Mahón (Spanish: [maˈon]), officially Maó (Catalan: [məˈo], locally [ˈmo]; formerly spelled Mahó), and also written as Mahon or Port Mahon in English,...
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HMS Port Mahon has been the name of several ships of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to: HMS Port Mahon (1711), a 20-gun sixth rate launched in...
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Port Mahon Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located at Port Mahon, Menorca, Spain. It was opened in 1708 and in 1802 the port was ceded back to Spain...
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Port Mahon was a port in Kent County, Delaware, United States located along the Delaware Bay at the eastern end of Port Mahon Road, northeast of Little...
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archipelago. Ciutadella and Mahón are the main ports and largest towns. The port of Mahón is the second biggest natural port in the world[citation needed]...
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damage. Port Mahon, located at the southern boundary of the Refuge, was named after the capital of the Spanish island of Menorca. Built about 1890, Port Mahon...
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Minorca was a xebec-rigged vessel that the British Royal Navy had built at Port Mahon Dockyard, Menorca (historically called "Minorca" by the British) in 1779...
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likely, its origin can be found in the port city of Menorca. According to Émile Littré, it may have come from Mahón, capital of Menorca, in the Balearic...
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rocky island in the bay of Mahón, Menorca (Spain). But Ratas island, which was its habitat, was destroyed when Port Mahon was rebuilt. The last sign of...
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Invasion of Minorca (1781) (redirect from Siege of Mahon)
of Paris in 1783. At the eastern end of the island of Menorca is the port of Mahón, one of the best deep-water anchorages in the Mediterranean Sea. For...
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