• HMS Eagle was a British 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 2 May 1774 at Rotherhithe. On 7 September 1776, the experimental...
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  • HMS Eagle, after the eagle. HMS Eagle (1592) was an ex-merchantman purchased in 1592 and in use as a careening hulk. She was sold in 1683. HMS Eagle (1648)...
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  • 70-gun third rate HMS Buckingham (1751), a 70-gun third rate HMS Eagle (1774) or HMS Buckingham, a 64-gun third rate USS Governor Buckingham (1863), an...
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  • HMS Nonsuch was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 17 December 1774 at Plymouth. She was broken...
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  • in 1779. HMS Buckingham was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1774 as HMS Eagle. She was used for harbour service from 1790, was renamed HMS Buckingham...
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  • of Lewis (30 January 2005) Victoria Baths, Manchester (6 February 2005) HMS Victory, Portsmouth (13 February 2005) The Leisure Centre, Abergavenny (20...
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    , April 1816 HMS Eagle Builder: John & William Wells, Rotherhithe Ordered: 14 January 1771 Laid down: April 1771 Launched: 12 May 1774 Completed: 30...
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    height of the action in the crossfire of HMS Superb, HMS Monmouth (64 guns), HMS Burford (74 guns) and HMS Eagle (1774) (64 guns). Héros lost her mainmast...
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    to 1785 and Dean of Canterbury from 1775 to 1781. In 1774-75 he served as Master's Mate aboard HMS Pallas, which was under the command of his brother William...
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    HMS Charles was a 96-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Christopher Pett at Deptford Dockyard until his death in March 1668,...
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    Flotilla. HMS Victory HMS Queen Elizabeth HMS Prince of Wales HMS Daring – completing refit, scheduled to return to the fleet in 2024 HMS Dauntless HMS Diamond...
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    HMS Milford 1695 HMS Arundel 1695 HMS Rye 1696 HMS Scarborough 1696 HMS Looe (i) 1696 HMS Lynn 1696 HMS Fowey 1696 HMS Southsea Castle (i) 1696 HMS Gosport...
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    she captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: HMS Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned...
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    died before having children of their own. Cook's first posting was with HMS Eagle, serving as able seaman and master's mate under Captain Joseph Hamar for...
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  • and five other men inside. No trace of them was found. John Day (c. 1740–1774) was an English carpenter and wheelwright who died during a test of his experimental...
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    Newfoundland and North American stations between 1771 and 1774, part of the time aboard the armed vessel HMS Canceaux, under Lieutenant Henry Mowat. While with...
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    Hugh Palliser (category British MPs 1774–1780)
    1723[a] – 19 March 1796) was a Royal Navy officer. As captain of the 58-gun HMS Eagle he engaged and defeated the French 50-gun Duc d'Aquitain off Ushant in...
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    redpoll, ptarmigan, short-eared owl, snowy owl, gyrfalcon and white-tailed eagle. The Greenlandic government holds executive power in local government affairs...
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    midshipman on HMS Centaur, flagship of Sir Samuel Hood, he was present at the surrender of Madeira. As captain, he commanded HMS Prince Regent, and HMS Winchester...
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  • (Captain de Maurville). She came within pistol range of his opposite number, HMS Eagle (Captain Reddel) before opening fire. Her captain, Morard de Galles, was...
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  • the S.S. Balaska in the series The Dana Girls Captain Corcoran, captain of HMS Pinafore, from Gilbert & Sullivan's operetta of the same name; however, ultimately...
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    Congress, 1774–1789 89–90 (Library of Cong. eds., 1905). Cont'l Cong., Commission for General Washington, in 2 Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789...
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  • Thames Yard at Deptford in 1773 HMS Centurion a 50-gun ship of the line launched at King's Yard in Harwich in 1774 HMS Experiment a 50-gun ship of the...
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    George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (category British MPs 1768–1774)
    stagnated. He spent large sums of money pursuing his political ambitions. By 1774 he had run up large debts and was forced to flee Britain to avoid his creditors...
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    Cook's ships, HMS Resolution and Adventure, crossed the Antarctic Circle on 17 January 1773, in December 1773, and again in January 1774. Cook came within...
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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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    Fitzpatrick, John Clement (1904). Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789: 1774. Vol. 1. U.S. Government Printing Office. Freedman, Russell (2008)...
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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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    and strategy. On 5 June 1916, Kitchener was making his way to Russia on HMS Hampshire to attend negotiations with Tsar Nicholas II when in bad weather...
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    troubled him with increasing frequency in the coming years. By March 5, 1774, he had recovered enough to deliver the fourth annual Massacre Day oration...
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