• second HMS Venerable (1808), launched in 1808, was also a 74-gun third rate, on harbour service from 1825, and broken up in 1838. The third HMS Venerable (1899)...
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    HMS Venerable was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 12 April 1808 at Northfleet. On 13 December 1810 Venerable was in...
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  • HMS Lyra was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched at Deptford in 1808 for the Royal Navy. In 1809 she was one of the vessels that participated in the...
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    1870 HMS Venerable Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet Ordered: 24 January 1805 Laid down: December 1805 Launched: 12 April 1808 Fate: Broken up, 1838 HMS Talavera...
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    to board HMS Victory. Taken prisoner, he was detained on Redoutable, and narrowly escaped drowning when she foundered the next day. In 1808, Ducrest de...
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    enormous loss of life. A second stage of the battle then developed, as HMS Venerable took the lead of the British line, attacking the rearmost French ship Formidable...
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    (2009). "HMS Surveillante". pbenyon.plus.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. James 1902b, p. 61. "Letter signed onboard HMS Venerable, sent...
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    submarines HMS Anchorite, HMS Valiant and HMS Conqueror. He completed the Submarine Command Course in 1973, became commanding officer of the submarine HMS Oberon...
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  • troops from Cherbourg to Basse-Terre. On 20 December 1808, Junon fought the British 18-gun corvette HMS St Christopher, but did not give chase for fear of...
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    May 1812, and was appointed to HMS Pique, going to the West Indies station, on 1 June. He transferred to HMS Venerable on 31 May 1814 and was promoted...
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