the 24-gun HMS Eurydice during 1794. He transferred...
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HMS Temeraire was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. Launched in 1798, she served during the French Revolutionary...
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Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, and the relatively old but well-named 74-gun HMS Invincible under Captain William Cayley. This action began on 11 August and lasted...
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number of destroyers and frigates. The carrier HMS Hermes was therefore to be scrapped and HMS Invincible sold to Australia. Under the review, the Royal...
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Martinho (G) - Flagship of the "Invincible Armada" in 1588 São Mateus (G) - part of the Portuguese Squadron of the "Invincible Armada" São Cristóvão (G) -...
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Navy at a young age, and by 1778 he was a lieutenant on first HMS Invincible and then HMS Britannia during the American Revolutionary War. In 1782 he was...
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time. Invincible 110 (begun February 1779, launched 20 March 1780 and completed May 1780 at Rochefort) – condemned in 1806 and broken up in 1808. Royal-Louis...
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Venice and launched in April 1808. HMS Unite captured her less than two months later. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Tuscan. She served in the...
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French frigate Armide (1804) (redirect from HMS Armide (1806))
she captured HMS Ranger and burnt her. She then took part in the assault on the Calcutta convoy, helping Magnanime engage and capture HMS Calcutta. In...
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November 1808, Shannon took the French frigate Thétis in tow. Amethyst had shortly before captured Thétis, which later entered service as HMS Brune. Shannon...
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and for boilermaking. No.1 Basin was officially opened in 1871, with HMS Invincible being brought into No.5 Dock for repairs, with great ceremony. Work...
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HMS Acteon (or Actaeon), was the brig Actéon, launched in France in 1804 as the second of the two-ship Lynx-class. The British Royal Navy captured her...
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showed themselves worthy of victory, and the Russians worthy of being invincible". The Russians retreated to Tarutino, and Napoleon entered Moscow on 14...
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several soldiers wounded. HMS Armide, Endymion, and Pique were in company when Armide captured the American privateer Invincible Napoleon on 16 August. On...
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was to dispatch a naval task force, and the aircraft carriers HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible sailed from Portsmouth for the South Atlantic on 5 April. The...
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HMS Mutine was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, built by Henry Tucker at Bideford and launched in 1806. During her career she was in combat...
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HMS Ardent which he brought back to South America and continued serving in the campaign until its conclusion in 1807. In 1808, he took command of HMS...
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York: St. Martin's Press. Bryant, Arthur (1972). The Great Duke: Or, The Invincible General. Morrow. OCLC 410380. von Clausewitz, Carl von; Wellesley, Arthur...
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HMS Boadicea was a frigate of the Royal Navy. She served in the Channel and in the East Indies during which service she captured many prizes. She participated...
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