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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.
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.
This section of the river was also home to HMS Cricket, the Royal Marine landing craft crew training base, during World War II. At 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Botley , the river passes between the villages of Bursledon and Lower Swanwick and is crossed by the M27 motorway , the Portsmouth to Southampton railway line, and the A27 road via large ...
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;
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.
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.
Grace-Dieu (/ ˌ ɡ r eɪ s ˈ dj uː /) [1] is a placename situated in Leicestershire, England. Its toponymy , meaning "Grace (of) God" in French, is from nearby Grace Dieu Priory , which was established in the 13th century but was left in disrepair after the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII .
HMS Makassar (or Macassa) (1806): same vessel as HMS Celebes (1806) - nothing to add; HMS Malacca (1809) - nothing to add; the NMM database has a referral entry under the name HMS Penang, and a longer entry under the name HMS Malaoca. HMS Malta (1800 schooner); nothing to add; HMS Mandarin (1810) - nothing to add; HMS Manly (1804) - nothing to add