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    1781) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he served on George Anson's voyage around the world and commanded the landing party which sacked and burned...
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    Spanish East Indies. Research in the archipelago was carried out by Commodore Anson, who in August 1742 landed upon the island of Tinian. The Ladrones...
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    1823. Captain: George Anson Byron (1789–1868) Naturalists: Andrew Bloxam (1801–1878) and James Macrae Published by: G.A. Byron, Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to...
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    June 15 – Commodore George Anson's voyage around the world concludes after four years as HMS Centurion returns to England at Spithead and Anson is greeted...
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    George Anson, in his celebrated voyage of 1740–1744, lost nearly two-thirds of his crew (1,300 out of 2,000) within the first 10 months of the voyage. The...
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    carry a larger number of Tomahawk missiles and Spearfish torpedoes. HMS Anson was the most recent Astute-class boat to be commissioned. The Fleet Air...
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    whom 565 were lost. 565 1891  United Kingdom Utopia – Collided with HMS Anson while trying to enter the Bay of Gibraltar on 17 March. She sank in minutes...
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    the agreement. The ship was then sold to Captain John Wright, renamed Commodore and put on West Coast routes, including from its new home port of San...
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    French under la Bourdonnais 1747 May 14 1st Cape Finisterre – British under Anson defeat French under de Jonquières 25 October 2nd Cape Finisterre – British...
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    226–227 Horn p.69 Burke p.194 Cust p.65 Faivre p.26 James p.404 Gardiner p.61 Anson p.134 Pedley p.174 O'Neill p.60 James p.409 Cust. p.65 Anspach p.227 McKee...
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  • the French ship attempted to escape, pursued by Galtaea, Pomone and HMS Anson. After a sustained chase, the Andromache ran herself aground, and was later...
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  • Görner, German composer and organist (d. 1778) April 23 – George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, British admiral (d. 1762) April 26 – Adam Falckenhagen, German...
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    of Burma. May 16 – Three British Royal Navy ships under the command of Commodore Robert Swanton on HMS Vanguard arrive to break the siege of Quebec before...
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    frigate HMS Phaeton. The latter group were the frigates HMS Pomone, HMS Anson, and HMS Artois, the brig-sloop HMS Sylph, and the cutter Dolly. While Warren...
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  • The ship was driven ashore at Tarifa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Guadeloupe. Adele was refloated on 10 January and...
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  • rescued by the Sheringham Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dartmouth, Devon. Anson Stimson  United States The schooner was wrecked...
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