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    HMS Neptune was an ironclad turret ship originally designed and built in Britain for Brazil, but acquired for the Royal Navy in 1878. Modifications to...
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  • in 1875. HMS Neptune (1863) was a coastguard cutter built in 1863 and sold in 1905. HMS Neptune (1874) was an ironclad warship launched in 1874 as Independência...
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  • September 1882. He took command of HMS Neptune (1874) on 28 March 1883 for service with the Channel Fleet. His command of Neptune ceased on 1 April 1885. Maxwell...
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  • 1890s Independencia – Confiscated by Britain before delivery, renamed HMS Neptune Riachuelo (1883) – Sunk 1910 Aquidabã (1885) – Renamed Vinte Quatro de...
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    to HMS Hercules. Despite her reuse as a school, Victory continued to deteriorate at her mooring. In 1903 she was accidentally rammed by HMS Neptune, a...
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    the United States. Hornby became commanding officer of the first-rate HMS Neptune in the Mediterranean Fleet in February 1861 and then became flag captain...
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  • Independencia (1874), ironclad for Brazil whose bungled launch led to bankruptcy of J & W Dudgeon shipbuilders. Subsequently became HMS Neptune ARA Independencia...
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    en-echelon configuration did not reappear in Royal Navy capital ships until HMS Neptune launched in 1909. Each turret weighed 750 tons and was protected by an...
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    House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum, Italy Neptune and Amphitrite by Jacob de Gheyn II (latter 16th-century) The Triumph of Neptune by Nicolas...
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    Challenger expedition (category 1874 in science)
    The expedition was named after the naval vessel that undertook the trip, HMS Challenger. The expedition, initiated by William Benjamin Carpenter, was...
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