HMS Cumberland was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw action during the Second World War. Cumberland was built by Vickers-Armstrongs...
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Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cumberland, after the traditional English county of Cumberland, England: HMS Cumberland (1695) was an 80-gun third rate...
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HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 247 years of service as of 2025, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still...
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heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland of 10,570 long tons (10,740 t) with eight 8-inch (200 mm) guns in four turrets, the York-class heavy cruiser HMS Exeter of 8...
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HMS Repulse was one of two Renown-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Originally laid down as an improved version...
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with HMS Sans Pareil and HMS Cumberland, made contact with USS Ganges in the West Indies, Lat 22.01 N. On 17 May 1815, the Admiralty renamed her HMS Captain...
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine (redirect from Prince Rupert, Duke of Cumberland)
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, KG, PC, FRS (17 December 1619 (O.S.) [27 December 1619 (N.S.)] – 29 November 1682 (O.S.) [9 December 1682...
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USS South Dakota (BB-57) HMS Duke of York (17) HMS King George V (41) USS Bataan (CVL-29) USS Cowpens (CVL-25) USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) HMS Ruler (D72) USS Salamaua (CVE-96)...
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3°33′36″N 104°28′42″E / 3.56000°N 104.47833°E / 3.56000; 104.47833 HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that...
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first USS Cumberland was a 50-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy. She was the first ship sunk by the ironclad CSS Virginia. Cumberland began in...
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ice-free valley between Cumberland East Bay and Hound Bay on the north side of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United...
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until March 1929, serving on HMS Iron Duke and later on the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet (renamed the Home Fleet in 1932), HMS Nelson. He served on the...
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HMS Sheffield was the third of ten Town-class light cruisers of the Royal Navy. The ship was laid down in January 1936, launched in July 1936, and commisioned...
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ships: HMS Boyne 80 guns (Flagship) HMS Cumberland 80 guns HMS Grafton 70 guns HMS Kent 70 guns HMS Montague 60 guns HMS Tilbury 60 guns HMS Worcester...
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Battle of Prestonpans, just outside Edinburgh. Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, commander of the British army in Flanders, was recalled to London, along...
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HMS Norfolk was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. The ship was the Lead ship of the Norfolk-subclass of which only two were built: Norfolk...
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Fletcher Christian (category HMS Bounty mutineers)
Bounty in 1789, during which he seized command of the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty from Lieutenant William Bligh. In 1787, Christian was appointed master's...
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HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy and was the world's first ship to be designed as an aircraft carrier, although the...
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the next year, given command of the frigate HMS Andromeda and promoted to rear-admiral while commanding HMS Valiant in 1790. William sought to be made...
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"UK purchases Arctic patrol vessel HMS Protector". IHS Jane's 360. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2014. "HMS Endurance: Former ice patrol ship to...
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nickname of former US President Carter "The Smoke" – HMS London "Sodak" – USS South Dakota (BB-57) "USS Spring-a-leak" – USS Springfield (CLG-7) – for...
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Governor Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen, suspicious of the English ship HMS Cumberland which called in there to effect repairs in 1803, imprisoned its captain...
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[page needed] As had been tested in the First World War Emerald class cruiser HMS Enterprise, whose completion had been delayed post-war, the Counties featured...
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joined the cadet training ship HMS Britannia at Dartmouth, Devon. For three years from 1879, the princes served on HMS Bacchante, accompanied by Dalton...
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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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Maryport (category Cumberland (unitary authority))
Maryport is a town and civil parish in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 11...
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on the training ship HMS Cumberland in the West Indies and on the east coast of Canada. He was rated as a midshipman aboard HMS Collingwood on 15 September...
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garrisoning Cumberland Island. Ramsay then commanded a force, made up of Regulus, the 12-gun gun-brig HMS Manly, and the 16-gun schooner HMS Canso, which...
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'escorted' into Casablanca by the Allied cruisers HMAS Australia and HMS Cumberland and was therefore not present during the subsequent British attack on...
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