Golden Grove was built at Whitby in 1780 as Russian Merchant, and was renamed Golden Grove in 1782. She served as a storeship for the First Fleet to Australia...
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Age of sail were named Golden Grove, possibly for Golden Grove, Jamaica, or Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire: Golden Grove (1782 ship) was launched in 1780...
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The Alcide was a 74-gun Pégase class ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1782. In 1782, she took part in the American war of Independence...
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HMS Swiftsure (1787) (redirect from French ship Swiftsure (1801))
from the yards of John & William Wells, Deptford on 19 June 1782, as an Elizabeth class ship of the line. She was laid down in May 1784 and launched on...
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Niccolò Paganini (category 1782 births)
27 October 1782, the third of the six children of Antonio and Teresa (née Bocciardo) Paganini.: 11 Antonio Paganini was an unsuccessful ship chandler,...
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Superbe was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Her hull was copper sheathed. In 1787, Superbe was the flagship of the Escadre...
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because there is a single ship on each side. The following is a list of notable single-ship actions. 1579, March 1 – Golden Hind captures the Spanish...
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The Embarkation for Cythera (category Ships in art)
fondly at the goddess’s sacred grove. At the foot of the hill, several more happy couples are preparing to board the golden boat at the left. With its light...
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sailed from Gravesend on 13 December 1781, and Portsmouth on 6 February 1782 and arrived at St Helena on 13 June. She sailed from there on 18 August and...
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Hammersmith (redirect from Hammersmith Grove)
During both World Wars, Waring & Gillow's furniture factory, in Cambridge Grove, became the site of aircraft manufacture. Hammersmith Borough Council had...
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