Search results for "HMS Captain (1787)" - New World Encyclopedia
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- administrator. He is best known as "Captain Bligh" for the Mutiny ... In 1770, at the age of 16, he joined HMS Hunter as an able seaman, ...24 KB (3,787 words) - 15:40, 6 May 2023
- was led by Fletcher Christian against the captain, William Bligh. Bligh was ... of a ship by violence, and setting the captain and loyal crew members adrift ...32 KB (4,973 words) - 19:39, 10 November 2022
- 1, 1771, when he reported to the third-rate HMS Raisonnable as an ordinary ... 1779, he was made post; the 28-gun frigate HMS Hinchinbroke, newly captured ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 15:08, 2 February 2024
- War. He did not rise above the rank of Captain in the Continental Navy ... and unexpectedly advanced. When both the captain and a ranking mate suddenly ...18 KB (2,783 words) - 03:55, 2 May 2024
- of her previous husband, a Royal Navy captain. Phillip was educated at ... In 1774, Phillip joined the Portuguese Navy as a captain, serving ...18 KB (2,828 words) - 17:36, 16 August 2023
- Brest in Brittany fired on the British brig HMS Childers.HMS Childers was ... fleet in three groups. George Montagu, in HMS Hector, was sent with six ...60 KB (9,430 words) - 18:53, 31 December 2023
- In 1756, he went to Canada as captain of dragoons and aide-de-camp ... visit, and claim, by Samuel Wallis in HMS Dolphin less than a year previously ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 02:50, 4 November 2022
- In August of 1775, while under fire from the HMS Asia, the Hearts of Oak (also ... argued for privatization of the college. In 1787, a new charter was adopted ...35 KB (5,049 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
