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HMS Anglesea (1742)

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Clowes, Sir William Laird; Markham, Sir Clements Robert; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; Wilson, Herbert Wrigley; Roosevelt, Theodore; Laughton, Leonard George Carr (1898-01-01).
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s mainsail raised in preparation for a flight. The effect of this action was to blow the ship to one side and flood the lower gun decks of the vessel.
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position granted it the advantage in maneuverability, and soon the British warship was crippled by repeated broadsides. Several more minutes saw
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lose 60 men killed or wounded by French fire. Seeing no other option, Phillips surrendered the vessel, an action for which he would later be
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and patrol for French shipping. On the afternoon of 29 March, a large sail was spotted windward (upwind) of
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When it was discovered that the approaching ship flew French colors, Captain Elton ordered
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British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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and took no action in response to the sail. The vessel was in fact the 50-gun French
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Following her capture, the vessel was commissioned into the French Navy as
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was captured in an engagement with the 50-gun French ship of the line
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Following her capture, the ship was taken into French service as
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The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present
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which saw service between 1742 and 1745, during the
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HMS Anglesea
Royal Navy Ensign
Port of Hull

fifth-rate
frigate
bm
gun deck
keel
Full-rigged ship
Quarterdeck
fifth-rate
frigate
Royal Navy
War of the Austrian Succession
Apollon
British
Articles of War
Kinsale
English Channel
HMS Augusta
ship of the line
ship's master
Baker Phillips
executed
decommissioned


The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present

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