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    HMS Starr was a 16-gun Merlin-class ship sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built by Tanner, of Dartmouth, to plans by Sir William Rule, and launched in...
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  • Navy have borne the name HMS Star or HMS Starr: HMS Starr (1643) was a 16-gun ship purchased in 1643 and sold in 1652. HMS Starr (1667) was a 4-gun fireship...
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  • sloop launched in 1805 as HMS Starr. She was rebuilt as a bomb vessel in 1812 and was renamed HMS Meteor. She was sold in 1816. HMS Meteor (1823) was...
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  • French corvette Sans Pareille. She was captured in 1801 by HMS Mercury and sold in 1805. HMS Delight (1806) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1806 and...
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    Pelly succeeded Bouverie in August 1805 and Mercury returned to Newfoundland in May 1806. On 3 January 1806 HMS Starr recaptured the ships Argo and Adventure...
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    young people, and bowls. On 24 March 1878, the Royal Navy training ship HMS Eurydice (1843) capsized and sank in Sandown Bay with the loss of 317 lives...
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    May 1805) "Taught, half by reason, half by mere decay, / To welcome death, and calmly pass away.": 120  — Arthur Murphy, Irish writer (18 June 1805), quoting...
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  • Nelson's flagship HMS Vanguard. In 1798, Vanguard and Collier were engaged at the Battle of the Nile, and he subsequently moved with Nelson to HMS Foudroyant...
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    Naval Policy ... 1918-1922. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1940. Starr, Chester G., The Influence of Sea Power on Ancient History, 1989, Oxford...
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  • Södertörn Högskola. Sondhaus, Lawrence. Naval Warfare, 1815–1914 (2001). Starr, Chester. The Influence of Sea Power on Ancient History (1989) Tucker, Spencer...
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  • Fitzroy 1982 FX3 Robert FitzRoy (1805–1865), British naval officer, hydrographer and meteorologist, captain of HMS Beagle, governor of New Zealand (1843–1848)...
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  • begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British. 1765 – HMS Victory is launched at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. She is not commissioned until...
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  • Michael Starke: Actor. Freddie Starr: Comedian, impressionist, singer and 1994 Grand National-winning owner. Sir Ringo Starr: Rock drummer, Singer and songwriter...
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    (1762–1805), captain of HMS Bellerophon at the Battle of Trafalgar, where he was subsequently killed Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805)...
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    battles, culminating at the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The fleet that was destroyed at Trafalgar had visited Martinique the year...
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    original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021 – via Twitter. Barbara Starr and Jennifer Hansler. "US considering sending warships to Black Sea amid...
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    Expedition in a cairn on King William Island, after deserting their ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, with their surviving 105 crew members on April 22 to attempt...
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    Biology: Concepts and Applications Without Physiology By Cecie Starr, Christine A. Evers, Lisa Starr The Discovery of Hypnosis- The Complete Writings of James...
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    is signed between the Kingdoms of Great Britain and France. October 6 – HMS Bellerophon begins service with the Royal Navy. October 10 – The Confederation...
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    Sydney; Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council G. Gabrielle Starr 10th president of Pomona College; attended graduate school at St Andrews...
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    recruits. The breaking point came in October 1805, when Vice Admiral Mitchell allowed press gangs from HMS Cleopatra to storm the streets of Halifax armed...
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    February 9, 2019. No trip to SSI (as the locals refer to the island)... Starr, Mary (March 29, 2017). "Garden walk is all about community". Coastal Illustrated...
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    the globe between 1577 and 1580), HMS Victory (Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805), and HMS Beagle (ship used in Charles Darwin's...
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    deficiencies along the way, including the scurvy that kills 26 of the crew of HMS Pembroke, captained by future world explorer James Cook on his first long...
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    in Nova Scotia that became of national and international importance: The Starr Manufacturing Company, Susannah Oland and Sons Co., the Bank of Nova Scotia...
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  • Johnny Winter, Paco De Lucia, Jack Bruce, Bobby Keys, Joe Cocker Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney perform together on 50th anniversary celebration to the...
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  • 100 standard 23 October 1941 29 May 1942 Scrapped 1971 SS David Starr Jordan David Starr Jordan 472 standard 7 February 1943 25 March 1943 Scrapped 1971...
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    voyage of James Cook: English explorer Captain James Cook and his crew aboard HMS Endeavour complete the circumnavigation of New Zealand. April 12 – The Townshend...
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    Shores. Together with an Account of the Deliverance of Survivors. Andrus and Starr. 1813. p. 214. Retrieved 2013-02-02. "Manasseh Cutler, the Man Who Purchased...
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  • (1990). Volume 6 of Journals of the Lewis & Clark expedition (November 2, 1805 - March 22, 1806). University of Nebraska Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8032-2893-1...
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