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    launched in 1757. She was ordered in November 1755. HMS Achilles was a Dunkirk-class fourth rate, along with HMS Dunkirk and HMS America. HMS Achilles was launched...
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  • 1748 by the Spanish. HMS Achilles (1757) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1757, hulked in 1780 and sold in 1784. HMS Achilles (1863) was a broadside...
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    In Greek mythology, Achilles (/əˈkɪliːz/ ə-KIL-eez) or Achilleus (Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, romanized: Achilleús) was a hero of the Trojan War who was known...
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  • East Indies in 1749. HMS Pembroke (1757) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1757, hulked in 1776 before being broken-up in 1793. HMS Pembroke (1812) was...
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    and seizes Achilles' prize, the beautiful captive Briseis. This creates deadly resentment between Achilles and Agamemnon, causing Achilles to withdraw...
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  • the..." 8 May 1769. Retrieved 5 June 2016. "The Achilles: Letters – 1757". Harwich, Essex. 25 April 1757. Retrieved 5 June 2016. Baugh, Daniel A. (1965)...
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    was taken into Royal Navy service as the third rate HMS Magnanime. She played a major part in the 1757 Rochefort expedition, helping to silence the batteries...
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  • then 1st lieutenant on the Dunkirk-class fourth rate the Achilles from its launching in 1757. It saw active service against the French in the Seven Years'...
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    Wallis) HMS Achilles 60 (Samuel Barrington) HMS Hero 74 (William Fortescue) HMS Buckingham 70 (Peter Parker) HMS Burford 70 (James Gambier) HMS Chichester...
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    construction of HMS Achilles in the adjacent No 2 Dock. No 2 Dry Dock 1856 was built on the site of "The Old Single Dock" where HMS Victory was constructed...
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    to HMS Achilles (a fourth-rate of 60 guns, launched in 1757) as flag captain of Admiral Sir Francis Geary. Soon after, he received command of HMS Rainbow...
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  • the time, Achilles and his Brotherhood have started to focus on finding Pieces of Eden before the Templars can. Around the same time, Achilles' wife Abigail...
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  • at King's Yard in Harwich in 1748 HMS Mercury a 20-gun ship launched at King's Yard in Harwich in 1756 HMS Achilles a 60-gun ship of the line launched...
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    1778, sold 1792 Achilles 60 (1757) – hulked 1778 America 60 (1757) – broken up 1771 Montague class ("Admiralty" design) Montague 60 (1757) – sunk as a breakwater...
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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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    Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (6 May 1757), just before being fatally struck by enemy fire at the Battle of Prague (1757) "Trust in God and you need not fear...
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    Navy's HMS Achilles and HMS Dorsetshire. Aréthuse ( French Navy): The 32-gun frigate was captured on 18 May by the Royal Navy's HMS Chatham, HMS Thames...
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    Louis Daniel Arnault de Nobleville publishes Histoire naturelle des animaux 1757 – Michel Adanson publishes Histoire naturelle du Senegal. 1758 – Carl Linnaeus...
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    warships at Harwich Dockyard, this time as a private contractor; one of these, HMS Harwich, was considered by Pepys to be one of the finest vessels in the Navy...
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    1559–1853. Princeton: Princeton University Press. OCLC 1015099422. Batalas, Achilles (2003). "Send a Thief to Catch a Thief: State-building and the Employment...
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  • "Membership Secretary's Update September 2019" (PDF). HMS Ajax & River Plate Veterans Association Newsletter. HMS Ajax & River Plate Veterans Association. p. 4...
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    the lifeboat crew saved three lives from the wreck of the London barque Achilles, which became embayed in the Mounts Bay before grounding at Polurrian....
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    Niers, notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown) September 28 – Achilles Statius, Portuguese humanist (b. 1524) September 29 – Andreas Musculus...
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