HMS Vimiera was launched in 1805 at Havre as the French Navy brig Pylade (or Pilade). The Royal Navy captured her in 1808 and commissioned her. She participated...
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HMS Vimiera (1808) was a 16-gun brig-sloop, formerly the French Pylade, launched in 1805. She was captured in 1808 and sold in 1814. HMS Vimiera (1917)...
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HMS Vimiera was a V-class destroyer ordered as part of the 1917–18 programme. One of her early missions was a trip to Reval, conveying Leonid Krasin and...
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Tauride by Gluck HMS Vimiera (1808), formerly French Navy brig Pylade or Pilade Pylades, in Greek mythology Pilades, a genus of beetles HMS Surinam (1804)...
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the French had in these Seas." The Navy took Pylade into service as HMS Vimiera. Pompee shared with Captain, Amaranthe, and Morne Fortunee in the prize...
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French ship D'Hautpoul (1807) (redirect from HMS Abercrombie (1807))
commodore to assist with landings. His squadron comprised Abercrombie, Vimiera, Snap, Morne Fortunee, Frolic, Surinam, Superieure, and Ringdove. The squadron...
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became a lieutenant in 1801 and a commander on 29 September 1808. He took command of HMS Vimiera and took part in the British capture of St Martin, St Eustatius...
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on 20 October 1808 by HMS Pompee and brought into service as HMS Vimiera. Palinure was captured off Diamond Rock on 1 November 1808 by HMS Circe and brought...
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First Class. Duke of Victoria, Marquess of Torres Vedras, and Count of Vimiera in Portugal. Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Golden Fleece...
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Infantry in 1908). Quebec 1759, Martinique 1762, Havannah Peninsular War: Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria...
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