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HMS Revenge (1892) was a Royal Sovereign-class battleship launched in 1892. She was renamed HMS Redoubtable in 1915 and was broken up in 1919. HMS Revenge (06) was a Revenge-class battleship, laid down as HMS Renown, but renamed in 1913, prior to her launch in 1915. She was on harbour service from 1945 and was scrapped in 1948.
The four Resolution-class submarines were ordered on 8 May 1963, with Revenge, [a] the fourth of the class, laid down at Cammell Laird's Birkenhead shipyard on 19 May 1965. [2] Construction of the two submarines being built at Lairds ( Revenge and Renown ) was much slower than planned, with poor performance by Cammell Laird and in particular ...
The vessels name is HMS Revenge. [2] Flora Burns is listed among thirty-five sailors of the American privateer ship during its voyage off the American coast in 1741. Her role within the ship is listed as Sailor. [3] While a member of the privateer crew, she was granted a one-and-three-quarter share, consistent with the allocation for all other ...
On 17 October 1810, HMS Revenge captured the French privateer Vengeur, a lugger from Dieppe with 78 men and 16 guns, off Cherbourg. [11] Next, on 6 November, HMS Donegal captured the privateer Surcouf, a lugger from Saint-Valéry with 56 men and 14 guns. [12] Revenge, Donegal, and Sandwich shared in the prize money for Vengeur and Surcouf. [13 ...
Captain Alexander Robert Kerr (1770 – 4 August 1831) was a Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century who is best known for his service as captain of the ship of the line HMS Revenge at the Battle of Basque Roads in 1809 and his subsequent involvement in the court-martial of Admiral Lord Gambier which followed.
HMS Revenge was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 April 1805. Sir John Henslow designed her as one of the large class 74s; she was the only ship built to her draught .
HMS Revenge (1741) was a privateering vessel commissioned by Governor of Rhode Island, Richard Ward in 1741. In his Letter of Marque, Ward names Benjamin Norton as captain, commanding him to commandeer any Spanish ship he may come across. Throughout the sloop's five month cruise, Norton kept a detailed journal of the ship's daily encounters ...
HMS Revenge was one of seven Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1890s. She spent much of her early career as a flagship for the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean , Home and Channel Fleets .