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    HMS Eclipse was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. Eclipse-class second-class protected cruisers were preceded...
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  • Eight ships of Britain's Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclipse: HMS Eclipse (1797), a 12-gun, 169-ton gunboat launched at Blackwall on 29 March 1797....
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    HMS Talbot was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. HMS Talbot was laid down 5 March 1894 and launched 25 April...
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    HMS Juno was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. In 1899, Juno was equipped with wireless, and took part in...
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    HMS Dido was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. Eclipse-class second-class protected cruisers were preceded...
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    HMS Venus was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. Eclipse-class second-class protected cruisers were preceded...
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    HMS Diana was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. She was commissioned at Chatham on 16 February 1900 to take...
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    HMS Doris was an Eclipse-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. It was one of nine such protected cruisers, all of which launched between...
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  • 1896–1897, and HMS Eclipse in the East Indies Station, 1897–1899. He was promoted Sub-Lieutenant in 1899, and in that year he served aboard HMS Cleopatra before...
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  • 12th Destroyer Flotilla HMS Exmouth (Leader) Division 23 HMS Eclipse HMS Electra Division 24 HMS Encounter HMS Escapade HMS Escort Watson, Graham. "Royal...
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    overseas exploration, and it led to his commission in 1768 as commander of HMS Endeavour for the first of three Pacific voyages. In these voyages, Cook...
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    to the early 1900s. Their designs were conceived before the appearance of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 and their classification as "pre-dreadnought" is retrospectively...
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    The Eclipse-class cruisers were a class of nine second-class protected cruisers constructed for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. These ships were enlarged...
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    Cockchafer (1881) Starling (1882) Stork (1882) Raven (1882) Albacore class HMS Albacore HMS Mistletoe HMS Watchful Bramble class Rattler (1886) Wasp (1886) Lizard (1886)...
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    first set of annular eclipses from February 21, 1822 through March 25, 1876; the second set of hybrid eclipses from April 6, 1894 through April 28, 1930;...
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    Dwarf Cassowary. Colombian longtail snake (Enuliophis sclateri ) Although eclipsed by his contemporaries (like Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace),...
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    Machine. Dockmuseum.org.uk (28 March 1934). Retrieved 28 February 2013. HMS Eclipse, Diana, Dido, Doris, Isis, Juno, Minerva, Talbot, Venus. Worldwar1.co...
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    up the Victoria Channel with the Palmetto flag flying from her masthead. HMS Donegal happened to be anchored in mid-river between Toxteth in Liverpool...
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    era, the style evolved into the Federation Filigree style, when timber eclipsed cast iron as the material of choice, and the shape and form of the verandah...
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    five races (Derby, St Leger, 2000 Guineas Stakes, Newmarket Stakes and Eclipse Stakes) and another of Edward's horses, Ambush II, won the Grand National...
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  • February 1894 was to the stone frigate HMS Impregnable, then based on the former HMS Howe, where he was rated boy seaman. He was then moved to HMS Boscawen...
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    astronomical events that could be predicted with great accuracy, such as eclipses, and building clocks, known as chronometers, that could keep time with...
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    Fang Boqian (category 1894 deaths)
    corvette HMS Euryalus boarded the ship which was headed for the Indian Ocean, from August 4, 1879. Captain Richard Edward Tracy boarded the Eclipse-class...
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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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    the Barbados Division in the West Indies in command of HMS Blanche, a 1760-ton, 6 gun Eclipse class wooden screw sloop (launched in 1867 and sold off...
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    Bowes Jun: HMS Liverpool 14 Jul: HDMS Dannebrog 13 Aug: HMS Enterprise 24 Aug: SMS Grille Aug: HMS Urgent 1 Sep: Avalon 1 Sep: HMS Eclipse 5 Oct: Nubia...
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    French expedition arrived in Central West Africa to observe the total eclipse on 16 April. In the religion of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia...
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    solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, December 14, 2020, with a magnitude of 1.0254. A total solar eclipse occurs...
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    and returned to England. In 1862 he was appointed to the command of HMS Eclipse, for service in New Zealand, and took part in the New Zealand Wars until...
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    Mornington became HMS Drake. Other examples include: HMS Calcutta HMS Glatton HMS Hindostan (1795) HMS Hindostan (1804) HMS Malabar HMS Buffalo Their design...
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