HMS Powerful was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She took part in the defeat of a Dutch fleet in the Battle of Camperdown in 1797...
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have borne the name HMS Powerful. Ships HMS Powerful (1783) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1783 and broken up in 1812. HMS Powerful (1826) was an 84-gun...
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HMS Terrible (1845), wooden-hulled paddle frigate HMS Terrible (1895), a Powerful-class protected cruiser HMS Terrible (R93), aircraft carrier launched in 1944 and sold...
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of 1,376 tons. HMS Powerful, 1783 by Perrys, a 74-gun ship. HMS Vennable, 1784 by Perrys, a 74-gun ship, of 1,652 tons. HMS Hannibal, also of 1,652 tons...
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Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7. Media related to HMS Phoenix (ship, 1783) at Wikimedia Commons Overview of HMS Phoenix Naval Database Archived 5 May 2006 at...
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HMS Milford 1695 HMS Arundel 1695 HMS Rye 1696 HMS Scarborough 1696 HMS Looe (i) 1696 HMS Lynn 1696 HMS Fowey 1696 HMS Southsea Castle (i) 1696 HMS Gosport...
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Alexander was a merchant ship launched at Hull in 1783 or 1784. She was one of the vessels in the First Fleet, that the British government hired to transport...
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Great Siege of Gibraltar (redirect from Gibraltar 1779-1783)
garrison under George Augustus Eliott was blockaded from June 1779 to February 1783, initially by the Spanish alone, led by Martín Álvarez de Sotomayor. The...
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East India Company (redirect from East India Company Act 1783)
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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Zong massacre (redirect from HMS Zong)
the insurers refused to pay, the resulting court cases (Gregson v Gilbert (1783) 3 Doug. KB 232) held that in some circumstances, the murder of enslaved...
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River-class vessel, HMS Clyde, was decommissioned, with the Batch 2 HMS Forth taking over duties as the Falkland Islands patrol ship. HMS Protector is a dedicated...
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HMS Vanguard was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 March 1787 at Deptford. She was the sixth vessel to bear the name...
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historians as pre-dreadnought battleships. In 1906, the commissioning of HMS Dreadnought into the United Kingdom's Royal Navy heralded a revolution in...
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Mutiny on the Bounty (redirect from HMS Bounty mutineers)
The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher...
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INS Gomati in Lucknow, India (Planned) HMS President in London, England. HMS Wellington in London, England. HMS Ambuscade in Glasgow, Scotland (planned)...
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renamed HMS Implacable after being captured by the British, which survived until 1949. The last ship-of-the-line to be sunk by enemy action was HMS Wellesley...
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HMS Bellerophon, known to sailors as the "Billy Ruffian", was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy. A third-rate of 74 guns, she was launched in 1786...
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Constitution vs HMS Guerriere on 19 August 1812, USS United States vs HMS Macedonian on 25 October, USS Constitution vs HMS Java on 29–30 December, HMS Shannon...
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American Revolutionary War (category Conflicts in 1783)
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed...
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sovereignty and independence of the United States. He resigned his commission in 1783 after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. Washington played an indispensable...
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HMS Speedy was a 14-gun Speedy-class brig of the British Royal Navy. Built during the last years of the American War of Independence, she served with...
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1805 HMS Bombay Castle Perry, Blackwall Yard 14 July 1779 14 June 1782 Wrecked, 1796 HMS Powerful Perry, Blackwall Yard 8 July 1780 3 April 1783 Broken...
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command in the 8-gun sloop-of-war HMS Wasp. In 1763, he was given command of the more powerful and newly launched 14-gun HMS Swift. He continued in her into...
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Dr. Edward Cronin. Drury served as commander of the ship of the line HMS Powerful during the French Revolutionary Wars, during which he was heavily engaged...
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fought on March 10, 1783, by Captain John Barry and the crew of the USS Alliance, who defeated three British warships led by HMS Sybille. Some historians...
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Pensacola. Accused of espionage and smuggling, he fled to the United States in 1783. Miranda returned to Europe in 1785 and travelled through the continent,...
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HMS Resistance was a 44-gun fifth-rate Roebuck-class ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1782. Based on the design of HMS Roebuck, the class was built for...
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Royal Navy were converted for use as prison hulks. Other hulks included HMS Warrior, which became a prison ship at Woolwich in February 1840. One was...
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numerous merchant ships and defeated four British warships: HMS Guerriere, HMS Java, HMS Cyane, and HMS Levant. The battle with the Guerriere earned her the...
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command of HMS Canada, HMS Powerful, HMS Invincible and HMS Formidable. In 1796, he was promoted to rear-admiral and raised his flag on HMS Prince. In...
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