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Grace Dieu was designed for use in battle against Genoa ' s formidable fleet of carracks, that city being at the time the ally of France and enemy of England. To this end she was built with high sides and a prow that rose more than 50 ft (15.24 m), so that her archers could shoot from above into the much lower carracks that she would run alongside.
Launched on 27 June 1942 and completed in September 1942. Allocated in 1943 to the Dutch Government and renamed Aert van der Neer. Sold in 1946 to Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd and renamed Maasland. Sold in 1959 to Cerrahogullari Umumi Nakliyat Vapurculuk ve Ticaret TAS, Turkey and renamed M Borgul. Scrapped in October 1966 in Istanbul. [12]
Henry Grace à Dieu ("Henry, Thanks be to God"), also known as Great Harry, [2] was an English carrack or "great ship" of the King's Fleet in the 16th century, and in her day the largest warship in the world. [2] Contemporary with Mary Rose, Henry Grace à Dieu was even larger, and served as Henry VIII's flagship.
Do not use the definite article the before a prefix or when introducing a ship for the first time; e.g., at the beginning of the lead section: HMS Victory was ..., not The HMS Victory was ... Generally, a definite article is not needed before a ship's name, although its use is not technically wrong: Victory was Nelson's flagship ... (preferred)
Grace Dieu is French for the Grace of God. It can also refer to: Grace Dieu, an English fifteenth century ship; Grace Dieu Abbey, Augustinian abbey, County Dublin;
HMS Regent was a French 16 to 18-gun brig of 350 tons (bm) that the British captured at Genoa in 1814, the Royal Navy purchased in 1816 but then transferred to the Revenue service, and that was sold in 1824.
Phoenix was a three-decker merchant ship built on the Thames in 1798. On a voyage in 1824 on which she first transported convicts to Van Diemen's Land she was damaged on the Sow and Pigs Reef inside Port Jackson Heads, New South Wales, Australia.
HMS Grace was one of 11 Thames sailing barges that the Admiralty purchased in 1794 for the British Royal Navy. After the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars the Navy found itself without vessels capable of inshore work and riverine operations. In 1795 the Admiralty started to order purpose-built schooner or brigantine-rigged gun vessels.