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    HMS Diomede was a 44-gun fifth rate built by James Martin Hillhouse and launched at Bristol on 18 October 1781. She belonged to the Roebuck class of vessels...
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  • been named HMS Diomede. A fifth was planned but never completed: HMS Diomede (1781) was a 44-gun fourth-rate two-decker launched in 1781 and wrecked...
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    transport 1796, hulked 1799 HMS Argo 1781 – troopship 1791, sold 1816 HMS Diomede 1781 – lost 1795 HMS Guardian 1784 – sold 1791 HMS Mediator 1782 – storeship...
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    Astraea in July 1781. On 7 October she sailed for North America. On 20 December 1782 the British 44-gun fifth rate two-decker Diomede, Captain Thomas...
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  • HMS Quebec was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1781 and broken up in 1816. She sailed under various captains, participating in the American Revolutionary...
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    HMS Anson was a ship of the Royal Navy, launched at Plymouth on 4 September 1781. Originally a 64-gun third rate ship of the line, she fought at the Battle...
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    Boades, and later under Captain Janvre de la Bouchetière HMS Chatham captured her on 2 September 1781 off Cape Ann. In the action the French lost 60 men killed...
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    two-decker HMS Diomede, Captain Thomas L. Frederick and the two 32-gun Fifth Rate frigates HMS Quebec, Captain Christopher Mason, and HMS Astraea, Captain...
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    Captain John Joyner. Shortly thereafter the British frigates HMS Diomede, HMS Quebec, and HMS Astraea captured South Carolina. He was the founder and first...
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  • Bedford, Belle Poule, Borer, Bucephalus, Calliope, Carron, Cydnus, Dictator, Diomede, Dover, Fox, Gorgon, Herald, Hydra, Meteor, Norge, Nymphe, Pigmy, Ramillies...
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  • in the East Indies in 1778. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1781 and commissioned her as HMS Chaser. A French frigate captured her in 1782 but the Royal...
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    Frederick for the loss of his ship, and in October 1781 he received command of the 44-gun frigate HMS Diomede. On 20 December 1782, during the Battle of the...
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  • HMS Victorious was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall Yard, London on 27 April 1785. She was the first ship...
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  • and taken in prize. The British East India Company (EIC) purchased her in 1781 and used her for almost two years as a fast packet vessel and cruiser based...
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    the Battle of Ushant under La Motte-Picquet, and to the Armada of 1779. In 1781, on 29 April, she took part in the Battle of Fort Royal under Chabert-Cogolin...
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    the action of 5 May 1794. On 22 October the following year, she and HMS Diomede fought an action with the 44-gun French frigates Prudente and Cybèle...
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    Royal Navy's HMS Ruby. South Carolina: The 40-gun frigate of the South Carolina navy was captured by HMs Diomede (44), HMS Quebec (32), and HMS Astraea (32)...
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    Negapatnam by additional reinforcements protected by the frigates HMS Diomede and HMS Heroine. It was hoped by Stuart and Rainer that the Batavian governor...
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    shared the prize money with HMS Glory and Apollo, Crescent, and Milford. Jupiter fought at the battle of Porto Praya in 1781. On 28 March 1795, Princess...
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  • the last ship of the French rear when she was becalmed and had to fight HMS Victory, Culloden, and Cumberland. She managed to damage the rigging of Culloden...
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    relieved the beleaguered rock in 1781. In September 1781 Keats returned to the North American station with Digby in HMS Lion. On 18 January 1782 Keats was...
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    British. On 14 July 1794 she and Seine captured the 16-gun sloop-of-war HMS Hound in the Atlantic. In the night of 23 to 24 April 1795, Galathée ran...
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    August 1779 Launched: 8 June 1781 Completed: 15 October 1781 at Chatham Dockyard Fate: Sold to be broken up 11 January 1816 Diomede Builder: James Martin Hilhouse...
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    English fishermen. Before becoming famous, Lord Nelson captained HMS Albemarle in 1781 as part of the Fishery Protection Squadron in North America, capturing...
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    at least nine Royal Navy warships since 1744—both as HMS Achilles and with the French spelling HMS Achille. A 60-gun ship of that name served at the Battle...
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    (Henslow) Antelope 50 (1802) – broken up 1845 Diomede class (Henslow) – probably a variant of Antelope Diomede 50 (1798) – broken up 1815 Grampus 50 (1802)...
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    in March 1810. Union 74 (launched 1 August 1799 at Lorient) – Renamed Diomede in February 1803, captured and burnt by the British in the Battle of San...
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    64-gun HMS Diadem as his flagship, his warships included the 64-gun ships HMS Raisonnable and HMS Belliqueur, 50-gun HMS Diomede, 38-gun HMS Leda, 32-gun...
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  • merchant vessel. Marquis of Worcester (1787). 315 tons (bm) merchant vessel. Diomede (1795). 891 tons (bm) 44-gun fifth-rate frigate. Fame. 492 tons (bm) Intended...
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    the French soldiers and sailors who died during the Yorktown campaign in 1781. She returned to training cruises in May 1928, when she took a crew of midshipmen...
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