HMS Lion was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, of the Worcester class, launched on 3 September 1777 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She...
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Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in...
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Portsmouth HMS Sphinx (1775) 20-gun ship HMS Cygnet (1776) 14-gun sloop HMS Swift (1777) 14-gun sloop HMS Lion (1777) 64-gun ship of the line launched at...
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HMS America was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by John Williams and built by Adam Hayes at Deptford Dockyard and was...
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June 1775 Fate: Wrecked, 1780 HMS Lion Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard Ordered: 12 October 1768 Launched: 3 September 1777 Fate: Sold out of the service...
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HMS Agamemnon was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. She saw service in the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary...
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HMS Nonsuch was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 17 December 1774 at Plymouth. She was...
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for sailors. He was discharged in August and returned to Britain aboard HMS Lion, arriving in late November. Nelson gradually recovered over several months...
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a relative of Moore's. Moore left Lion before it sailed however, transferring first to HMS Rupert, and then to HMS Diamond. Diamond came under the command...
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Henry Heathcote (category 1777 births)
next sea-going command in February 1808, when he took over the 64-gun HMS Lion. He made two voyages to India, carrying Gore Ouseley and Mirza Abolhassan...
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