Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named Prospero for the Shakespearean character Prospero:
HMS Prospero (1803) was launched in 1800 at Shields as the merchant vessel Albion. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1803 and named her Prospero. She was wrecked with the loss of most of her crew in 1807.
HMS Prospero (1809) was a Crocus-class brig-sloop launched in 1809. She captured a handful of small vessels, including one privateer. The Navy sold her in 1816 for breaking up.
HMS Prospero (1837) was the mercantile paddle steamer Belfast, launched at Port Glasgow in 1829. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1837 and renamed her Prospero. She was broken up in 1866.
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of the British Royal Navy have been named Prospero for the Shakespearean character Prospero: HMSProspero (1803) was launched in 1800 at Shields as the...
receiving his own command, until finally appointed to the bomb vessel HMSProspero at Portsmouth in January 1804. His time in command was short, as on 8...
steamer built in 1829 for service between Glasgow and Belfast, then HMSProspero from 1837 SS Belfast (1875), a passenger steamer of the Irish Steam Packet...
usually used as a cattle ship, and with assistance from the Admiralty with HMSProspero. However, the cable failed a few days later and was never put into service...
rescued. Medals of bravery were awarded to several crew members of HMS Briton and HMSProspero who had responded to the wreck; these were given by the Prince...
merchantman. The British Royal Navy purchased her in 1803, commissioned her as HMSProspero, and fitted her out as a bomb vessel; she was wrecked, with the loss...
MotoGP race motorbike X-3, the Prospero (satellite) launched by the UK in 1971 X3 (train), a Swedish train built by Alstom HMS X3, an X-class submarine of...
The novel was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Its title comes from Prospero's line "This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine" in Act V, Scene 1 of...
built in nearby East Cowes. These rockets were later used to launch the Prospero X-3 satellite. The site is now owned by the National Trust, and is open...
Theatre company at Stratford-upon-Avon and for the 1951 season appeared as Prospero in The Tempest as well as playing Richard II, Hotspur and Chorus in the...
9 2001—2003 Tom Clegg, Philip Saville Albert Finney, Sue Johnston, Joe Prospero Robot Wars Robot combat competition 12 177 1998–2004, 2016—2018 Muche Madhovi...
it as one of the best films of the year. In 1979, Hopkins appeared as Prospero in a production of The Tempest held at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles...
On 10 March 1812 King George and Mr. Thomas Mercer were in company with Prospero, Aquilon and Raven when they captured the American brig John. Then on 27...
Piccadilly Theatre, Dir Richard Cottrell/Toby Robertson, 1969 The Tempest, as Prospero, Prospect Productions, Dir Toby Robertson, 1966 "Madam", said Dr Johnson...
rocket programme, and, in the underground mission control, sees a model of Prospero, Britain's first satellite. Potillo had spent summer holidays on the Isle...
ISBN 978-0948414794. Donald, David, ed. (1997). The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Prospero Books. ISBN 1-85605-375-X. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title=...
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