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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 Glowworm (H92) Grace Dieu (ship) HMS Grafton (H89) LÉ Grainne; HMS Grimsby (M108) HMS Gurkha (F122) H. HMS Hesperus (H57) HMNZS Hickleton (M1131) HMS Highlander ...
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
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
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.
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.
Grace Dieu and High Sharpley is an 86 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Coalville and Shepshed in Leicestershire. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Grace Dieu Quarry is a Geological Conservation Review site.
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 .