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	HMS Victory; Admiral Lord Nelson's Flagship HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar
		In battle the ships would line up astern of each other and sail in a line past the enemy, when the ship was abeam of their opponent they would then aim and fire their cannon.
		In 1778 the Victory was eventually commissioned, however this further extended period of weathering meant that the hull timbers were particularly well seasoned, although ships during this period were just often built to fight the war that was on at the particular moment, the ships were not expected to last for centuries.
		During the battle of Trafalgar, Nelson's plan was to sail straight into the line of the enemy fleet although she would have been exposed to the concentrated fire of five allied ships for over an hour without being able to bring any cannons of her own to bear to defend herself.
	www.sculptor-iangb.com /hms-victory.htm (8163 words)

	Battle of Ushant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The First Battle of Ushant, July 27, 1778, fought 100 miles west of Ushant, was a large but inconclusive engagement in the American War of Independence.
		This battle is recognized by the Royal Navy battle honour.
		The Third Battle of Ushant, May 28 to June 1, 1794, fought 400 miles west of Ushant, is better known as the Battle of the Glorious First of June.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Ushant (197 words)

	Battle of Ushant (1778) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Ushant (or First Battle of Ushant) took place on 27 July 1778 during the American War of Independence, fought between French and British fleets 100 miles west of Ushant, a French island at the mouth of the English Channel off the north-westernmost point of France.
		Keppel put to sea from Spithead on July 9, 1778, with a force of 30 ships of the line and, on July 23rd, sighted a French fleet of 29 sail 100 miles west of Ushant.
		The French Admiral, the Comte d'Orvilliers, who had orders to avoid battle, was cut off from Brest but retained the weather gage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Battle_of_Ushant (353 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Battle of Ushant
		The First Battle of Ushant, July 27, 1778, fought 100 miles west of Ouessant, was a large but inconclusive engagement in the American Revolutionary War.
		The Second Battle of Ushant, December 12, 1781, was a convoy battle, also in the American Revolutionary War.
		The Third Battle of Ushant, May 28 to June 1, 1794, fought 400 miles west of Ouessant, is better known as the Battle of the Glorious First of June.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Battle_of_Ushant (130 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1781 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Battle of Guilford Court House was a battle fought on March 15, 1781 inside the present-day city of Greensboro, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War in which 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis fought an American force under Rhode Island native General Nathanael Greene numbering...
		The Second Battle of Ushant was a naval battle fought between French and British squadrons near Ushant on 12 December 1781 during the American War of Independence.
		The Battle of Yorktown (1781) was a victory by a combined American and French force led by General George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau over a British army commanded by General Lord Charles Cornwallis.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1781 (5029 words)

	Ushant
		Battle of Ushant [Isle d'Ouessant] (27 July 1778) between the French and British fleets.
		In England, this battle created "a major political row and a massive self-inflicted wound in the officer corps of the British Royal Navy, centered round the feud between Keppel (encouraged by the political opposition) and Palliser, a strong government supporter.
		"The so-called Second Battle of Ushant, fought three years after the first, was not really a battle, but it had a good deal of impact on the naval operations of 1782 in the West Indies.
	xenophongroup.com /mcjoynt/ushant.htm (1126 words)

	La Belle Poule
		The battle is also famous as the subject documented in many contemporary prints, which show the elaborate hair creations adopted by ladies in Parisian high society.
		This 17 June 1778 naval engagement among a few ships is given brief treatment in the few printed Anglophone publications that address the global scope on the navies during the American War for Independence.
		The 17 June battle off Brest is usually treated as a small prelude to the more famous, but confusing, combat between French and British fleets known as the ‘Battle of Ushant' [Isle d'Ouesant] (27 July 1778).
	xenophongroup.com /mcjoynt/poule.htm (857 words)

	John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He served as captain throughout the War of American Independence, and fought in the Battle of Ushant in 1778.
		He prevented any outbreak in his command through foresight and severity, including the flogging and hanging of sailors and public berating of his officers, one of whom, Sir John Orde challenged him to a duel.
		Nevertheless, he raised the discipline of the navy to a higher level than it had reached before; he was always ready to promote good officers, and the efficiency of the squadron with which Nelson won the Battle of the Nile was largely due to him.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/John_Jervis,_1st_Earl_of_St_Vincent (572 words)

	SIR SAMUEL HOOD - LoveToKnow Article on SIR SAMUEL HOOD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His first engagement was the battle off Ushant in 1778, and, soon afterwards transferred to the West Indies, he was present, under the command of his cousin Sir Samuel Hood, at all the actions which culminated in Rodneys victory of April 12th, 1782.
		After the peace, like many other British naval officers, he spent some time in France, and on his return to England was given the command of a sloop, from which he proceeded in succession to various frigates.
		In the Venerable Hood was present at the action of Algesiras and the battle in the Straits of Gibraltar (I8of).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HO/HOOD_SIR_SAMUEL.htm (935 words)

	E3531-1 - Medal commemorating the Battle of Ushant 1778 and Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-1786)
		E3531-1 - Medal commemorating the Battle of Ushant 1778 and Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-1786)
		MEC1311 Medal commemorating the Battle of Ushant 1778 and Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-1786)
		Please quote object title 'Medal commemorating the Battle of Ushant 1778 and Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-1786)' in the 'Brief description of subject' and Repro ID E3531-1 in the 'negative number' field on the order form.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /collections/nelson/viewRepro.cfm?reproID=E3531-1 (177 words)

	Ville De Paris Model Ship
		In 1778, on the French entry into the American War of Independence she was commissioned at Brest, joining the fleet as the flagship of the Comte de Guichen.
		She then fought at the Battle of Fort Royal, the Battle of the Chesapeake and the Battle of St. Kitts as De Grasse's flagship.
		She was taken at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782, when the British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeated the French fleet under the Comte de Grasse.
	www.modelshipmaster.com /products/tall_ships/Ville_de_Paris.htm (301 words)

	THE FRENCH FLEET c1778 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 80-gun ship itself was divided into two types, with a bigger variant designed as a flagship, d’Estaing’s Languedoc was an example of this type, and so sizeable that she is often called a 90 in contemporary accounts.
		December 1778, a crash programme of four 110-guns ships was pushed through the dockyards, and the 90-gun Ville de Paris was rebuilt as a 104-gun ship, in which guise she served de Grasse as his flagship at the end of the war.
		The largest ship in the navy in 1778, and until after the war, was the Bretagne, which had just been rebuilt and acted as the flagship of the Brest fleet.
	website.lineone.net /~cherbil/Fleet/ff-1778.htm (653 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Battles of the American Revolutionary War
		Battle of Lexington and Concord - April 19, 1775
		Battle of Long Island - August 27, 1776 (or the Battle of Brooklyn)
		Battle of Freeman's Farm - September 19, 1777 (or 1st Saratoga)
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Battles_of_the_American_Revolutionary_War (294 words)

	1778 : Information and resources about 1778 : School Work Guru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		July 10 - American Revolutionary War: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
		July 27 - American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant - British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
		November 26 - In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to discover Maui.
	www.schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/1/17/1778.html (365 words)

	Dry Dock Models :: Showroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The keel of the Victory was laid in 1759 at Chatham Dockyard.
		She was launched in 1765, but she was not put into service until 1778.
		Under his command she engaged in battle off Ushant in July 1778.
	catalog.drydockmodels.com /product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=32 (686 words)

	HMS VICTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Battle of Ushant was fought on July 27, 1798, against a French fleet of 29 sail, some 70 miles west of Ushant, under the command of Admiral, the Comte d`Orvilliers.
		At 11.00am, Jervis gave his order ‘Form in a line of battle ahead and astern of Victory as most convenient.’ The British fleet formed a single line of battle, on course to pass between the two Spanish columns.
		The battle of Trafalgar can be considered the most decisive naval battle, both tactically and strategically, in history.
	website.lineone.net /~cherbil/Lastwalls/victory.htm (2809 words)

	The Wentworth Follies: Keppel's Column - The Eastern Door (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Keppel's Column was begun in 1778 by Charles, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham.
		It was built to celebrate the acquittal of Admiral Keppel, a friend and Whig supporter of Rockingham, who had been court-martialled for cowardice against the French in the Battle of Ushant, 1778.
		The column stands unprotected in a field with easy public access from Admiral's Crest, just off the A629, a little under 3 miles from the centre of Rotherham.
	www.dacha.freeuk.com /wfolly/3kc0-0.htm (385 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: 1778 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, 1778; all previous versions may be viewed here.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=1778 (726 words)

	cars - HMS Achilles (1778)
		HMS Achilles a 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line which fought at Trafalgar.
		Originally the French ship Annibal she was renamed Achille in 1786 and was one of six ships captured at The Glorious First of June (also known as the Third Battle of Ushant).
		During the battle she engaged her namesake ship on the French side Achille (74) and captured the Berwick (74).
	www.carluvers.com /cars/HMS_Achilles_(1778) (105 words)

	The world's top ile d ouessant websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Ile d'Ouessant (in English Ushant, in Breton Enez Eusa) is an island in the English Channel which marks the north-westernmost point of European France.
		Located at 48 28N 5 05W, it is administratively part of the département of Finistère.
		Ushant is also the title of the autobiography of the American poet and novelist Conrad Aiken, published in 1952.
	dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/ile_d_ouessant (425 words)

	Captain Hugh Palliser. - - Port Cities
		From 1764-66, when he was a Captain, Palliser was Governor of Newfoundland, where Cook, who had served under him earlier, was employed charting the coast.
		He was subsequently Comptroller of the Navy and then, second-in-command to Augustus Keppel at the Battle of Ushant in 1778.
		His conduct there and a subsequent court martial over the issue of whether he had failed to obey his chief's signals for support, divided the Navy at a time of great national peril, and resulted in the refusal of some of the best flag officers to serve.
	www.portcities.org.uk /server/show/conMediaFile.1238/Captain-Hugh-Palliser.html (210 words)

	Military Prints, Battle of Lexington
		Battle of the Copeland Islands by David Pentland.
		Men of the British Navy During the Battle of Lake Erie 1813 by Chris Collingwood.
		This was the first battle of the newly formed American Continental Navy.
	www.war-art.com /lexington.htm (1274 words)

	The Battle of Ushant Island
		The first Battle of Ushant was a naval battle, fought between the French and British navies 100 miles west of the isle of Ile dOuessant, a French island at the mouth of the English Channel off the north-westernmost point of France.
		On July 27, the two fleets maneuvered during shifting winds and a heavy rain squall until a battle became inevitable with the British more or less in column and the French in some confusion.
		However, the French managed to pass along the British line to windward with their most advanced ships.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/780727.htm (242 words)

	1778 at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Years: 1775 1776 1777 - 1778 - 1779 1780 1781...
		April 1, 1778; Bertrand Gravier buys 17 arpents along the river and has it surveyed as Faubourg Ste...
		As late as 1778 bull killings on the island were still being condemned by the Scottish Church while cures for luncacy...
	www.springknow.com /1778.html (489 words)

	HMS Berwick information - Search.com
		Several ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Berwick, after the town on the border between England and Scotland.
		An early Berwick, launched in 1775, was a 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line which served in the American War of Independence, fighting at the Battle of Ushant (1778) and the Battle of Dogger Bank (1781).
		She was taken by the French in 1795 (French ship Berwick) and recaptured at the Battle of Trafalgar.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/HMS_Berwick (243 words)

	1778 @ HockeyLiving.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A scenic natural setting and a picnic of cold ham, tongue and biscuits: a perfect way to forget about war for a few hours.
		1778 Joseph Grimaldi, clown 1886 Ty Cobb, baseball player 1916 Betty Grable, actress/pinup girl (How to Marry a Millionaire) 1943 Keith Richards, guitar player from The Rolling Stones("Paint It Black") 1946 Steven Spielberg, director (E.T, Indiana Jones series, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jurassic Park, The Color Purple, Saving Private Ryan, Jaws) 1950 Leonard
		The best bookshop, the lovely little museum, the place for copper cookware and more.
	www.hockeyliving.com /info/1778 (952 words)

	HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814) - Online Information article about HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
		Ushant in 1778, and, soon afterwards transferred to the See also:
		part played by the " Zealous " at the battle of the See also:
		Venerable " Hood was present at the action of Algesiras and the battle in the Straits of See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /HIG_HOR/HOOD_SIR_SAMUEL_1762_1814_.html (1324 words)

	British War with France and Spain, 1778-1783
		(regiments awarded Battle Honours are shown in bold face)
		naval battle during transport of troops to India
		This medal was never issued without a clasp, and was also issued for other campaigns on the NW Frontier: 1908, 1930-37, Waziristan, Moplar Rebellion, Burma 1930-32.
	www.regiments.org /wars/18thcent/78fr-es.htm (181 words)

	Georgian Index - Navy list
		24 July 1778 Admiral Comte d'Orvilliers outruns the British at the battle of Ushant
		Captain Augustus Keppel won the battle at Quiberon Bay
		1778 Guarding Nore at the mouth of the Thames
	www.georgianindex.net /Navy/navylist.html (201 words)

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