• HMS Spider was a brig-rigged Spanish sloop that the British Royal Navy captured in 1806 and took into service. She served in the Mediterranean and the...
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    and sold at Malta in 1806. HMS Spider (1806), formerly Vigilante, a Spanish brig-rigged sloop captured on 4 April 1806 by HMS Renommee, and that served...
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  • HMS Spider was formerly the French privateer Victoire, built at Dunkirk in 1782, that the Royal Navy captured that same year. The Navy commissioned her...
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  • Medal with clasp: "Spider 25 Augt 1795". When Admiral Duncan rendezvoused in the Downs with his fleet, on 8 January 1806, Spider, Daniel Falara, master...
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  • United States Navy landing craft repair ship HMS Adonis, a British Royal Navy ship name HMS Adonis (1806), a British Royal Navy schooner Adonis class...
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    brought her into port. The Royal Navy took Vigilante into service as HMS Spider. In the early morning of 4 May, the boats of Renommee and Nautilus, under...
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    Helenian scientists: the Liza Pirate Spider (Ero lizae), the Natasha Pirate Spider (Ero natashae) and the Daryl Wolf Spider (Dolocosa joshuai). Note: Some of...
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    Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary as Empress Long Cheng 2019 Azur Lane as HMS Warspite, HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913), USS Saratoga (CV-3), IJN Akashi BanG Dream...
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    his passion for natural science. However, it was his five-year voyage on HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836 that truly established Darwin as an eminent geologist...
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  • HMS Elizabeth was a French privateer schooner that the Royal Navy captured in 1805 and took into service under her existing name. She participated in...
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