Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Solebay after the battle of Solebay on 7 June 1672, the first battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
HMS Solebay (1694) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1694. She was wrecked in 1709 on Boston Rock, Lyme Regis.
HMS Solebay (1711) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1711. She was converted to a 6-gun bomb vessel in 1726, an 8-gun fireship in 1734 and a 20-gun sixth rate in 1735. She became a guard ship in 1736, a hospital ship in 1742 and was sold in 1748.
HMS Solebay (1742) was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1742. She was captured by the French in 1744, recaptured by the British in 1746 and was sold into mercantile service in 1763.
HMS Solebay (1763) was a 28-gun Mermaid-class sixth rate launched in 1763. She was wrecked in 1782.
HMS Solebay (1785) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1785 and wrecked in 1809. Along with HMS Derwent, they were the first ships in the West Africa Squadron that the British government had established to interdict and end the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.
HMS Solebay was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1783 as HMS Iris. Iris was renamed Solebay in 1809, converted to a receiving ship in 1811, lent to the Marine Society in 1815 and broken up in 1833.
HMS Solebay was to have been an Algerine-class minesweeper. She was laid down in 1942, but renamed HMS Skipjack later that year.
HMS Solebay (D70) was a Battle-class destroyer launched in 1944 and broken up in 1967.
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Navy have been named HMSSolebay after the battle of Solebay on 7 June 1672, the first battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War. HMSSolebay (1694) was a 24-gun...
Solebay may refer to: Battle of Solebay, a naval battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War in 1672 HMSSolebay, any of seven ships of the Royal Navy Adnams Brewery...
The naval Battle of Solebay took place on 28 May Old Style, 7 June New Style 1672 and was the first naval battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War. The battle...
the name HMS Nimrod, after the biblical figure of Nimrod: HMS Nimrod (1799) was an 18-gun sloop, previously the French ship Éole. HMSSolebay captured...
reclaimed and refitted her in 1805. She was renamed HMSSolebay in 1809 and was broken up in 1833. HMS Iris (1807) was a 44-gun fifth rate, formerly the...
Australian Navy River class destroyer HMSSolebay (D70), a 1944 British Royal Navy Battle-class destroyer HMS Ravager (D70), a 1942 British Royal Navy...
1711–1716 HMSSolebay 1711 HMS Gibraltar 1711 HMS Port Mahon 1711 HMS Blandford 1711 HMS Hind 1712 HMS Seahorse 1712 HMS Rose 1712 HMS Bideford 1712 HMS Success...
borne the name HMS Derwent: HMS Derwent (1807) was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1807 and sold in 1817. Along with HMSSolebay they were the first...
navigate and handle a ship of the King's fleet. He then joined the frigate HMSSolebay as master under Captain Robert Craig. During the Seven Years' War, Cook...
Flotilla HMSSolebay (Leader) HMS Cadiz HMS Gabbard HMS St. James HMS St. Kitts HMS Sluys , Home Fleet 1950 5th Destroyer Flotilla HMSSolebay (Leader) HMS Cadiz...
month after his admittance into the Marine Society, Peglar was sent to HMSSolebay, a shoreside training station where he was initiated into the navy, being...
sensible", while William Hotham, then serving as a midshipman aboard HMSSolebay, recorded that she was "pretty, attractive, and a general favourite."...
Americans who boarded Savage never made it back to port. The frigate HMSSolebay recaptured Savage on 12 September, with a prize crew of thirty Americans...
broken up in 1971. Lowestoft 1665 Four Days Battle 1666 Orfordness 1666 Solebay 1672 Schooneveld 1673 Texel 1673 Beachy Head 1690 Barfleur 1692 China 1900...
command of the sixth-rate HMS Seaford. He transferred to the command of the sixth-rate HMSSolebay in August 1718, of the fifth-rate HMS Adventure in 1719 and...
to Spithead where he joined Edward H. Columbine who was in command of HMSSolebay. They were involved in naval action, attacking the French slave station...
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