HMS Dacres (K472) was a Captain-class frigate, built in the United States as a Evarts-class destroyer escort, and transferred to the Royal Navy under the...
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ship ready and able to pursue the French was HMS Culloden, under the command of Captain Barrington Dacres. He immediately began a pursuit and after a chase...
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of his ship, HMS Guerriere. Dacres was born in Lowestoft on 22 August 1788, the son of Captain, later Vice-Admiral, James Richard Dacres and his wife...
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Vice-Admiral. Dacres was born in Gibraltar in February 1749, the eldest son of the secretary of the garrison Richard Dacres, and his wife Mary Dacres, née Bateman...
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Greenwich Hospital. Dacres was born in 1804, the son of Captain, later Vice-Admiral, Sir Richard Dacres and Martha Phillips Milligan. The Dacres had a long history...
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HMCS Cowichan, Canadian minesweeper HMS Dacres, Captain class frigate converted to act as a headquarters ship HMS Durban (light cruiser used as a blockship...
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Barrington's brother James Richard Dacres became a vice-admiral, as did Barrington's uncle Richard Dacres, while his cousin Sydney Dacres became an admiral, and First...
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no suggestion that Dacres and his men had not done their utmost, or that Dacres had been reckless to engage Constitution. Dacres was therefore acquitted...
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consisting of white with a sky-blue stripe along the hull. HMS Dacres, HMS Kingsmill and HMS Lawford were converted to headquarters ships for use during...
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escorts from the United States. the first ship commissioned of the class was HMS Bayntun on 20 January 1943 total ships in the table: 507DEs + 56APDs 37 Buckleys...
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