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The sign at Landguard Fort Felixstowe
Landguard Fort from Landguard Point

Landguard Fort is a fort at the mouth of the River Orwell outside Felixstowe, Suffolk, designed to guard the mouth of the river. It is now managed by the charity English Heritage and is open to the public.

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Landguard Fort

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Landguard Fort is a fort at the mouth of the River Orwell outside Felixstowe, Suffolk, designed to guard the mouth of the river. It is now managed by the...

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Battle of Landguard Fort

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The Battle of Landguard Fort or the Attack on Landguard Fort was a battle towards the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War on 2 July 1667 where a Dutch force...

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Governor of Landguard Fort

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Governor of Landguard Fort was a British military officer who commanded the fortifications at Landguard Fort, protecting the port of Harwich. Landguard successfully...

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Landguard Fort Lifeboat

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The Landguard Fort Lifeboat is an example of early attempts to design an unsinkable vessel. Several years before the foundation of the RNLI, Richard Hall...

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Felixstowe

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Fludyers area and tried (unsuccessfully) in the Battle of Landguard Fort to capture Landguard Fort due to strategic location. The town only became related...

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Conquest of New Netherland

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arrived in New York Harbor effected a peaceful capture of New Amsterdam, Fort Amsterdam and the Articles of Surrender of New Netherland were agreed. The...

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Raid on the Medway

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north of Harwich and successfully prevented Landguard Fort from being reinforced but a direct assault on the fort by 1500 marines was beaten off by the garrison...

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List of Palmerston Forts in East Anglia

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River and East Anglia include: Beacon Hill Battery, Harwich Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury East Tilbury Battery, East Tilbury Landguard Fort, Felixstowe...

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Michiel de Ruyter

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at Harwich led by De Ruyter had to be abandoned after the battle of Landguard Fort, at the close of the war. The Peace of Breda brought the war to an end...

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Royal Pembroke Militia

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an invasion panic following the Raid on the Medway and the Battle of Landguard Fort. On 11 July the appearance of a fleet of 38 sail approaching Milford...

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Invasion of England

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Invasion of Ireland (disambiguation) Invasions of the British Isles "Landguard Fort". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 14 January...

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List of forts

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Blacknor Fort Weymouth Nothe Fort Bath Side Battery Beacon Hill Battery Harwich Redoubt Landguard Fort Shotley Battery Liscard Battery Fort Perch Rock...

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Harwich ferry disaster

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The 1807 Harwich ferry diasaster was an incident that occurred at Landguard Fort, Felixstowe near the English sea port of Harwich on the Essex coast in...

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Bourdon House

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1727, after which it was occupied by Bacon Morris, Governor of the Landguard Fort, Suffolk. The politician and officer Timothy Caswall lived in Bourdon...

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Crambe maritima

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Shingle beach with sea kale, Landguard Fort, Suffolk...

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English Army

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Medway (June 1667), the Battle of Landguard Fort (2 July 1667), the Capture of Cayenne (1667), and Recapture of Fort Zeelandia (1667). The Third Anglo-Dutch...

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Netherlands Marine Corps

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July 2nd attack on Landguard fort near Harwich, performed by 1,500 Mariniers after landing at Woodrich was countered by the fort's garrison. The mariniers...

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Suffolk Militia

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the 1620s led to the Suffolk TBs being placed on alert for duty at Landguard Fort. Later, King Charles I attempted to reform the TBs into a national force...

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1st Suffolk and Harwich Volunteer Artillery

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alongside Regular RGA companies: Medway & Thames Coalhouse Fort – 4 × 6-inch Harwich Landguard Fort – 2 × 6-inch, 2 × 4.7-inch Harwich – 2 × 6-inch, 2 × 4...

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Harry Trelawny

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lieutenant-colonel of the Coldstreams on 23 November 1785. He became Governor of Landguard Fort in 1788 and retired from the Guards on 25 May 1789. On 12 October 1793...

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Francis Hammond

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frigate named after Francis C. Hammond Francis Hammond, Governor of Landguard Fort (1711–1719) Frank Hammond (1921–2005), author on Christian subjects...

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Caroline Matilda of Great Britain

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from Harwich for Rotterdam on board the yacht Mary on 3 October 1766. Landguard Fort on the left of the picture. Oil painting by Robert Wilkins, c. 1766–1767...

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