HMS Alexander was a 74-gun third-rate of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Deptford Dockyard on 8 October 1778. During her career she was captured by...
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borne the name HMS Alexander: HMS Alexander (1688) was a 12-gun fireship captured in 1688 and accidentally burned in 1689. HMS Alexander (1778) was a 74-gun...
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HMS Sartine was a French merchant vessel from Bordeaux. The French Navy pressed her into service on 3 August 1778 to assist in the defense of Pondichéry...
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have been named HMS Avenger: HMS Avenger was a sloop-of-war launched in 1778 as the 8-gun fireship HMS Lucifer. She was renamed HMS Avenger on her conversion...
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HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. With 246 years...
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of the second-rate HMS Queen in 1778. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station with his flag in the 50-gun HMS Europa in 1786 but died...
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was captured in 1778 during the American Revolutionary War and served as the French Minerve until being recaptured in 1781 and renamed HMS Recovery. She...
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recalled. From March to May 1778, he was the first captain of the first-rate HMS Victory. He was assigned as captain of the 90-gun HMS Prince George when Admiral...
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command of Lieutenant Alexander Christie. HMS Egmont (1778) was a schooner of eight guns and 199 tons burthen, purchased in 1778. On 14 July 1779, Egmont...
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expedition towards the North Pole. Renamed HMS Thunder in 1775, she was captured back by the French in 1778. Racehorse was originally the 18-gun French...
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