HMS Merlin was a 10-gun snow-rigged sloop-of-war, the first of 21 Royal Navy vessels in the Merlin class. Launched in 1744, she was the first Royal Navy...
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1712. HMS Merlin (1744) was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1744 and sold in 1750. HMS Merlin (1753) was a 10-gun sloop in service in 1753. HMS Merlin (1756)...
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HMS Swallow was a 10-gun Merlin-class sloop of the Royal Navy that prior to her commissioning was briefly known as HMS Galgo. Launched in 1744, the ship...
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HMS Hazard was a 14-gun Merlin-class sloop launched in 1744. She was captured in November 1745 by Jacobite forces in Montrose harbour and was sailed to...
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She was renamed HMS Princess Louisa in 1737 and was broken up in 1742. HMS Swallow (1744) was a Merlin-class sloop launched in 1744 as HMS Galgo. She was...
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HMS Swallow was a 14-gun Merlin-class sloop of the Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1745, she initially served in home waters as a convoy escort and cruiser...
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1743 HMS Sheerness 1743 HMS Wager 1744 HMS Shoreham 1744 HMS Bridgewater 1744 HMS Glasgow 1745 HMS Triton 1745 HMS Mercury 1745 HMS Surprise 1746 HMS Siren...
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(HMS Heron) – Yeovilton is home to Commando Helicopter Force and Wildcat Maritime Force. RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk) – This is home to Mk2 Merlins, primarily...
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HMS Cormorant he served in HMS Zephyr and HMS Merlin on the Newfoundland Station before being promoted to post captain in 1766. Given command of HMS Lizard...
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1915 as a Midshipman on HMS Temeraire and saw action at the Battle of Jutland. He worked as a surveyor in HMS Merlin and HMS Flinders, and qualified in...
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was put in command of the sloop HMS Merlin after Britannia's paying-off in March 1783 and then, from December 1783, to HMS Daphne (20 guns).[citation needed]...
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( Spain): The ship was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Experiment. She was taken in to Bermuda. Merlin ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French...
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originally from Switzerland, and his business partner, Frenchman Noël Desenfans (1744–1807). Their involvement saw the Gallery make significant steps towards its...
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Arthurian legend. Deriving from Welsh source; King Arthur, Excalibur and Merlin, while the Jersey poet Wace introduced the Knights of the Round Table. These...
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HMY Mary (1677) (redirect from HMS Mary (1677))
first captain, Christopher Gunman, was court martialled for the loss of HMS Gloucester in 1682. Lawrence Wright then took command until 1685. She was...
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Atwater, American politician (d. 1867) December 27 – Antoine François Eugène Merlin, French general (d. 1854) December 28 Franz Xaver Heller, German botanist...
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Bach, German composer (d. 1782) September 6 – John Joseph Merlin, born Jean-Joseph Merlin, Liège-born clock- and musical-instrument-maker and inventor...
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Disappointment Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909): Henry Clifford, Pepita Jiménez, Merlin Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932): Flauto solo, Tiefland, Die toten Augen Tomaso...
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Jarrow-on-Tyne". Northern Echo. No. 1510. Darlington. 9 November 1874. "Merlin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024. "Launches"...
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force suffered over 350 casualties, the British also losing HMS Augusta (64 guns) and HMS Merlin (18 guns) to grounding. The latter was possibly an indirect...
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