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96 articles found

Headword Date Article Type
Sir Cloudesley Shovell bombards Calais 1696 T
French privateer Jean Bart takes a Dutch convoy on the Dogger Bank 1696 T
Admiral Byng defeats Spain off Cape Passaro 1718 T Note
British Parliament orders reinforcement of the Mediterranean fleet 1738 T Note
British navy prevents Neapolitans and Spaniards from taking Lombardy 1742 T Note
Indecisive naval Battle of Toulon 1744 T Note
French fleet under Labourdonnais arrives at Pondicherry 1746 T Note
Consolidation Act of British Navy for the improvement of the service 1749 T Note
Boscawen defeats French off Cape St. Vincent 1759 T Note
Royal Navy under Admiral Hawke defeats French at Quiberon Bay 1759 T Note
Portuguese fleet repulsed 1775 T
Potemkin organises Russian Black Sea fleet 1776 T Note
French fleet arrives off Delaware 1778 T Note
French fleet dominate English Channel 1779 T
British replace French; reforming navy in Naples 1779 T Note
Naval Battle of Cuddalore 1782 T
First Fleet led by Arthur Phillip arrives in Port Jackson 1788 - 1788 T Note
Russia destroys Swedish fleet 1788 T
Spaniards attack British fishing vessels 1789 T
Britain enlarges navy 1791 T Note

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