HMS Jamaica, a Fiji-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, was named after the island of Jamaica, which was a British Crown Colony when she was built in the...
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fire in 1781. HMS Serapis (1782) was a 44-gun fifth rate, launched in 1782, converted to a storeship in 1795, and sold at Jamaica in 1826. HMS Serapis (1866)...
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HMS Actaeon was a 44-gun fifth-rate Roebuck-class ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1778. Commissioned in the same year, the ship served throughout the...
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later HMS Bounty fame, was a third cousin. The younger Richard also embarked on a naval career, joining in 1750 aboard Rodney's ship, the 44-gun HMS Rainbow...
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Port Royal (redirect from Port Royal, Jamaica)
Blackbeard and his family moved to Jamaica where Edward Thatch Jr. is listed as being a mariner in the Royal Navy aboard HMS Windsor in 1706. Port Royal benefited...
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ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth currently under construction: HMS Active (1758) was a 28-gun sixth rate...
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notable people from Jamaica. The list includes some non-resident Jamaicans who were born in Jamaica and also people of predominantly Jamaican heritage. Carl...
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HMS Hinchinbrook was the French privateer Astrée, which the British captured in 1778 and took into the Royal Navy as a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate. She...
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HMS Hermione was the lead ship of the Hermione-class, a six-ship class of 32-gun fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 9 September...
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