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    HMS Britannia was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. The vessel was laid down in 1751 and launched in 1762. Nicknamed Old Ironsides...
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  • 1749. HMS Britannia (1762) was a 100-gun first rate launched in 1762. She was renamed HMS Princess Royal in 1812, HMS St George later in 1812, and HMS Barfleur...
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  • ship of the line launched in 1762 as HMS Britannia (1762). She was renamed HMS Barfleur in 1819 and was broken up in 1825. HMS Barfleur (1892) was a Centurion-class...
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  • 550 Buchnall then returned to Portsmouth in May 1762 and built: HMS Britannia (1762) – a huge 100-gun ship of the line with a crew of 850 men, had an illustrious...
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  • in 1811. HMS St George was originally HMS Britannia of 1762, renamed HMS Princess Royal in 1812, HMS St George a few days later, and then HMS Barfleur...
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    The complement of HMS Bounty, the Royal Navy ship on which a historic mutiny occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789, comprised 46 men on its departure...
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    Navy) HMS Pearl 32-gun frigate launched at Chatham Dockyard in 1762 HMS Ramillies 74-gun ship of the line launched at Chatham Dockyard in 1763 HMS Ferret...
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    Navy personnel, 22 were lost in HMS Ardent, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Sheffield, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Coventry and 13 lost in HMS Glamorgan. Fourteen naval cooks...
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    significant issue for the navy. HMS Raleigh at Torpoint, Cornwall, is the basic training facility for newly enlisted ratings. Britannia Royal Naval College in...
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    the same county. George Pocock entered the navy in 1718, serving aboard HMS Superb under the patronage of his maternal uncle, Captain Streynsham Master...
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