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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 in March 1945 as LST 3006, later commissioned as HMS Troms ... Empire Grace was a 13,478 GRT cargo liner which was built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast ...
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.
Created [[HMS Teatime (1812)]] if you have started a new article ... Regent - Updated; the former Grace Dieu, launched in 1488 at Chatham and renamed Regent in 1489.
Grace-Dieu, Leicestershire place Grace Dieu Priory, Augustinian abbey at Grace Dieu, Leicestershire; Grace Dieu Manor School, a former preparatory school in Leicestershire; Grace Dieu Manor, nineteenth century Grade II* country house; Grâce à Dieu, also known as By the Grace of God, a 2019 French film by François Ozon
Grace Dieu (or Grace à Dieu), was a 600 or 1000 tons vessel launched at Chatham in 1488. She was renamed Regent the next year. In 1512, she was the flagship of English admiral Sir Thomas Knyvett .
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.
PS Gracie Fields built in 1936, was the last paddle steamer built for Red Funnel as a ferry and excursion steamer. [1] She ran on the Southampton-Cowes route until the outbreak of World War II, when she was requisitioned and served as HMS Gracie Fields as a minesweeper.