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137:Vice Admiral
128:c. 1781â1814
87:(1833-01-12)
39:George Clint
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1464:1833 deaths
1459:1768 births
1402:(1897â1917)
1327:(1843â1922)
1316:(1857â1942)
1305:(1856â1933)
1294:(1848â1926)
1221:(1810â1870)
1210:(1802â1854)
1199:(1815â1898)
1192:(1805â1886)
1101:(1774â1849)
1094:(1768â1833)
572:fourth rate
491:Infatigable
483:Infatigable
474:Infatigable
390:Back to sea
1438:Categories
1303:footballer
1188:John Foley
1045:March 2015
804:required.)
675:References
659:architect
548:Baltic Sea
536:Copenhagen
408:third-rate
376:Parliament
302:midshipman
271:Early life
261:Royal Navy
119:Royal Navy
99:Allegiance
65:1768-09-20
51:Birth name
1016:does not
578:HMS
505:HMS
445:corvettes
437:Rochefort
414:HMS
321:HMS
314:HMS
219:Relations
174:HMS
166:HMS
158:HMS
150:HMS
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792:12 March
653:Brussels
544:Napoleon
461:blockade
443:and two
441:frigates
435:port of
277:Felbrigg
255:, later
143:Commands
113:Service/
72:Felbrigg
1037:removed
1022:sources
580:Chatham
552:Zealand
507:Centaur
380:militia
281:Norfolk
176:Chatham
76:Norfolk
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619:, 1833
556:Tilsit
500:Gloire
433:Biscay
352:Thames
323:Thames
316:Hornet
160:Thames
152:Hornet
115:branch
240:(son)
234:(son)
1020:any
1018:cite
920:ISBN
884:ISBN
850:ISBN
794:2010
752:ISBN
729:ISBN
560:Mars
524:Mars
522:HMS
512:Mars
487:Mars
479:Mars
416:Mars
400:Mars
398:HMS
372:bill
295:and
168:Mars
133:Rank
82:Died
59:Born
45:1825
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