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Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Launceston:

  • HMS Launceston (1711) was a 40-gun fifth-rate ship in service from 1711 and broken up at Deptford Dockyard in 1726.
  • HMS Launceston (1741) was a 44-gun fifth-rate ship in service from 1741 to 1784.

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HMS Launceston

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name HMS Launceston: HMS Launceston (1711) was a 40-gun fifth-rate ship in service from 1711 and broken up at Deptford Dockyard in 1726. HMS Launceston (1741)...

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Richard Tyrell

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Lieutenant on the 44-gun HMS Launceston in January 1741 under Captain Peter Warren. In March 1742 he was given command of the 8-gun HMS Comet. He was promoted...

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List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy

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HMS Milford 1695 HMS Arundel 1695 HMS Rye 1696 HMS Scarborough 1696 HMS Looe (i) 1696 HMS Lynn 1696 HMS Fowey 1696 HMS Southsea Castle (i) 1696 HMS Gosport...

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HMS Princess Louisa

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have borne the name HMS Princess Louisa, after Princess Louisa: HMS Princess Louisa was a 42-gun fifth rate launched as HMS Launceston in 1711. She was rebuilt...

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William Rickman

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appointment on January 1, 1766. He was the surgeon on the Royal Navy's HMS Launceston until about October 16, 1769. Rickman settled in Charles City County...

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Capture of Vigilant

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Commodore Warren in HMS Superb (60 guns), Captain Durell in HMS Eltham (40 guns), Captain Calmady in HMS Launceston, Captain Douglas in HMS Mermaid and Captain...

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1955 RAF Shackleton aircraft disappearance

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Aldergrove, and several ships, both military and civilian took part. HMS Launceston took to the ocean at 03:50 on the following day, and proceeded to the...

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Robert Man

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took command of the fifth-rate HMS Launceston in June 1745, the fifth-rate HMS Lynn in June 1746 and the fourth-rate HMS Anson in February 1755. He went...

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Zachary Hickes

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seaman and master's mate aboard HMS Launceston from 1766. A skilled seaman, he was promoted to midshipman aboard the sloop HMS Hornet in August 1767, and to...

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List of shipwrecks in September 1945

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Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Freetown, Sierra Leone by HMT Cape Warwick, HMS Launceston Castle and HMS Portchester Castle (all  Royal Navy)....

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Richard Stacey

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Dockyard HMS Solebay (1711) 24-gun ship built at Portsmouth Dockyard HMS Launceston (1711) 42-gun frigate built at Portsmouth Dockyard HMS Seahorse (1712)...

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List of shipwrecks in November 1945

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target by gunfire from the armed trawler Cape Warwick, HMS Portchester Castle and HMS Launceston Castle (all  Royal Navy), some 60 nautical miles (110 km)...

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History of Tasmania

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William Paterson begins transfer of York Town settlement to site of modern Launceston 1807: First Norfolk Island settlers arrive in Hobart in the Lady Nelson...

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List of shipwrecks in November 1944

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starting with So through Sø". www.warsailors.com. Retrieved 20 April 2019. Ref "HMS Avon Vale, escort destroyer". Navalhistory.net. Retrieved 9 December 2012...

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