Zephyr was a vessel built at Hull in 1796. She initially traded with the Baltic, though for a year or so she was a London-based transport. From 1810 she...
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1796 she started to serve the British East India Company (EIC) as a packet ship. However, a French privateer captured her in 1798. Zephyr (1796 ship)...
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Zephyr was built on the River Thames in 1790 as a West Indiaman. From c.1796 she started to serve the British East India Company (EIC) as a packet ship...
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy (category Lists of Royal Navy ships by type)
ship sloops, 1796 (except Brazen in 1808) Bittern (1796) Cyane (1796) Plover (1796) Termagant (1796) Brazen (1808) Merlin class – 2 ship sloops, 1796–1798;...
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Virginie-class frigate (category Ship classes of the French Navy)
Launched: 19 September 1796 Completed: April 1798 Fate: Captured by the Spanish Navy in June 1808, becoming Spanish Cornelia. Zéphyr Builder: Brest Begun:...
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1792, he worked 4 years aboard Zephyr belonging to Husson & Co. out of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. In 1796, he left Zephyr, and joined Calcutta out of...
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ship Lord Stanley repels an attack by a French 12-gun schooner privateer 1796, January – A French privateer captures the enslaving ship Ranger 1796,...
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HMS Merlin (category Royal Navy ship names)
French privateer in 1757, but recaptured later that year and renamed HMS Zephyr. The French frigate Gracieuse recaptured her in August 1778; she was disarmed...
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Disaster at Cane Creek: An Excerpt...by Kymberly Mele". Canyon Country Zephyr. Retrieved 29 January 2021. Croissant, Aurel. "Electoral Politics in South...
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the prize money with HMS Romulus and HMS Mahonesa. On 8 February 1798 HMS Zephyr, under the command of Commander William Champain captured the privateer...
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Aquilo. Zephyrus (Gk. Ζέφυρος [Zéphyros]), sometimes shortened in English to Zephyr, is the Greek god of the west wind. The gentlest of the winds, Zephyrus...
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HMS Dispatch (category Royal Navy ship names)
and sold in 1795. HMS Dispatch was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1779 as HMS Zephyr. She was renamed HMS Navy Transport in 1782, HMS Dispatch in 1783 and was...
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HMS Nemesis (1780) (category 1780 ships)
when they captured the French ship Mere de Familie. That same day they also shared in the capture of the French ship Zephyr. The capture of the Aigle on...
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Transport vessels for the British invasion of the Dutch Cape Colony (1805–1806) (category Age of Sail merchant ships of England)
EIC ship) Union (1801 ship) Sir William Pulteney (1802 ship) Varuna (1796 ship) William Pitt (1803 ship) William Pitt (1805 EIC ship) After the Dutch Governor...
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French privateer Vengeur (category Set index articles on ships)
French privateer of four guns and 35 men, belonging to Guadeloupe, that HMS Zephyr captured off Dominica on 18 June 1797. Vengeur was a new privateer schooner...
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This is a list of sailing ships participating in Sail Amsterdam 2015. "Schepen SAIL 2015 | Tall Ships". Sail.nl. Retrieved 2015-07-12. "Willkommen bei"...
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List of sail frigates of France (category Lists of ships of France)
meters, 412 French tons, launched January 1728 at Brest) – broken up 1741. Zéphyr, (28-gun design by François Coulomb, with 22 × 8-pounder, 4 × 4-pounder...
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of wrestling boots said to be owned by Booker T; a wooden 1939 Lincoln-Zephyr styling model; and a pair of autographed albums by Fleetwood Mac and Elton...
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HMS Cameleon (1795) (category 1795 ships)
Boyer replaced Bennet in February 1796. Boyer sailed Cameleon for the Mediterranean on 22 February. On 5 November 1796 Camelion captured Gustaf Frederick...
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a representation of the driving of the Last Spike. Amtrak's California Zephyr, a daily passenger service from Emeryville, California (in the San Francisco...
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HMS Esk (1813) (category 1813 ships)
HMS Esk was a Cyrus-class ship-sloop launched at Ipswich in 1813. During the War of 1812 she captured one United States privateer, and fought an inconclusive...
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(66 kW; 89 bhp) 1.8 L EFi (1796 cc) Zetec 105 PS (77 kW; 104 bhp) 1.8 L EFi (1796 cc) Zetec 115 PS (85 kW; 113 bhp) 1.8 L EFi (1796 cc) Zetec 130 PS (96 kW;...
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being given the sloop HMS Zephyr. He served in the North Sea before being ordered to the Leeward Islands towards the end of 1796. While sailing there he...
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French brig Victorieuse (1794) (category Ship infoboxes without an image)
Spanish forts at Rio Caribe and Gurupano. Victorieuse sailed in company with Zephyr. They also had on board a detachment of 40 men from the Royal Rangers. On...
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in which the British aerospace industry has a major role include Airbus Zephyr, BAE Taranis, HAV 304 Airlander 10 and Watchkeeper WK450. Major engine families...
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HMS Terpsichore (1785) (category 1785 ships)
following year by Captain Walter Bathurst. Bathurst captured the privateer Zephyr in the East Indies on 27 August 1804, before being succeeded in April 1805...
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Captain Don Bruno de Heceta in 1775, on board the Santiago, part of a two-ship flotilla with the Sonora. He claimed the coastal lands up to Prince William...
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issued. The clasps covered a variety of actions, from boat service to single-ship actions, to larger naval engagements, including major fleet actions such...
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prior design from Henry Odgen Holmes, for which Holmes filed a patent in 1796. Improving technology and increasing control of world markets allowed British...
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1795. He was given command of a detached squadron in 1796 and sailed to Gibraltar with seven ships to watch the French fleet at anchor at Cadiz under Admiral...
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