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    Hector was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. Hector was launched in 1755 and fought in the American Revolutionary War...
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    Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Count of Estaing (24 November 1729 – 28 April 1794) was a French military officer and writer. He began his service...
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  • The Hector class was a type of 74-gun ship of the line designed for the French Navy in the 1750s. v t e...
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  • "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Sphinx' (1755)". Threedecks. Retrieved 15 August 2021. "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Hector' (1755)"...
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  • HMS Valiant (category Royal Navy ship names)
    named HMS Valiant. HMS Valiant (1755), a schooner launched at Oswego, New York, Thirteen Colonies and captured by the French in 1756. HMS Valiant (1759),...
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  • next son, Hector Jr. was born. Two other daughter were born soon after. McNeil entered the King's service as a merchant marine in April 1755 and was given...
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    is a list of French ships of the line of the period 1621–1870 (plus some from the period before 1621). Battlefleet units in the French Navy (Marine Royale...
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    Caesar 74 (ex-French César, captured 1782) – Blew up 1782 Hector 74 (1755, ex-French Hector, captured 1782) Glorieux 74 (1756, ex-French Glorieux, captured...
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  • 1755 at Ferrol) - Captured by Britain at Havana on 14 August 1762, retaining same name, BU 1770 Héctor (San Bernardo) 68 (launched 22 September 1755 at...
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  • incorporated into the French Imperial Navy on 9 July 1810, and received French names. All were rated as 80-gun ships by the French, armed as mentioned above...
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  • new ship of the line HMS Hector. He fought in her at the Battle of Ushant in 1778 before in 1780 sailing to the West Indies, where in October Hector was...
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    Jean Bart (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    More than 27 ships of the French Navy, over a period of 200 years, have borne the name Jean Bart. These include: Jean Bart (1788) – 74-gun ship of the line...
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    Edward Boscawen (category British military personnel of the French and Indian War)
    lieutenant and in the August of the same year rejoined his old ship the 44-gun fourth-rate Hector in the Mediterranean. He remained with her until 16 October...
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  • – In October 1694 sent from White Sea to France as a merchant ship with the state goods, captured by France just in harbour because sailed under the Dutch...
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    The Bible Reading (category 1755 paintings)
    his Children is a 1755 oil on canvas genre painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. It was exhibited at the Académie royale on 28 June 1755 then at the Paris...
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    class was a type of two 74-gun ships of the line. Souverain Builder: Toulon Ordered: 25 October 1755 Launched: December 1755 Fate: Captured by the British...
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  • Gallardo (1754) Magnanimo (1754) Glorioso (1755) Guerrero (1755) Vencedor (1755) Soberano (1755) Hector (1755) Triunfante (1756) Dichoso (1756) Monarca...
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    captured by the French Navy. Modéré ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. Prompt ( French Navy): Battle...
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    the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France for control of the North American colonies. It is part of the Seven Years' War. 1755 – Pierre...
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    the sixth-rate HMS Seahorse and then transferred to the fourth-rate HMS Hector in March 1731. Promoted to lieutenant on 8 November 1734, he was posted...
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    History of Nova Scotia (category Articles containing French-language text)
    in 1770, with later ships following in 1772 and 1774. In 1773, a ship named The Hector landed in Pictou, Nova Scotia, with 169 settlers mostly originating...
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    Niccolò Paganini (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    Teresa (née Bocciardo) Paganini.: 11  Antonio Paganini was an unsuccessful ship chandler, but he managed to supplement his income by working as a musician...
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    Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume (category 1755 births)
    Vice-Admiral Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume (13 April 1755 – 28 July 1818) was a French Navy officer and nobleman. He started his career at sea on East...
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    English violinist, composer (b. 1748) January 29 Paul Barras, French politician (b. 1755) István Pauli (Pável) Hungarian Slovene priest, writer (b. 1760)...
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    strategy of indirect rule via puppet government. Hired by the EIC to return (1755) to India, Clive conspired to secure the company's trade interests by overthrowing...
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  • Thumbnail for French ship Vaillant (1756)
    Vaillant was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Noël Pomet, and lead ship of her class. In 1772, she was under La Brizollière, and...
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    List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy (category Lists of Royal Navy ships by type)
    1741 Establishment 44-gun ships 1742–1747 Anglesea (1742) – taken by the French 1745 Torrington (1743) – sold 1763 Hector (1743) – sold 1762 Roebuck...
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    Flying Dutchman (category Ships of the Netherlands)
    The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever. The...
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    Nova Scotia (category Articles containing French-language text)
    Mi'kmaq, French and the British persisted in the following decades with King George's War (1744–1748). Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755) began when...
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    Acadia (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    French settlers. The first capital of Acadia was established in 1605 as Port-Royal. Soon after, English forces of Captain Argall, an English ship's captain...
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