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    HMS Albion was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built by Adam Hayes at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 16 May 1763, having...
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  • the name HMS Albion after Albion, an archaic name for Great Britain: HMS Albion (1763) was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1763. She was...
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    HMS Albion is a landing platform dock of the Royal Navy, the first of the two-ship Albion class. Built by BAE Systems Marine in Barrow-in-Furness, Albion...
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  • of the Albion class on the lines of the 90-gun ship Neptune. HMS Albion Builder: Deptford Dockyard Ordered: 1 December 1759 Launched: 16 May 1763 Fate:...
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  • Albion HMS Albion, the name of several Royal Navy ships Albion-class ship of the line (1763) Albion-class ship of the line (1842) Albion-class landing...
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  • Norfolk Wherry Trust HMS Albion, the name of several Royal Navy ships Hired armed cutter Albion Albion-class ship of the line (1763) Albion-class ship of the...
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    line HMS Kent (1762) 74-gun ship of the line HMS Albion (1763) 74-gun ship of the line HMS Lurcher (1763) 6-gun cutter HMS Kite (1764) 4-gun cutter HMS Monarch (1765)...
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    HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 247 years of service as of 2025, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still...
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  • Martinique. He was briefly in command of HMS Rochester before in January 1763 taking command of the huge HMS Vanguard (70-gun and a crew ow 520 men) off...
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    line (HMS Queen Charlotte, Impregnable, Albion, Minden, and Superb), one 50-gun spar-decked frigate (HMS Leander), four conventional frigates (HMS Severn...
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    During the American Revolutionary War he commanded the ship of the line HMS Albion and fought in the Battle of Grenada and Battle of Martinique, and also...
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  • 2008) was a Royal Navy officer who was best known for his command of HMS Albion, a 22,000 ton Centaur-class light aircraft carrier, during the Indonesia–Malaysia...
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    ships: HMS Ramillies Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 1 December 1759 Laid down: 25 August 1760 Launched: 25 April 1763 Completed: November 1763 Fate:...
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  • James Nicoll Morris (category 1763 births)
    Vice-Admiral Sir James Nicoll Morris KCB (1763 – 15 April 1830) was a Royal Navy officer who served through the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary...
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    ship at Plymouth 1809, burnt by accident and broken up 1813 Albion class (Slade) Albion 74 (1763) – floating battery 1794, wrecked 1797 Grafton 74 (1771)...
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    HMS Grafton was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Adam Hayes launched on 26 September 1771 at Deptford Dockyard. One of...
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    the line (12) HMS Bellerophon Canada-class ship of the line (4) Ramillies-class ship of the line (9) Albion-class ship of the line (1763) (5) Elizabeth-class...
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    At the peace in 1763 Barrington had been almost continuously afloat for twenty-two years. He was appointed in 1768 to the frigate HMS Venus as governor...
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  • HMS Irresistible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 December 1782 at Harwich. Irresistible captured the French...
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  • founds St. Augustine, Florida. Spanish. 1579 – Francis Drake claims New Albion for England. 1585 – The Roanoke Colony is founded. English. 1588 – England...
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    HMS Fortitude was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Randall & Co. and launched on 23 March 1780 at Rotherhithe. Under...
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    HMS Alcide, the French and Italian version of "Alcides", another name for Heracles, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed...
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    and 52nd) had landed from the cruiser HMS Tiger (C20) in Miri. 40 Commando aboard the commando carrier HMS Albion (R07) was diverted from Miri to Kuching...
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    destroyers, the Type 21, Type 22, and Type 23 frigates, new LPDs of the Albion class, and HMS Ocean, but never in the numbers of the ships that they replaced...
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    fortifications on the Île-d'Aix and went on half pay at the end of the war in 1763. He was given his next command during the Falklands Crisis of 1770, and took...
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    they include: HMS Albion landing platform dock; (Extended readiness (uncrewed reserve) as of early 2024; to be retired by March 2025) HMS Bulwark landing...
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    Expediency of Securing Our American Colonies, &c." (1763), p. 14. Reprinted in The Critical Period, 1763–1765. Volume 10 of the Collections of the Illinois...
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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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    were effectively neutralized. King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763 in order to stifle potential conflict with Indians in that region, including...
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  • Navy Island Royal Naval Shipyard (category 1763 establishments in the British Empire)
    included: HMS Tecumseth (1) - schooner 1814, sunk 1828; raised and displayed since 1953 HMS Detroit HMS Hunter HMS Chippeway (1) HMS Queen Charlotte HMS Lady...
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