HMS Africa was a 64-gun third rate Essex-class ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1761 and in active service during the latter half of the...

service from 1694 to 1696. HMS Africa (1761) was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1761 and sold in 1774. HMS Africa (1781) was a 64-gun third-rate launched...

HMS Lowestoffe was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Built during the latter part of the Seven Years' War, she went on to see action in the...

sixth-rate HMS Squirrel back on the Carolinas station in 1731. He was given command of the 60-gun third-rate HMS Centurion in the West Africa Squadron in...

Portuguese India by a bill issued on 12 February 1761, but this did not affect their colonies in Brazil and Africa. France abolished slavery in 1794. However...

launched in 1753. She was captured by the Royal Navy in 1761 and taken into service as HMS Courageux. In 1778 she joined the Channel Fleet, and she was...

HMS Essex Builder: Wells and Stanton, Rotherhithe Ordered: 31 January 1759 Launched: 28 August 1760 Fate: Sold out of the service, 1799 HMS Africa Builder:...

the French in 1756. For the remainder of the war, from 1761 to 1763, he was captain of HMS Africa in the Mediterranean. From this time forward Hood was...

sloop HMS Speaker. Promoted to post-captain on 22 May 1758, Middleton was given command of the frigate HMS Arundel. In 1761, while in command of HMS Emerald...

Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best known for the mutiny on HMS Bounty, which occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command. The reasons...