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    Ushant (/ˈʌʃənt/; Breton: Eusa, pronounced [ˈøsa]; French: Ouessant, pronounced [wɛsɑ̃]) is a French island at the southwestern end of the English Channel...
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  • Battle of Ushant may refer to: Battle of Ushant (1778), fought 100 miles (160 km) west of Ushant, a large but inconclusive engagement in the American Revolutionary...
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    Ushant Airport (French: Aéroport d'Ouessant) (IATA: OUI, ICAO: LFEC), is an airport serving the French island of Ushant. It is located in the commune...
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    The Battle of Ushant (also called the First Battle of Ushant) took place on 27 July 1778, and was fought during the American Revolutionary War between...
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    Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. She had previously served as Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent...
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    Glorious First of June (1 June 1794), also known as the Fourth Battle of Ushant, (known in France as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 or Combat de Prairial)...
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    The Second Battle of Ushant was a naval battle fought between French and British squadrons near Ushant, an island off the coast of Brittany, on 12 December...
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    The Third Battle of Ushant or the action of 20–21 April 1782 was a naval battle fought during the American Revolutionary War, between a French naval fleet...
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    The Ouessant (or Ushant) is a breed of domestic sheep from the island of Ouessant off the coast of Brittany. It is one of the Northern European short-tailed...
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    commanded the French fleets that fought the British at the First Battle of Ushant (1778) and the Battle of Martinique (1780) during the American War of Independence...
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    circumnavigation, starting from an imaginary line between the Créac'h lighthouse on Ushant island, France, and the Lizard Lighthouse, UK. The records are homologated...
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    The Battle of Ushant, also known as the Battle of Brittany, occurred on the early morning of 9 June 1944 and was an engagement between German and Allied...
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    Station. He resigned from the Navy for a period following the Battle of Ushant (1778) off the coast of France, during the American War of Independence...
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    Lord Howe's Action, or the Glorious First of June is a 1795 painting by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg of the victory of British naval forces under Lord...
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    La Jument (category Ushant)
    also called La Jument) about 300 metres from the coast of the island of Ushant. It was listed as a historic monument in 2017. It is one of the three most...
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    Saint-Malo Brest Mantes-Gassicourt Paris La Rochelle Air and Sea operations Ushant La Caine Cherbourg Pierres Noires Audierne Bay Supporting operations Jedburgh...
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    suggested the 200-fathom (370 m; 1,200 ft) marine contour and the island of Ushant off the tip of Brittany. The definition approved in 1974 by the UK Hydrographer...
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    directions for the Bay of Biscay, including the coasts of France and Spain, from Ushant to Cape Finisterre (A new ed., rev. and considerably improved ed.). C. Wilson...
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    his wife and then committed suicide. According to his 1952 autobiography, Ushant, Aiken, then 11 years old, heard the two gunshots and discovered the bodies...
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    Morlaix, Carhaix, Quimperlé and Douarnenez. Finistère includes the island of Ushant (Eusa in Breton, Ouessant in French). Finistère is the westernmost department...
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    Royal Navy during World War I. On 8 August 1917, 130 miles southwest of Ushant in the Bay of Biscay, disguised as the collier Boverton and commanded by...
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    the 1780s. Queen fought at the First Battle of Ushant under Keppel in 1778, and the Second Battle of Ushant under Kempenfelt in 1781. In 1794 she fought...
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    1782) was a Royal Navy officer best known for his victory at the Battle of Ushant in 1781 and dying when HMS Royal George accidentally sank at Portsmouth...
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    and engaged them on 27 July in what became known as the First Battle of Ushant. The battle was indecisive and in the political aftermath Jervis provided...
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    Operation Stonewall Battle of the Bay of Biscay Operation Teardrop Battle of Ushant Battle of Pierres Noires Action of 9 February 1945 Battle of Point Judith...
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    island of Gavdos in the Kingdom of Greece as far west as the island of Ushant in the French Republic In 1941, around 280 million people in Europe, more...
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    NSW Deal 82 1884–85 Newcastle, NSW Dock 80 1885 Sydney Downs 73 (67 to Ushant) 1887 Sydney Lizard 70 1887–88 Newcastle, NSW Lizard 69 1888–89 Sydney London...
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  • Lower Brittany. Under this first name, they are specific to the island of Ushant, where traditions about them were collected by François-Marie Luzel. The...
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    Brittany Westward along the parallel (48°28' N) of the East extreme of Ushant (Lédénès), through this island to West extreme thereof (Pointe de Pern)...
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    served in the American War of Independence, and saw action at the Battle of Ushant in 1778 and the following year was serving aboard the Diadème during the...
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