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	USS Cape St. George (CG 71)
		CAPE ST. GEORGE has been awarded five Battle Efficiency awards and was the 1995 winner of the USS ARIZONA Memorial Trophy Award, given by the Chief of Naval Operations to that ship in the U.S. Navy with the highest combat readiness over a two year period.
		USS CAPE ST. GEORGE commemorates the battle fought in the South Pacific off the island of New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago on 25 November 1943.
		As EISENHOWER Battle Group Air Defense Commander, CAPE ST. GEORGE was responsible for the theater air and missile defense of the battle group.
	navysite.de /cg/cg71.html (2272 words)

	Memorandum : No. 091-M : 04/13/95:After a six month deployment, the men an
		The aircraft carrier Eisenhower returns to Norfolk Naval Station tomorrow, along with guided missile cruisers USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Cape St. George (CG 71), guided missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 993) and destroyer USS Peterson (DD 969).
		Upon relieving the USS George Washington Battle Group, "Ike" and its support ships began operations in the Persian Gulf region, which included support for Operations Southern Watch and Vigilant Warrior.
		After a six month deployment, the men and women of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Battle Group and USS Nassau Amphibious Ready Group return to their home ports beginning today.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Apr1995/m041395_m091-95.html (299 words)

	13Foley
		Immediately after the battle Nelson went back to the St. George, and the Elephant, continuing attached to the fleet, returned to England in the autumn, when she was paid off.
		Continuing in the Prince George when she went to North America in 1781, and afterwards to the West Indies with Sir Samuel Hood [see Hood, Samuel, Viscount], Foley was present as a lieutenant in the attempted relief of St. Kitts, and in the engagements to leeward of Dominica on 9 and 12 Apri11782.
		He thus shared in the operations of the squadron previous to the Battle of the Nile, in which he had the distinguished good fortune to lead the English line into action.
	www.aboutnelson.co.uk /13foley.htm (299 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Defence
		Under Captain George Hope, Defence sailed in Admiral Collingwood's lee column at the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805, where she engaged the French Berwick and forced the surrender of the Spanish San Ildefonso, which sustained 165 dead and wounded to her own 36.
		The following year she was in Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson's fleet at the Battle of the Nile (August 1, 1798), and three years after that at the Battle of Copenhagen (April 2, 1801), as part of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker's squadron.
		In 1782, Defence was part of Admiral Sir Edward Hughes's fleet at the battle of Cuddalore, India (a subsidiary theater of the American Revolution), against Admiral Pierre de Suffren de St. Tropez.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_025600_hmsdefence1.htm (325 words)

	Commander Second Fleet / Striking Fleet Atlantic
		NORFOLK, VA. -- Ships and aircraft of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Carrier Battle Group successfully completed their Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) today, and have been certified ready to deploy.
		The battle group, commanded by Rear Adm. John C. Harvey, Jr., will deploy from the Puerto Rican Operating Area today in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and other possible contingencies as needed.
	www.secondfleet.navy.mil /Press/roosevelt-deploys.htm (153 words)

	U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers
		Deployed with Dwight D. Eisenhower are the guided missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) (top) and the guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68).
		The Arabian Gulf, Sept. 24, 2000 USS George Washington (CVN 73) is underway in the Arabian Gulf while on a scheduled six-months deployment to the area in support of Operation Southern Watch.
		IST 129 Home Page · George's Navy Cruise Book · Naval Aircraft Pictures
	www.student.nvcc.edu /home/gtomko/project1/carriers.htm (338 words)

	Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The naval Battle of Cape St Vincent, or Battle of Cape Santa Maria, took place on 16 January 1780 during the American War of Independence and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de Lángara.
		The moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 by Francis Holman, painted 1780 shows the San Domingo exploding, with Rodney's flagship Sandwich in the foreground.
		At two o’clock, Rodney ordered a general chase, allowing his ships to chase at their best speed and engage as they came up to the Spanish ships, resulting in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cape_St._Vincent_(1780) (559 words)

	Articles - William IV of the United Kingdom
		At the age of thirteen, he joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman, and was present at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780.
		He was baptised in the Great Council Chamber of St James's Palace on 18 September 1765 and his godparents were the Duke of Gloucester, Prince Henry and Princess Augusta Charlotte.
		He had two elder brothers (Prince George, Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick, Duke of York), and was not expected to inherit the Crown.
	www.gaple.com /articles/William_IV_of_England (2228 words)

	Nelson at Cape St Vincent and Tenerife
		For his part in the Battle of St. Vincent he received the Order of the Bath, and also was given the freedom of the cities of London, Bath, Bristol and Norwich.
		During the battle Nelson received a superficial wound from a shell splinter and was bruised; the entry on the casualty list read "Bruised but not obliged to quit the deck".
		On the morning of 14th February 1797, the position of the fleets was some twenty five miles west of the Portugese headland of St. Vincent about one hundred and fifty miles north west of Cadiz, towards which the Spanish fleet were heading in fair wind but poor sailing order.
	www.twogreens.com /wakeup/battles/cape_stv.htm (2821 words)

	The Moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780
		Cape St Vincent is on the south coast of Portugal and has been the site of several important naval actions, including this battle during the American Revolutionary War (1775—83).
		Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney was leading a fleet of eighteen ships to relieve Gibraltar from siege when they came across a squadron of Spanish ships.
		Despite fighting at night and in difficult, stormy conditions, Rodney sank one enemy ship and captured six others without losing any of his own fleet.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=it3158z&axis=1103455025&flash=true&dev= (111 words)

	Wargamer - Warfare in the Age of Sail - NelsonWeb - Article Credits
		Cape St Vincent: Nelson boarding the San Jose at the battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797; George Jones (NMM)
		Trafalgar: The battle of Trafalgar; Clarkson Stanfield (NMM)
		Battle of the Nile: The battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798; Nicholas
	www.wargamer.com /aos/nelsonweb-ac.asp (594 words)

	Battle of Cape St. Vincent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Cape St. Vincent ( January 16, 1780) was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de L�ngara in the
		Battle of Cape St. Vincent ( July 5, 1833) was a British victory under Sir
		The Battle of Cape St. Vincent ( 14 February 1797) was a British victory over the Spanish in the
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cape_St._Vincent (594 words)

	HMS Colossus (1787) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the battle, Colossus, under the command of Captain George Murrary, a close friend of Admiral Nelson, sustained serious damage, her sails being virtually shot away.
		In the aftermath of the Battle of the Nile, Colossus was used as a transport, ferrying wounded soldiers from both sides, as well as captured treasure during the battle.
		On December 10, 1798, while HMS Colossus was anchored at St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, a strong gale occurred, her anchor cable parted and the ship ran aground.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Colossus_(1787) (816 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		A lieutenant from 1797, he was present at the battle of Cape St Vincent that year, and saw further service off Ireland and in the North Sea.
		It is said that the clergy and choir of St Paul’s Church ran down George Street in their cassocks and surplices to see the ships.
		He could not stand the strain and died on 2 Jan. 1841, being buried in St Martin’s Church in Nacton seven days later.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=37390 (692 words)

	Wargamer - Warfare in the Age of Sail - NelsonWeb - Article Credits
		Cape St Vincent: Nelson boarding the San Jose at the battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797; George Jones (NMM)
		Trafalgar: The battle of Trafalgar; Clarkson Stanfield (NMM)
		Battle of the Nile: The battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798; Nicholas
	www.wargamer.com /aos/nelsonweb-ac.asp (594 words)

	Nelson at Cape St Vincent and Tenerife
		For his part in the Battle of St. Vincent he received the Order of the Bath, and also was given the freedom of the cities of London, Bath, Bristol and Norwich.
		On the morning of 14th February 1797, the position of the fleets was some twenty five miles west of the Portugese headland of St. Vincent about one hundred and fifty miles north west of Cadiz, towards which the Spanish fleet were heading in fair wind but poor sailing order.
		During the battle Nelson received a superficial wound from a shell splinter and was bruised; the entry on the casualty list read "Bruised but not obliged to quit the deck".
	www.twogreens.com /wakeup/battles/cape_stv.htm (2821 words)

	gardner.htm
		Battle honours for HMS Orion: Glorious 1st June 1794, Groix 1795, Cape St Vincent 1797, Battle of the Nile 1798, Battle of Trafalgar 1805, Baltic 1807.
		The first was with Rodney at the Moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent in 1780 followed by Cuddalore in 1783.
		When built she carried ninety guns, but like certain other Second Rates of her class, additional guns were mounted in the early 1780's and it was as a 98 that she fought at both the second Battle of Ushant in 1781 and at the Glorious 1st of June in 1794.
	www.cranstonfinearts.com /gardner.htm (675 words)

	George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney biography .ms
		He captured a Spanish convoy off Cape Finisterre on January 8 1780, and eight days later at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) defeated the Spanish Admiral Don Juan de Lángara off Cape St. Vincent, taking or destroying seven ships.
		It had been a great entrepôt of neutral trade, and was full of booty, which Rodney confiscated.
		On May 19, 1759 he became a rear-admiral, and was shortly after given command of a small squadron intended to destroy a large number of flat-bottomed boats and stores which were being collected at Havre for an invasion of the English coasts.
	george-rodney.biography.ms (1131 words)

	Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The naval Battle of Cape St Vincent, or Battle of Cape Santa Maria, took place on 16 January 1780 during the American War of Independence and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de Lángara.
		The moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 by Francis Holman, painted 1780 shows the San Domingo exploding, with Rodney's flagship Sandwich in the foreground.
		At two o’clock, Rodney ordered a general chase, allowing his ships to chase at their best speed and engage as they came up to the Spanish ships, resulting in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cape_St._Vincent_(1780) (559 words)

	Glorious 1st of June
		The first was with Rodney at the Moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent in 1780 followed by Cuddalore in 1783.
		The Battle of the Glorious 1st of June and the Battle of Cape St Vincent, naval engagements shown in naval art prints, published by Cranston Fine Arts.
		In a winter storm in the North Sea when returning home from the Baltic, she went to the assistance of the disabled 98 gun St George off the Jutland coast.
	www.navalprints.com /glorious_1st.htm (837 words)

	Thomas Luny (1759 - 1837) - Rehs Galleries, Inc.
		Luny was living on his own by 1780 as his address was given in the Royal Academy exhibition of that year as Anchor and Hope Street, St. George’s, Middlesex; this was also the year he exhibited his first work there.
		The history of the battle is as follows: In 1779 Spain entered the war for American independence.
		Holman’s, Johnson St., St. Georges” and it appears that he continued to work with Holman until the early 1780’s.
	www.rehsgalleries.com /thomas_luny_battle_of_cape_st_vincent.html (960 words)

	William IV Of The United Kingdom Information - Articles Free
		At the age of thirteen, he joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman, and was present at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780.
		He was baptised in the Great Council Chamber of St James's Palace on 18 September 1765 and his godparents were the Duke of Gloucester, Prince Henry and Princess Augusta Charlotte.
		He had two elder brothers (Prince George, Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick, Duke of York), and was not expected to inherit the Crown.
	www.articlesfree.com /index.php?title=William_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom (2278 words)

	eur98023.txt
		USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS Cape St. George and USS Anzio are currently operating in the Adriatic sea in support of NATO's operation "Joint Forge" and the continued Stabilization Force (SFOR) - contributing to the secure environment necessary for the consolidation of peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
		Units of the Ike Battle Group will participate in 14 exercises during their deployment to the European Theater of operations, including several NATO and multinational exercises throughout the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
		CAPT Brian Schires, Commanding Officer, USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) said the opportunity to work with ships of other nations was a prime learning experience for the crew of his Ticonderoga-class Aegis Guided Missile Cruiser.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/eurnews/eur98/eur98023.txt (953 words)

	Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 23, the "Little Beavers" — Reunions
		Sixtieth anniversary of the Battle of Cape St. George at USS Cape St. George, Norfolk, 24 November 2003.
		We like to think this campaign influenced the naming of USS Cape St. George, CG 71, and USS Stout, DDG 55.
		They learned that Ausburne and Dyson had held small reunions and that Claxton had a history of gatherings since 1949.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /desron23/reunions.html (1553 words)

	About Us - Mark Wahlstrom
		His significant sea tours include serving as the Commanding Officer of the destroyer USS SPRUANCE (DD 963), most recently the AEGIS cruiser USS CAPE ST GEORGE (CG 71), and as the senior trainer on the Commander, Second Fleet Staff for deploying Carrier Battle Groups and Amphibious Groups.
		Mark served in seven ships in both the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets participating in major operations in the Med, Middle East, Adriatic, Baltic Sea and numerous locations in the western Pacific.
		During his career Mark earned sub-specialties in financial management, training, and naval mechanical engineering.
	www.successlineinc.com /about-us-mark.html (365 words)

	Travel, Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Antiquarian Booksellers
		Included are many usueful cautions to young gentlemen destined for India; a description of the most remarkable manners and customs of the East Indians; an account of the Isle of France and of all the battles fought by the army under lieutenant-general Eyre Coote and other commanders.
		'Madras was the Company's first fortified settlement in India; the construction of Fort St George began in 1640 and continued on and off for another 150 years.
		The Old College, the equivalent of the Writers' Building in Calcutta, was one of the Company's few eighteenth-century buildings in the gothic style, and still stands' (Wild, The East India Company, p.52).
	www.gertjanbestebreurtje.com /list40.html (365 words)

	George Rodney. Who is George Rodney? What is George Rodney? Where is George Rodney? Definition of George Rodney. Meaning of George Rodney.
		He captured a Spanish convoy off Cape Finisterre on January 8 1780, and eight days later at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) defeated the Spanish Admiral Don Juan de LÃ¡ngara off Cape St. Vincent, taking or destroying seven ships.
		On May 19, 1759 he became a rear-admiral, and was shortly after given command of a small squadron intended to destroy a large number of flat-bottomed boats and stores which were being collected at Havre for an invasion of the English coasts.
		A shift of wind broke the French line of battle, and advantage was taken of this by the English ships in two places.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/George_Rodney (365 words)

	Thomas Foley
		In October 1779 he was appointed to the Prince George with Rear-admiral Robert Digby in which he was present at the capture of the Spanish convoy off Cape Finisterre on 8 Jan 1780, the defeat of Langara off Cape St. Vincent on 16 Jan and the subsequent relief of Gibraltar.
		As flag-captain to the commander in the second post, Foley thus held an important position in the battle of Cape St. Vincent on St. Valentine's day 1797.
		Continuing in the Prince George when she went to North America in 1781, and afterwards to the West Indies with Sir Samuel Hood, Foley was present as a lieutenant in the attempted relief of St. Kitts, in the engagements to the leeward of Dominica on 9 and 12 April 1782.
	www.nelson-society.org.uk /html/body_thomas_foley.htm (365 words)

	13Foley
		Immediately after the battle Nelson went back to the St. George, and the Elephant, continuing attached to the fleet, returned to England in the autumn, when she was paid off.
		He thus shared in the operations of the squadron previous to the Battle of the Nile, in which he had the distinguished good fortune to lead the English line into action.
		In 1801 she was sent into the Baltic, in the fleet under Sir Hyde Parker; and when it was decided to attack the Danish position at Copenhagen, Nelson, on whom the duty devolved, hoisted his flag on board her, his own flagship, the St. George, drawing too much water for the contemplated operations.
	www.aboutnelson.co.uk /13foley.htm (365 words)

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