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    HMS Polyphemus, a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 April 1782 at Sheerness. She participated in the 1801 Battle of...
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  • have been named HMS Polyphemus, after the Polyphemus of Greek mythology. HMS Polyphemus (1782) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1782, active in the...
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  • have borne the name HMS Resistance. A fifth was planned but never built: HMS Resistance (1782) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1782, which blew up on...
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  • HMS Polyphemus was an Alecto-class sloop designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. Originally classed as a steam vessel (SV3), her classification...
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  • Peake (1782-1865) Commander William Peake (1780-1813) killed on HMS Peacock James Peake Commander Henry Frederick Peake HMS Polyphemus (1782) 64-gun...
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    (1764) HMS Carysfort (1766) HMS Bristol (1775) HMS Polyphemus (1782) HMS Mermaid (1784) HMS Daedelus (1826) HMS Vestal (1833) HMS Salamander (1832) - one...
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    1807 HMS Polyphemus Builder: Sheerness Dockyard Ordered: 1 December 1773 Laid down: January 1776 Launched: 27 April 1782 Completed: 24 July 1782 Fate:...
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    board the 64-gun HMS Polyphemus, one of the fleet proceeding to the Baltic with Sir Hyde Parker. Graves afterwards shifted his flag to HMS Defiance, and...
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    keeping control of Swiftsure, bringing her to anchor on 26 October. HMS Polyphemus took her into tow again and brought her into Gibraltar. Swiftsure was...
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    four years on HMS Polyphemus, escorting convoy ships in the Atlantic and the Channel. In 1801, he rejoined the Channel blockade fleet on HMS Princess Royal...
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    HMS Agamemnon was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. She saw service in the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary...
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    Liverpool. She was subsequently recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Apollo and HMS Polyphemus. Jengularre ( France): The ship was captured by a Guernsey-based...
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    Battle of Cape Spartel (category 1782 in Africa)
    British fleet under Admiral Richard Howe. These forces met on 20 October 1782 after Howe successfully resupplied Gibraltar, then under siege by Bourbon...
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    HMS Edgar was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, that saw service in the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic...
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    1807. Anson 64 (1781) – razéed to 44-gun frigate 1794, wrecked 1807 Polyphemus 64 (1782) – broken up 1827. Magnanime 64 (1780) – razéed to 44-gun frigate...
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  • Apostol, purchased from Spain in July 1794) - captured by the British HMS Polyphemus at Queenstown on 22 October 1795. The ships of the 4th Charter each...
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    HMS Tonnant in her stern forced her to turn. She engaged HMS Belleisle, already damaged by the fire of Fougueux; another British ship, HMS Polyphemus...
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  • 17 January 1782 and by 6 December 1782 he had received his commission and was on 22 December 1782 appointed to the 90-gun second rate HMS Atlas under...
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    in home waters, retaking the brig, Providence, in February 1782. With the assistance of HMS Lively, on 29 April, Aurora captured the Marquis d'Aubeterre...
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    the former HMS Unicorn, which had been captured on 4 September 1780 by a French frigate and two ships of the line off Tortuga. In October 1782, Rowley took...
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  • American Revolutionary War and again at the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782 during the Anglo-French War. Ford went on to become Commander-in-Chief of...
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  • 74-gun ship HMS Courageux, commanded by Captain Lord Mulgrave. After serving some time with the Channel Fleet, from March 1780 to January 1782 he embarked...
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