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  • HMS Greenwich (1747)
  • Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

    HMS Greenwich was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built during the War of the Austrian Succession, and went on to see

    HMS Greenwich (1747)

    HMS_Greenwich_(1747)

  • HMS Greenwich
  • List of ships with the same or similar names

    being wrecked in 1744. HMS Greenwich (1747) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1747 and captured by the French in 1757. HMS Greenwich (1777) was a 26-gun

    HMS Greenwich

    HMS_Greenwich

  • Lepe, Hampshire
  • Hamlet in Hampshire, England

    create a shipyard there. Among ships built there were: HMS Greenwich (1747) HMS Fowey (1749) HMS Europa (1765). It had silted up by 1825. Around this time

    Lepe, Hampshire

    Lepe, Hampshire

    Lepe,_Hampshire

  • HMS Doterel (1880)
  • Sloop of the Royal Navy

    Admiralty (4 May 1881). "Destruction of HMS Doterel". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. col. 1747.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names:

    HMS Doterel (1880)

    HMS Doterel (1880)

    HMS_Doterel_(1880)

  • Thomas Pollard (shipwright)
  • English shipwright (1745–1799)

    HMS Caesar (1793) (Plymouth) HMS Stag (1794) (Chatham) HMS Unicorn (1794) (Chatham) HMS Maidstone (1795) (Deptford) HMS Shannon (1795) (Deptford) HMS

    Thomas Pollard (shipwright)

    Thomas Pollard (shipwright)

    Thomas_Pollard_(shipwright)

  • Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)
  • Royal Navy officer and politician (1715–1775)

    politician. He commanded the fourth-rate HMS Gloucester and at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession

    Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)

    Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)

    Charles_Saunders_(Royal_Navy_officer)

  • Lord Archibald Hamilton
  • Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator

    He served as Governor of Greenwich Hospital from 1746 until his death. He kept his post under the Prince of Wales until 1747, when he was turned out for

    Lord Archibald Hamilton

    Lord Archibald Hamilton

    Lord_Archibald_Hamilton

  • HMS Assistance (1747)
  • Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

    draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 22 December 1747. Assistance served until 1773, when she was sold out of the navy. Lavery

    HMS Assistance (1747)

    HMS_Assistance_(1747)

  • HMS Anson (1747)
  • Fourth-rate ship of the line

    draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 10 October 1747. Anson served until 1773, when she was sold out of the navy. Today, a model

    HMS Anson (1747)

    HMS Anson (1747)

    HMS_Anson_(1747)

  • HMS St Albans (1747)
  • Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

    draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 23 December 1747. She saw service against France in the Seven Years' War. On July 1758 she

    HMS St Albans (1747)

    HMS St Albans (1747)

    HMS_St_Albans_(1747)

  • HMS Tiger (1747)
  • Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

    the 1745 Establishment and launched on 23 November 1747. Tiger was commissioned in December 1747 under Captain Charles Saunders, as a reinforcement for

    HMS Tiger (1747)

    HMS Tiger (1747)

    HMS_Tiger_(1747)

  • Nathaniel Portlock
  • British explorer (c. 1748 – 1817)

    entered the Royal Navy in 1772 as an able seaman, serving in HMS St Albans. In 1776 he joined HMS Discovery as master's mate and served on the third Pacific

    Nathaniel Portlock

    Nathaniel Portlock

    Nathaniel_Portlock

  • Hugh Palliser
  • Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator (1723–1796)

    pennant of Commodore Edward Legge. Legge died on 19 September 1747, and Palliser transferred to HMS Sutherland. Six months later an accidental fire in that

    Hugh Palliser

    Hugh Palliser

    Hugh_Palliser

  • HMS Tavistock (1747)
  • Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

    Establishment. She was fitted out in Portsmouth and launched on 26 August 1747. She had two commanders: Captain Justinian Nutt and Commodore Francis Holburne

    HMS Tavistock (1747)

    HMS_Tavistock_(1747)

  • HMS Severn (1747)
  • Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

    HMS Severn was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at King's Yard in Harwich by John Barnard as a sister ship to HMS Lichfield

    HMS Severn (1747)

    HMS_Severn_(1747)

  • HMS Centurion (1732)
  • Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

    HMS Centurion was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard by Joseph Allin the younger and launched on 6

    HMS Centurion (1732)

    HMS Centurion (1732)

    HMS_Centurion_(1732)

  • Justinian Nutt
  • Royal Navy officer (1704-1757)

    44-gun frigate HMS Prince Edward on 2 July 1746, and then moved again on 7 March 1747, becoming captain of the 64-gun ship of the line HMS Edinburgh. Continuing

    Justinian Nutt

    Justinian Nutt

    Justinian_Nutt

  • John Campbell (Royal Navy officer)
  • Royal Navy officer, navigator and colonial administrator

    was promoted to commander on 27 May 1747, and given command of a sloop. Promoted to post captain on 23 November 1747, he was given command of the new frigate

    John Campbell (Royal Navy officer)

    John Campbell (Royal Navy officer)

    John_Campbell_(Royal_Navy_officer)

  • John Cleveley the Elder
  • English painter

    of her Crew (Greenwich Hospital coll., National Maritime Museum, London). John Cleveley the Younger (1747–1786) and Robert Cleveley (1747–1809), twins

    John Cleveley the Elder

    John Cleveley the Elder

    John_Cleveley_the_Elder

  • George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
  • Royal Navy officer and politician (1720–1795)

    James Lind, who conducted his experiments on scurvy during such a patrol in 1747. The war ended in 1748. About this time Edgcumbe was painted by Sir Joshua

    George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

    George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

    George_Edgcumbe,_1st_Earl_of_Mount_Edgcumbe

  • Israel Pownoll
  • English shipwright (1710–1779)

    Chatham HMS Stirling Castle (1775) launched at Chatham HMS Nymph (1778) 14-gun sloop launched at Chatham He was married to Mary Robarts on 15 Aug 1747. He

    Israel Pownoll

    Israel_Pownoll

  • Robert Roddam
  • Royal Navy officer (1719–1808)

    command the 50-gun HMS Bristol, which was then the Plymouth guardship, on 30 January 1753. He was moved to the 50-gun HMS Greenwich in 1755. Roddam was

    Robert Roddam

    Robert Roddam

    Robert_Roddam

  • Richard Tyrell
  • Royal Navy officer (1716–1766)

    transferred to HMS Lyme. In April 1746 he captured the corvette La Saxonne off the Leeward Islands. In April 1747 he transferred to HMS Centaur, remaining

    Richard Tyrell

    Richard Tyrell

    Richard_Tyrell

  • Basil Keith
  • British naval officer and Governor of Jamaica

    HMS Badger. He was raised to commander in 1758 and appointed to HMS Dover. He was finally promoted captain in 1760 and given command in turn of HMS Amazon

    Basil Keith

    Basil Keith

    Basil_Keith

  • HMS Somerset (1748)
  • Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

    HMS Somerset was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment

    HMS Somerset (1748)

    HMS Somerset (1748)

    HMS_Somerset_(1748)

  • Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
  • Royal Navy officer (1748–1810)

    12, he went to sea as a volunteer and apprentice on board the sixth-rate HMS Shannon under the command of his cousin Captain Richard Braithwaite (or Brathwaite)

    Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood

    Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood

    Cuthbert_Collingwood,_1st_Baron_Collingwood

  • Frederick Cornewall
  • British naval officer (1706–1788)

    Marshalsea prison. In February 1745 he was given command of HMS Hector, followed by HMS Sunderland in 1747. In June 1749 he made a generous donation to Thomas

    Frederick Cornewall

    Frederick Cornewall

    Frederick_Cornewall

  • Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet
  • Royal Navy Admiral, politician and slave trader (1718–1784)

    the family's borough of Thirsk in 1747, and held the seat until 1780, when he sought the governorship of Greenwich Hospital. Unsuccessful, he returned

    Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet

    Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet

    Sir_Thomas_Frankland,_5th_Baronet

  • Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, born 1739)
  • Year's Day 1760 of the 50-gunner HMS Falmouth, remaining in the East Indies. In September 1760, he took command of HMS Tiger. Both Queenborough and Newcastle

    Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, born 1739)

    Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, born 1739)

    Digby_Dent_(Royal_Navy_officer,_born_1739)

  • HMS Lenox (1678)
  • Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

    HMS Lenox was a 70-gun third rate built at Deptford Dockyard in 1677/78. She was in active commission for the Nine Years War, fighting in the Battles

    HMS Lenox (1678)

    HMS Lenox (1678)

    HMS_Lenox_(1678)

  • Sir John Strachan, 5th Baronet
  • the rank of lieutenant, in January 1747. In 1755, Strachan was appointed second lieutenant aboard the 98-gun HMS St George, which was then the flagship

    Sir John Strachan, 5th Baronet

    Sir_John_Strachan,_5th_Baronet

  • Horatia Nelson
  • Daughter of Horatio Nelson (1801–1881)

    husband had died on 6 April 1803, and 5 days before Nelson had to board HMS Victory on 18 May that year, Horatia was christened, aged two, at St Marylebone

    Horatia Nelson

    Horatia Nelson

    Horatia_Nelson

  • John Montagu (Royal Navy officer)
  • Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator (1719–1795)

    was born in 1719, son of James Montagu of Lackham, Lacock, Wiltshire (died 1747), and great-grandson of James Montagu of Lackham (1602–1665), third son of

    John Montagu (Royal Navy officer)

    John Montagu (Royal Navy officer)

    John_Montagu_(Royal_Navy_officer)

  • Cape Finisterre
  • Peninsula on the west coast of Galicia, Spain

    Retrieved 25 March 2019. "H.M.S. 'Captain' wood fragment". Royal Museums Greenwich. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service

    Cape Finisterre

    Cape Finisterre

    Cape_Finisterre

  • List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy
  • rates of 50 guns Assistance 50 (1747) – sold 1773. Greenwich 50 (1747) – captured by France 1757. Tavistock 50 (1747) – hulked 1761, broken up 1768. Falmouth

    List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

    List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

    List_of_ships_of_the_line_of_the_Royal_Navy

  • List of shipwrecks in 1747
  • July 1747. "HMS Maidstone [+1747]". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 January 2015. "(untitled)". Lloyd's List. No. 1207. Lloyd's of London. 19 June 1747. "(untitled)"

    List of shipwrecks in 1747

    List_of_shipwrecks_in_1747

  • Chatham Dockyard
  • Former Royal Navy Dockyard in Kent, England

    'monster ships'". Royal Museums Greenwich. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2019. "HMS Arethusa". Uboat.net. Retrieved

    Chatham Dockyard

    Chatham Dockyard

    Chatham_Dockyard

  • HMS Swiftsure (1750)
  • Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

    HMS Swiftsure was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1755 and in active service during the Seven Years' War. After a

    HMS Swiftsure (1750)

    HMS Swiftsure (1750)

    HMS_Swiftsure_(1750)

  • Maurice Suckling
  • Royal Navy officer and politician (1726–1778)

    ship of the line HMS Burford. While sailing off Villefranche on 7 February 1746, he was transferred to the 80-gun ship of the line HMS Russell, also as

    Maurice Suckling

    Maurice Suckling

    Maurice_Suckling

  • Deptford
  • Area of southeast London, England

    bank of the River Thames in southeast London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River

    Deptford

    Deptford

    Deptford

  • Zong massacre
  • 1781 mass killing of enslaved Africans

    mayor of Liverpool in 1762, had an interest in 50 slaving voyages between 1747 and 1780. By the end of his life, vessels in which Gregson had a financial

    Zong massacre

    Zong massacre

    Zong_massacre

  • James Wolfe
  • British Army officer (1727–1759)

    Wolfe's body was returned to Britain on HMS Royal William and interred in the family vault in St Alfege Church, Greenwich alongside his father (who had died

    James Wolfe

    James Wolfe

    James_Wolfe

  • Peter Denis
  • English naval officer and MP (1713–1778)

    he captured a French privateer and recaptured two British merchantmen. By 1747 Denis was back in the 50-gun Centurion as her captain, commanding her at

    Peter Denis

    Peter_Denis

  • Isaac Townsend
  • Royal Navy officer and politician (1685–1765)

    post-captain from 1720, Townsend commanded various ships. As captain of HMS Shrewsbury he took part in the expedition against Cartagena in 1741. He was

    Isaac Townsend

    Isaac Townsend

    Isaac_Townsend

  • HMS Windsor (D42)
  • Destroyer of the Royal Navy

    The third HMS Windsor (D42) was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I and in World War II

    HMS Windsor (D42)

    HMS Windsor (D42)

    HMS_Windsor_(D42)

  • George Augustus Westphal
  • Royal Navy officer (1785–1875)

    National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. Westphal was able to authenticate it with his fragments. Westphal served as a midshipman on HMS Ocean, the flagship of

    George Augustus Westphal

    George Augustus Westphal

    George_Augustus_Westphal

  • Mediterranean Fleet
  • Formation of the Royal Navy, active from 1654 to 1967

    afloat on board HMS Warspite until April 1940. He was then back onshore at Malta until February 1941. He transferred it again to HMS Warspite until July

    Mediterranean Fleet

    Mediterranean Fleet

    Mediterranean_Fleet

  • James Cornewall
  • British Royal Navy officer and politician

    as voting twice and speaking once. In early 1737 he was commander of HMS Greenwich and served off the West African coast, regulating British trade in the

    James Cornewall

    James Cornewall

    James_Cornewall

  • Woolwich Dockyard
  • Naval dockyard in London, England; in use from 1512 to 1869

    1670 – HMS Saint Andrew; first-rate ship of the line, later renamed HMS Royal Anne 1701 – HMS Royal Sovereign; first-rate ship of the line 1751 – HMS Dolphin;

    Woolwich Dockyard

    Woolwich Dockyard

    Woolwich_Dockyard

  • Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
  • Military unit

    be traced to Stafford Fairborne, who in 1695 was appointed as captain of HMS London and "Commander in Chief of his Majesty's shipps in the River of Thames

    Commander-in-Chief, The Nore

    Commander-in-Chief, The Nore

    Commander-in-Chief,_The_Nore

  • HMS Swallow (1745)
  • Royal Navy sloop

    convoy escort and cruiser before sailing to join the East Indies Station in 1747. There she served in the squadron of Rear-Admiral Edward Boscawen, taking

    HMS Swallow (1745)

    HMS Swallow (1745)

    HMS_Swallow_(1745)

  • List of ships of the line of France
  • October 1747 Warwick 60–62 (ex-British Warwick, captured March 1756) – recaptured by the British in January 1761 Greenwich 50–58 (ex-British Greenwich, captured

    List of ships of the line of France

    List of ships of the line of France

    List_of_ships_of_the_line_of_France

  • HMS Royal George (1756)
  • First-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy

    HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was the largest warship in the world at the time of her launch on 18

    HMS Royal George (1756)

    HMS Royal George (1756)

    HMS_Royal_George_(1756)

  • Seventy-four (ship)
  • Type of ship of the line

    example, Invincible, captured at the first battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747) and the Seven Years' War and was greatly impressed by them compared to its

    Seventy-four (ship)

    Seventy-four (ship)

    Seventy-four_(ship)

  • Edward Vernon
  • Royal Navy officer (1684–1757)

    transferred to HMS Ipswich and three months later, joined HMS Mary. On 16 September 1702, Vernon was promoted lieutenant and appointed to HMS Lennox serving

    Edward Vernon

    Edward Vernon

    Edward_Vernon

  • Charles Radclyffe
  • English Catholic nobleman (1693–1746)

    St Giles in the Fields, Camden. James was released and pardoned under the 1747 Act of Indemnity; in 1749, he married Barbara Kempe, another Catholic, whose

    Charles Radclyffe

    Charles Radclyffe

    Charles_Radclyffe

  • John Isaac Thornycroft
  • British shipbuilder (1843-1928)

    Whitehead in 1876, the torpedo boat really found its form. Thornycroft designed HMS Lightning for the Royal Navy, on the lines of Gitana, and orders started

    John Isaac Thornycroft

    John Isaac Thornycroft

    John_Isaac_Thornycroft

  • Shipwrecks of Cape Town
  • Ships that were lost or scuttled along the coast

    pre-1810. The only HMS Trident that was in service around this time was HMS Trident (1768), which was also in service at the date when the "HMS Indent" was reportedly

    Shipwrecks of Cape Town

    Shipwrecks of Cape Town

    Shipwrecks_of_Cape_Town

  • Victualling Commissioners
  • Division of the British Royal Navy

    1745–1746: Arthur Stert 1746–1747: John Russell 1746–1778: James Wallace 1747–1760: William Jenkins 1747–1761: Francis Vernon 1747–1762: Sir Francis Haskins

    Victualling Commissioners

    Victualling Commissioners

    Victualling_Commissioners

  • Deptford Dockyard
  • Naval dockyard and base at Deptford on the River Thames

    including HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, as were ships used by George Vancouver on his expedition between 1791 and 1795, HMS Discovery

    Deptford Dockyard

    Deptford Dockyard

    Deptford_Dockyard

  • Captain Lord George Graham in his Cabin
  • 1745 painting by William Hogarth

    command. The painting is probably set aboard this new command, the 60-gun HMS Nottingham, and shows Graham relaxing in the great cabin before a meal, smoking

    Captain Lord George Graham in his Cabin

    Captain Lord George Graham in his Cabin

    Captain_Lord_George_Graham_in_his_Cabin

  • List of ships captured in the 18th century
  • British Royal Navy. HMS Warwick ( British Royal Navy): The 60-gun fourth-rate was captured in March by the French Navy. HMS Greenwich ( Royal Navy): The

    List of ships captured in the 18th century

    List of ships captured in the 18th century

    List_of_ships_captured_in_the_18th_century

  • Duke of York
  • Title of nobility

    Fitzrovia Duke of York, Ganwick Corner HMS Duke of York (1763), a 4-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1776 HMS Duke of York (17), a King George V-class

    Duke of York

    Duke_of_York

  • Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)
  • Merchant marine service of the United Kingdom

    pp. 1045–1050. Press, Jonathan (1976). The Merchant Seamen of Bristol, 1747-1789 (Bristol Historical Association pamphlets, no. 38), 23 pp. Thompson

    Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)

    Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)

    Merchant_Navy_(United_Kingdom)

  • List of shipwrecks in the Channel Islands
  • Retrieved 5 September 2015. "SV Cerf (+1747) document". Wrecksite.eu. "1777 GOLD GUINEA in EF condition from HMS SPRIGHTLY shipwreck | #305067415". Worthpoint

    List of shipwrecks in the Channel Islands

    List of shipwrecks in the Channel Islands

    List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Channel_Islands

  • HMS Granado (1742)
  • HMS Granado was launched at Harwich in 1742, during the War of the Austrian Succession as a sloop-of-war. During this war she captured a French privateer

    HMS Granado (1742)

    HMS Granado (1742)

    HMS_Granado_(1742)

  • John Clevland (1706–1763)
  • year 1747 who dying his widow the 5th Decr. 1764 left issue two sons & two daughters" Notes In 1762, William Saltren-Willett was Captain of HMS Warspight

    John Clevland (1706–1763)

    John_Clevland_(1706–1763)

  • Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
  • Military unit

    in East Sussex to Portland in Dorset. In 1889 the Commander-in-Chief took HMS Victory as his flagship. In the late 18th century port admirals began to

    Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth

    Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth

    Commander-in-Chief,_Portsmouth

  • Samuel Pepys
  • English writer and politician (1633–1703)

    Paulina Jackson   +   Admiral R. Collins Frances Jackson (1722–1769)   +(1747)+   John Cockerell of Bishops Hull (Somer.) (1714–1767) John Cockerell Charles

    Samuel Pepys

    Samuel Pepys

    Samuel_Pepys

  • HMY William & Mary (1694)
  • presence. In 1697 Tsar Peter the Great visited western Europe. William III sent HMS York to bring Peter from Holland to England. On York's arrival at the Thames

    HMY William & Mary (1694)

    HMY William & Mary (1694)

    HMY_William_&_Mary_(1694)

  • George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
  • Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator (1718–1792)

    with his first major action being the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747. He made a large amount of prize money during the 1740s, allowing him to

    George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

    George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

    George_Rodney,_1st_Baron_Rodney

  • Thomas Cotes (Royal Navy officer)
  • British Royal Navy officer and MP (1712–1767)

    the command of the third-rate HMS Edinburgh in 1745 and saw action at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747. He was promoted to rear admiral

    Thomas Cotes (Royal Navy officer)

    Thomas Cotes (Royal Navy officer)

    Thomas_Cotes_(Royal_Navy_officer)

  • William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
  • Prime Minister of Great Britain 1766–1768 (1708–1778)

    Thomas Grenville was killed at the naval First Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747, however, this victory helped secure British supremacy of the sea that gave

    William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

    William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

    William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham

  • Maritime history of the United Kingdom
  • HMS Conqueror sank the light cruiser ARA General Belgrano, but lost the destroyers HMS Sheffield and HMS Coventry and the frigates HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope

    Maritime history of the United Kingdom

    Maritime history of the United Kingdom

    Maritime_history_of_the_United_Kingdom

  • Prison
  • Facility where people are kept as punishment

    American Bar Foundation Research Journal. 11 (4): 847–880. doi:10.1111/j.1747-4469.1986.tb00270.x. ISSN 0361-9486. JSTOR 828299. Karl von Schriltz, "Foucault

    Prison

    Prison

    Prison

  • History of submarines
  • patents for submarines/submersible boats had been granted in England. In 1747, Nathaniel Symons patented and built the first known working example of the

    History of submarines

    History_of_submarines

  • John Paul Jones
  • Scottish-born naval officer (1747–1792)

    John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a British-American naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American

    John Paul Jones

    John Paul Jones

    John_Paul_Jones

  • John Arnold (watchmaker)
  • English watchmaker and inventor

    significantly, all have (or originally had) flat springs. David Salomons, Breguet 1747–1823, (London, 1921, privately published), p. 10 George Daniels "The Art

    John Arnold (watchmaker)

    John Arnold (watchmaker)

    John_Arnold_(watchmaker)

  • Jamaica Station (Royal Navy)
  • Military unit

    Captain Cornelius Mitchell (1746) Captain Digby Dent (1747) Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles (1747–48) Captain Polycarpus Taylor (1748) Commodore George Townshend

    Jamaica Station (Royal Navy)

    Jamaica Station (Royal Navy)

    Jamaica_Station_(Royal_Navy)

  • War of Jenkins' Ear
  • 1739–1748 conflict between Britain and Spain

    lasted 21 days. Vernon then withdrew his forces, leaving HMS Windsor Castle and HMS Greenwich in the vicinity, with the mission to intercept any Spanish

    War of Jenkins' Ear

    War of Jenkins' Ear

    War_of_Jenkins'_Ear

  • 1836 in the United Kingdom
  • tender prior to its first minting since 1800. 8 February The London and Greenwich Railway opens its first section, the first railway in London. Commencement

    1836 in the United Kingdom

    1836_in_the_United_Kingdom

  • First voyage of James Cook
  • Combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific

    Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771. The aims were to observe the 1769 transit of

    First voyage of James Cook

    First voyage of James Cook

    First_voyage_of_James_Cook

  • 1670
  • Calendar year

    are beheaded in Vienna on April 30, 1671. March 31 – The British warship HMS Sapphire is wrecked beyond repair when her captain, John Pearce, orders the

    1670

    1670

  • Timeline of the American Revolution
  • (1754), Elbridge Gerry (1765), Robert Treat Paine (1749), William Ellery (1747), William Williams (1751), William Hooper (1760) Providence, Rhode Island

    Timeline of the American Revolution

    Timeline of the American Revolution

    Timeline_of_the_American_Revolution

  • 1719 Establishment
  • Formalised set of dimensions for Royal Navy vessels

    to the 1719 Establishment may be too small, and so a new ship, HMS Centurion, and HMS Rippon which was due for rebuilding, were built with slightly altered

    1719 Establishment

    1719_Establishment

  • 1745 Establishment
  • Formalised set of dimensions for Royal Navy vessels

    HMS Royal George at right, shown fictitiously at the launch of HMS Cambridge Class overview Operators  Royal Navy  French Navy Preceded by 1719 Establishment

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    1745 Establishment

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    Hampshire Grant of Pownal, Vermont. February 15 – The British Royal Navy ship HMS Royal Katherine runs aground off Bolt Head in England, with the loss of 699

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    (b. 1776) October 31 – Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, ruler of Montenegro (b. 1747) November 8 – Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777) November 18 – Adam

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  • European exploration of Australia
  • Bowen reproduced Thevenot's map in his Complete System of Geography (London, 1747), re-titling it A Complete Map of the Southern Continent and adding three

    European exploration of Australia

    European exploration of Australia

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  • 1690s
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    of piracy although he is later reprieved. January 27 The crew of the ship HMS Welfare, commanded by John Strong, become the first European people to land

    1690s

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  • 1694
  • Calendar year

    Royal Navy's 40-gun warship HMS Ruby captures the French privateer Entreprenant in battle. The confiscated ship is renamed HMS Ruby Prize. April 12 – The

    1694

    1694

    1694

  • Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom
  • elected posthumously; Edward Legge (1710–1747) was elected unopposed as MP for Portsmouth on 15 December 1747, four days before news arrived that he had

    Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom

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  • 1767
  • Calendar year

    by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the means to find longitude at sea, using tables of

    1767

    1767

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  • History of Antarctica
  • historical, legal, and diplomatic precedents, which were formalized by Decree No. 1747, enacted on November 6, 1940, and published on June 21, 1955. According to

    History of Antarctica

    History of Antarctica

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    Reynolds, English painter (b. 1723) March 1 Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747) Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1731) Jean Godin des Odonais

    1790s

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  • Jauch family
  • German Hanseatic family

    famine emigrated with hundreds of other inhabitants in several waves from 1747–1754, 1801, 1817, 1847 and in the period thereafter until about 1890 to Prussia

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  • List of English inventions and discoveries
  • established at Greenwich by Sir George Biddell Airy (1801–1892), Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881; Airy's line, the fourth Greenwich Meridian, became

    List of English inventions and discoveries

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  • Commander-in-Chief, Africa (Royal Navy)
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    "Christian, Sir Hugh Cloberry, Rear Admiral, 1747-1798 Biographical Details". Royal Museums Greenwich, 1798-02-26 - 1798-11-04. Retrieved 19 November

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  • George Walker (privateer)
  • over £200,000 the Royal Family put into Lisbon; and, sailing again in July 1747, had been watering in Lagos Bay, when on 6 October a large ship was sighted

    George Walker (privateer)

    George Walker (privateer)

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  • History of Saint Helena
  • deforestation and the increasing number of floods (in 1732, 1734, 1736, 1747, 1756 and 1787) the East India Company's Court of Directors gave little support

    History of Saint Helena

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  • Scapegallows
  • n.

    One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.

  • His
  • pron.

    The possessive of he; as, the book is his.

  • Cajuputene
  • n.

    A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput.

  • Batman
  • n.

    A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.

  • Viridescent
  • a.

    Slightly green; greenish.

  • Emeritus
  • n.

    A veteran who has honorably completed his service.

  • Virescent
  • a.

    Beginning to be green; slightly green; greenish.

  • Moroxite
  • n.

    A variety of apatite of a greenish blue color.

  • Greenfinch
  • n.

    A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.

  • -ums
  • pl.

    of Monopodium

  • Peasweep
  • n.

    The greenfinch.

  • Greenfish
  • n.

    See Bluefish, and Pollock.

  • His
  • pron.

    Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.

  • Widower
  • n.

    A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again.

  • Festucine
  • a.

    Of a straw color; greenish yellow.

  • Greenish
  • a.

    Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.

  • Greenfinch
  • n.

    The Texas sparrow (Embernagra rufivirgata), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.

  • Porraceous
  • a.

    Resembling the leek in color; greenish.