amended in 1750, and launched on 3 March 1756. HMS Namur’s battle honours surpass even those of the more famous HMS Victory. Namur was the flagship of Vice-Admiral...
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HMS Neptune was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built under the 1677 "Thirty Great Ships" Programme and launched in 1683...
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constructed. The outline plans were based on HMS Royal George, which had been launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1756, and the naval architect chosen to design...
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of the line, Leopard (built in 1756), Prince of Orange, Dublin (which returned from the West Indies in 1763), and Neptune. After this service at sea he...
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John Henslow. She was one of three ships of the Neptune class, alongside her sisters HMS Neptune and HMS Dreadnought.[a] She was primarily made from English...
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Lost at Sea. Methuen. ISBN 978-0413635402. Media related to HMS Royal George (ship, 1756) at Wikimedia Commons Royal George from Ships of the World: An...
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1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched on 25 September 1756. In 1756, one of the midshipmen on the Union was John Hunter, later to become...
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destroyed by the French. He was then given command of the second-rate HMS Neptune in August 1745. Despite having distinguished himself at Toulon, Hawke...
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James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier (category 1756 births)
Admiral William Cornwallis, with his flag in the 98-gun second-rate HMS Neptune. He went on to be governor and commander-in-chief of Newfoundland Station...
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Griffin HMS Princess Mary (60 guns) HMS Medway (60 guns) HMS Exeter (60 guns) HMS York (60 guns) HMS Winchester (50 guns) HMS Harwich (50 guns) HMS Preston...
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