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Spain completed no further ships of the line after 1796 for more than half a century, although three ships were under construction in Ferrol and Havana at the time of the French occupation (work on them ceased and they were all broken up on the stocks), and five 74-gun ships were acquired from Russia in February 1818, although these were in ...
This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
The list of April 9 o.s. names 84 ships divided amongst five squadrons each with "near about 15 flyboats", which would give a total of about 160. [8] However, in the payment list of September 5, 1589 o.s. naming 102 ships that returned, there are 33 ships named that were not on the April 9 o.s. list. [9] Those 33 ships were not flyboats hence they should be added to the 160 from the April 9 o ...
The Anglo-Spanish War was a conflict between the English Protectorate and Spain between 1654 and 1660. It was driven by the economic and religious rivalry between the two countries, with each side attacking the other's commercial and colonial interests in various ways, such as privateering and naval expeditions.
The English Armada (Spanish: Invencible Inglesa, lit. 'Invincible English'), also known as the Counter Armada or the Drake–Norris Expedition, was an attack fleet sent against Spain by Queen Elizabeth I of England that sailed on 28 April 1589 during the undeclared Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War.
Accomplished Quaker (1801 ship) Active (1801 whaler) Active (1805 ship) French brig Adèle; Adèle (1800 brig) Admiral Cockburn (1814 ship) Admiral Juel; Hired armed cutter Admiral Mitchell; Albatros (19th-century ship) Hired armed cutter Albion; Hired armed lugger Alert; Amelia Wilson (1809 ship) Ann (1807 ship) Anstruther (1800 ship) Atlantic ...
The Clipper Ship Flying Cloud off the Needles, Isle of Wight, off the southern English coast. Painting by James E. Buttersworth. The Maritime history of Europe represents the era of recorded human interaction with the sea in the northwestern region of Eurasia in areas that include shipping and shipbuilding, shipwrecks, naval battles, and military installations and lighthouses constructed to ...
Great ships all the ships listed (except Warspite) were rebuilds of earlier ships [4] Due Repulse 40/48 (1610) – also known as Repulse, BU 1645 [4] Defiance 38/40 (1615) – Sold 1650 [4] Warspite 29 (1596) – Harbour service (converted to lighter) 1635 [4] Red Lion 38 (1609) – also known as Lion, rebuilt 1640 [4] Vanguard (1615 ...