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  2. HMS Nottingham (1703) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Nottingham was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 10 June 1703. [1] She was the first ship to bear the name. Commissioned under Captain Samuel Whitaker , she formed part of Admiral Cloudesley Shovell 's fleet that sailed with Admiral Rooke to attack and take the formidable ...

  3. HMS Nottingham - Wikipedia

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    The first ship was rebuilt twice, and each is sometimes considered a separate ship: HMS Nottingham (1703) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1703. She was rebuilt in 1719 and 1745, and was sunk in 1773 as a breakwater. HMS Nottingham (1794), was a 3-gun gunvessel, formerly a barge. She was purchased in 1796 and sold in 1800.

  4. List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Navy Board stopped building any further three-decker 80-gun ships. Production of the 70-gun and 60-gun ships also ceased. Instead, new 74-gun and 64-gun ships replaced these classes. Although 50-gun and 44-gun two-deckers continued to be built for cruising duties, the Navy no longer considered the 50-gun ships powerful enough to serve as ...

  5. List of tallest buildings and structures in Nottingham

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    However, the tallest building in Nottingham is Victoria Centre Flats A, standing at 75 m (246 ft). St. Peter's Church in Nottingham was built in 1480, and was the tallest building in Nottingham for 361 years. High rise development in Nottingham was most active during the 1960s when many residential flats and tower blocks were constructed ...

  6. Samuel Barrington - Wikipedia

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    Admiral Samuel Barrington (1729 – 16 August 1800) was a Royal Navy officer. Barrington was the fourth son of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington of Beckett Hall at Shrivenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He enlisted in the navy at the age of 11, and by 1747 had been promoted to post-captain. Barrington had good connections and was ...

  7. Scheduled monuments in Nottinghamshire - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of scheduled monuments in Nottingamshire, a county in England.. In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; English Heritage takes the leading role in ...

  8. Carrington, Nottingham - Wikipedia

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    Carrington is a small suburb of Nottingham, England, located approximately 1.3 miles (2.1 km) north of Nottingham city centre. It lies next to the areas of Sherwood, Mapperley, Forest Fields, Basford, Sherwood Rise and the Forest Recreation Ground.

  9. New Hampshire Route 125 - Wikipedia

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    Calef's County Store, a locally famous family-owned shop which first opened in 1869, is located near the intersection of NH 9 and NH 125 in Barrington. The northern section of NH 125 between downtown Rochester and Wakefield occupies part of the original alignment of NH 16 (first designated as New England Interstate Route 16). The historic ...