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    Barfleur (French pronunciation: [baʁflœʁ]) is a commune and fishing village in Manche, Normandy, northwestern France. During the Middle Ages, Barfleur...
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  • Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Barfleur after the Battle of Barfleur: HMS Barfleur (1697) was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line...
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  • Barfleur may refer to: Barfleur, commune in Manche, Normandy Barfleur-class ship of the line, Royal Navy ship class Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue...
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    MS Barfleur is a ferry operated by Brittany Ferries on the route between Poole on the south coast of England and Cherbourg, France. She was built at Masa...
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    The Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue took place during the Nine Years' War, between 19 May O.S. (29 May N.S.) and 4 June O.S. (14 June N.S.) 1692. The...
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  • HMS Barfleur was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named after the Battle of Barfleur, which involved an Anglo-Dutch Fleet against...
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  • Château de Barfleur was a castle in Barfleur, Normandy, France. The Norman Earls of Chester held a castle at Barfleur in the 12th century. The city fortifications...
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    The action at Barfleur was part of the battle of Barfleur-La Hougue during the War of the Grand Alliance. A French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville...
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    HMS Barfleur was the second and last of the Centurion-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. Intended for service abroad...
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    Gatteville, also known as Pointe de Barfleur Light, is an active lighthouse near Gatteville-le-Phare at the tip of Barfleur, Manche department, in the Normandy...
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    HMS Barfleur was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir Thomas Slade on the lines of the 100-gun ship Royal William,...
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    was created Baron of Shingay, in the County of Cambridge, and Viscount Barfleur at the same time, also in the Peerage of England. A member of the influential...
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  • anti-aircraft gun and radar site north-west of Pointe de Saire south of Barfleur. The raiders crossed the English Channel by Motor Torpedo Boat. They opened...
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    HMS Barfleur was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 10 August 1697. She was rebuilt according to...
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    The Barfleur-class ships of the line were a class of four 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade. The design for the Barfleur...
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    Barfleur, known as Blondes de Barfleur. Barfleur harbour Phare de Gatteville or Pointe de Barfleur Light, an active lighthouse at the tip of Barfleur...
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    The Duke and his companions had been crossing the English Channel from Barfleur in the Blanche-Nef, the swiftest and most modern ship in the royal fleet...
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    personal flag on the Soleil Royal, where it would stay until the battles of Barfleur and La Hougue in 1692. At the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690, he defeated...
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  • Léone de Vinci - une chnateuse vedette Gabriel Signoret as Le marquis de Barfleur Jean Tissier as Le réalisateur Raymond Aimos as Le clochard Lucien Callamand...
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    English throne, that sank in the English Channel near the Normandy coast off Barfleur during a trip from France to England on 25 November 1120. Only one of approximately...
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    years include the Battle of Augusta, Battle of Beachy Head, the Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue, the Battle of Lagos, and the Battle of Texel. The 1700s...
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    rest of the winter season. Major changes were announced in December 2009. Barfleur was withdrawn from service at the end of January 2010 after nearly 18 years...
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  • Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich. Edward Russell in 1697 was created Viscount Barfleur after a naval victory in foreign territory, setting a precedent which has...
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    incidents 3 Feb: Augsburg 18 May: Akagi 15 Jul: USS Apache 5 Aug: HMS Barfleur, HMS Canopus 12 Aug: Asashio, Kasumi, Reshitel‘nyi 13 Aug: HMS Arun 17...
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  • a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line launched in 1687. She fought at Barfleur in 1691 before being wrecked in a gale in Kinsale harbour in 1693. HMS St...
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    Ireland. As a flag officer Shovell commanded a division at the Battle of Barfleur during the Nine Years' War, and during the battle distinguished himself...
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    Benson Destroyer 1,620 30 April 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 Barfleur  Royal Navy Battle Destroyer 2,325 14 September 1944 paid off 1958, scrapped...
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    Seven Battles were commissioned before the end of World War II, but only Barfleur saw action, with the British Pacific Fleet. The first years of World War...
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    Aumeville-Lestre Auvers Auxais Avranchessubpr Azeville Bacilly La Baleine Barenton Barfleur Barneville-Carteret La Barre-de-Semilly Baubigny Baudre Baupte Beauchamps...
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    then being built as commerce raiders. Completed in 1894, Centurion and Barfleur spent most of their careers assigned to the China Station or the Mediterranean...
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