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    HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. With 246 years...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1765. 1765 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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    The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed...
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    239–44. p 85 HMS Victory : 1765–1812 (first rate ship of the line) / Peter Goodwin. Somerset : Haynes Publishing, 2015. p 84 HMS Victory : 1765–1812 (first...
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    Historian Victor Lieberman writes: "These near simultaneous victories over Siam (1767) and China (1765–1769) testified to a truly astonishing elan unmatched...
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    44 ft (13 m) 3-mast steam frigate Wood 2,456 tons Museum, warship HMS Victory 1765 D Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 227 ft 6 in (69.3 m) 51 ft 10 in (15.8...
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    The Burmese–Siamese War of 1765–1767, also known as the war of the second fall of Ayutthaya (Thai: สงครามคราวเสียกรุงศรีอยุธยาครั้งที่สอง) was the second...
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    Beam Name Service Fate Notes 69 m (226 ft) 15.7 m (51 ft 10 in) HMS Victory 1765– still in commission, but not for active service; effectively museum...
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    only 15 years old. He ascended to the throne on 5 February 1765. In 1765 after the victory in the Battle of Buxar the British had formally gained Dewani...
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