HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. With 246 years...
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239–44. p 85 HMS Victory : 1765–1812 (first rate ship of the line) / Peter Goodwin. Somerset : Haynes Publishing, 2015. p 84 HMS Victory : 1765–1812 (first...
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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victory: English ship Victory (1569), a 42-gun ship, originally named Great Christopher, purchased by...
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44 ft (13 m) 3-mast steam frigate Wood 2,456 tons Museum, warship HMS Victory 1765 D Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 227 ft 6 in (69.3 m) 51 ft 10 in (15...
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m) from the hull on either side. Also Ferreira and Maria do Amparo Also HMS Carrick and Carrick Retroactively The disposable ship Columbus (108 m) was...
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Barges". www.bruzelius.info. Retrieved 2021-07-04. Royal Navy (2013). "HMS Victory". RoyalNavy.mod.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-26. Paine, Lincoln (2000). Warships...
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concerning replica versus original; known as the Ship of Theseus dilemma. HMS Victory (1765) is still the original vessel, although unlike Constitution, she is...
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October 2016. "Experience life on board the world's most famous warship". HMS Victory. Retrieved 8 October 2016. "Longhope Lifeboat Museum". The Longhope Lifeboat...
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Indiaman, a merchant ship built in France for the French East India Company in 1765, for service between France and Asia. She was placed at the disposal of John...
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Royal Navy Standing Royal Navy deployments Launched in 1765 and commissioned in 1778, making Victory the world's oldest warship still in commission. Queen...
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three-decker. She was considerably larger than her British contemporary HMS Victory and somewhat bigger than the French Bretagne. There is no complete plan...
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first-rate HMS Victory. He was assigned as captain of the 90-gun HMS Prince George when Admiral Keppel decided to raise his flag in Victory (with John...
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decisive victory, forestalling a planned French invasion of Britain. He became Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral the Duke of York in the third-rate HMS Princess...
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1756 and participated in the Battle of Lagos (1759) before being sold in 1765. HMS St Albans (1764) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1764. She served...
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became flag captain of HMS Namur under Vice-Admiral Thomas Mathews and served with him in the Mediterranean. He was given command of HMS Guernsey later that...
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Peter Puget (category 1765 births)
Hood's victory of 12 April 1782 at the Battle of the Saintes. November 1782: HMS Thetis, 38, Captain John Blankett; Gibraltar and Mediterranean 1783: HMS Europa...
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Tadcaster, Yorkshire, was a Royal Navy officer. As captain of the third-rate HMS Berwick, he took part in the Battle of Toulon in February 1744 during the...
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Francisco on 23 Sept 1854 HMS Victory – 18th-century first rate ship of the line USS Constitution – 18th-century US Navy frigate HMS Unicorn – a surviving...
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in 2011 she was the second-oldest ship in Royal Navy service, after HMS Victory. She served as a static headquarters and training ship for the Royal...
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission until 30 June 2019. A Trustee of the HMS Victory Preservation Company, his transport interests also include membership...
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Thomas Fremantle (Royal Navy officer) (category 1765 births)
Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Fremantle, Bt GCB GCH (20 November 1765 – 19 December 1819) was a British Royal Navy officer and nobleman whose accolades...
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USS Constitution (section HMS Cyane and HMS Levant)
Lieutenant Commander John Scivier of the Royal Navy, commanding officer of HMS Victory, paid a visit to Constitution in November 2007, touring the local facilities...
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near HMS Victory. HMS M.33 is listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, she is now located at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, close to HMS Victory. She...
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HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior...
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HMS Victory 100-gun ship of the line launched at Chatham Dockyard in 1765 HMS London 90-gun ship of the line launched at Chatham Dockyard in 1766 HMS...
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Falklands War (section Sinking of HMS Sheffield)
Navy personnel, 22 were lost in HMS Ardent, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Sheffield, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Coventry and 13 lost in HMS Glamorgan. Fourteen naval cooks...
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joined the Navy sometime between 1765 and 1768, and by 1768 he was serving as master's mate aboard the frigate HMS Solebay.[b] He spent five years aboard...
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Gaspee affair (redirect from HMS Gaspée (1763))
affair was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution. HMS Gaspee was a Royal Navy customs schooner that enforced the Navigation Acts...
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December 1775) was a British Royal Navy officer. He commanded the fourth-rate HMS Gloucester and led her in action at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre...
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Timeline of the American Revolution (section 1765)
generally considered to have begun with the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765 and ended with the ratification of the United States Bill of Rights in 1791...
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