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	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Defiance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Living up to her name, the ship was involved in three separate mutinies: in 1794, when five of her crew were hanged; 1797, the year of the Spithead mutinies; and 1798, when twenty members of the United Irishmen in her crew were hanged.
		On April 2, Defiance was part of the British fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen.
		Defiance was used as a prison ship at Chatham from 1813 to 1816, when she was broken up.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_025900_hmsdefiance.htm (448 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS "Bounty": Its Causes and Consequences.
		A Voyage to Terra Australis in 1801-3 in HMS "Investigator." London: W. Bulmer and Co. and W. Nicol, 1814.
		The Discovery of Tahiti: A Journal of the Second Voyage of HMS "Dolphin" round the world, under the command of Captain Wallis RN, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_000110_bibliography.htm (10110 words)

	Thunderer - Tree For All
		Served as 1st Lieutenant of the Thunderer in Sir Robert Calder's action in July 1805, and when Captain Lechmere was sent home to attend the court martial, acted as her captain at Trafalgar, 1805 â“ promoted Captain, gold medal, thanks of Parliament, and a sword of honour from the Patriotic Fund.
		HMS Thunderer was built on the Thames and launched in 1784.
		At the battle, Thunderer was last but one in Admiral Collingwoodâs line, between Defence and Defiance so she was late into action, when she joined HMS Dreadnought in relieving HMS Revenge, which was holding off four enemy ships at once.
	www.treeforall.org.uk /Trafalgar/TrafalgarWoods/Otherwoods/Thunderer (441 words)

	Expert About de:Defiance
		Defiance High School is a four-year high school with a student enrollment of about eleven hundred stu dents, including about one hundred D. The diverse stu dent population represents the cultural diversity of the City of Defiance.
		Defiance High School is also a member of the ten-team Western Buckeye League, and male and female athletes have an assortment of interscholastic sports in which they may participate.
		Defiance is a community nestled in the northwest corner of Ohio with an estimated population of 17,000.
	www.expertsite.biz /dir/de/defiance.htm (1050 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
		The ships, HMS s Resolution and Discovery visited the Society Islands and Tahiti before heading towards what was to be discovered at Hawaii and undertake a survey of the coast of Alaska.
		After being paid off in January 1783, Bligh was placed on half pay and took his wife and daughter back to the Isle of Man. Elizabeth’s uncle offered him employment in his merchant fleet and for four years, Bligh took command of several vessels in his uncle’s fleet.
		In March 1795, he was appointed to HMS Warley which was renamed Calcutta and was serving under Admiral Adam Duncan in the North Sea, based at the Nore.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_william_bligh.htm (2565 words)

	Nelson & The Royal Navy
		He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean, and assigned to the HMS Victory
		HMS Victory was Lord Nelson's flagship when he died, having won a decisive victory at the battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805.
		Victory was launched on the 7th May 1765 and is the only 18th century 'line of battle' ship still in existence.
	www.daliatrevino.com /Nelson&TheRoyalNavy.htm (6183 words)

	Name Histories D
		The seventh “ DART ” was a 5-gun twin-screw gun vessel launched at Millwall in 1860.
		, 1783, the “Defence,” under the command of Captain Thomas Newman, took part in the fifth action between Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and Admiral de Suffren.
		This vessel represented an important departure from the comtemporary battleship design, and as she was the first vessel of the twentieth century to embody the all-big-gun principle, as well as to be fitted with turbine machinery, much attention was concentrated upon her trials and subsequent behaviour.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /name_histories_d.htm (8207 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Delaware still on the Susquehanna defy the Iroquois and join their western kinsmen, raiding as far as New Jersey and southern New York.
		April 28; the crew of HMS Bounty mutinies in the South Pacific.
		In October, a multi-tribal council is held at Au Glaize (present Defiance, Ohio) on the Maumee River, including not only the tribes of the Northwest Confederacy but also Joseph Brant and representatives of the Six Nations from Canada.
	www.wyandot.org /emigrant.htm (16052 words)

	Ships of the 18th Cent. Royal Navy D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He was appointed to DEFIANCE at Plymouth where she was being fitted out in prospect of war with France.
		Off Port Mahon DEFIANCE captured a French Tartan she had been sent in chase of.
		In the subsequent fleet encounter DEFIANCE was exposed to the hottest fire and lost 14 men killed and 49 wounded, one third of the loss sustained by the fleet.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /18d.HTM (2918 words)

	abolitionism - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about abolitionism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The achievement of abolition in the USA took longer and was far more controversial, as slavery existed in much of the country.
		The slave states of the southern USA had built their economies on the labour of millions of slaves since the 1600s, and the constitutional arrangements that followed independence from Britain in 1783 had allowed slavery to continue in those states where it was already practised.
		In defiance of these laws, abolitionists established escape routes to help southern slaves reach the safety of the north, the most celebrated route being the Underground Railroad, set up by Harriet Tubman, who had escaped the south in 1849.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /abolitionism (1183 words)

	TRINBAGOPAN.COM \| Historical Dictionary 1700-1899
		1748 French expedition from Martinique attempts to settle Tobago in defiance of Treaty of Axi-la Chapelle.
		1783 Charles III of Spain adopts St. Laurent’s scheme as the 'Cedula de Poblaciòn' : free immigrants of the Roman Catholic faith.
		1796 Captain of HMS Alarm violates Trinidad’s nuetrality, so contributing to Spain’s declaration of war on the side of revolutionary France.
	www.pantrinbago.com /Histdic2.htm (784 words)

	Leviathan - Tree For All
		Entering the service at any early age, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1783 at the age of sixteen.
		HMS Leviathan was built at Chatham dockyard and launched in 1790, being one of a class of six modelled on the lines of a captured French 74, the Courageux.
		At Trafalgar she was fourth in the column led by HMS Victory abreast of HMS Conqueror and astern of HMS Neptune, and cleared for action to give the guns freedom to fire.
	www.treeforall.org.uk /Trafalgar/TrafalgarWoods/Otherwoods/Leviathan (606 words)

	Lower Fort and Battery
		Thus in 1783 the East Fort Battery of 8 x 18 pounder Dutch guns was constructed following the construction of West Battery which was completed previously by them, with 8 x 24 pounder guns.
		Around noon, the 16 gun British Ship Sloop HMS Echo, part of a small flotilla en route from Simons Town to Table Bay under the command of Capt Todd, entered the bay on a reconnaissance mission.
		The task being to establish whether or not the Bay was fortified and at the same time alarm the Dutch that a British Naval task force was active on the Atlantic seaboard.
	www.zsd.co.za /~houtbay/military/efort2.htm (1053 words)

	1835 [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A worldwide sea voyage aboard HMS Beagle and observations on the Galapagos Islands in particular provided inspiration and much of the data on which...
		November 21 November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar.
		November 30 November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
	www.wikimirror.com /1835 (11404 words)

	Capt Fredrick Lewis Maitland
		From Cape Francois had been taken by HMS Edinburgh retaken by a French privateer and bound for Port au Prince loaded with sugar and indigo Sent a PO and 8 seamen on board to take charge of her and brought the French prisoners on board.
		At 3 the sloop put before the wind and the chace fired several shott at her At 5 fired a shott at the sloop.
		HMS Burford made the signal for Court Martial.
	www.antonymaitland.com /captfred.htm (17101 words)

	Ships of Bermuda
		Libel showing that Richard Onslow, Capt of HMS St Alban's, on behalf of imself, Capt Gedouin, HMS Richmond, Capt Hyde Parker, HMS Phoenix, and Capt Caldwell, HMS Emerald, claims that the Duke of Grafton captured by them 27 Dec 1777 in Hampton Road, Virginia, to be condemned as prize.
		Paul Paynter, son of Paul (will 1784) and Mary Paynter of Fairfield (now known as Somerwood, Sandy's), was a master mariner and rescued the HMS Hope which had foundered on the western reef in 1778 and successfully brought her to Ely's Harbour.
		The Ann, master James Darrell was captured by the privateer Eolus, commander Phillip Giffard, on a voyage from Nantes to Charleston, SC in 1778.
	www.rootsweb.com /~bmuwgw/ships7.htm (8340 words)

	What Happened All Those Years Ago - People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		His skill as a negotiator and his personal popularity, reinforced by the antipathy of French and English, favoured his mission, and on 6 February 1778, a treaty of alliance was signed, while munitions of war and money were sent from France.
		O 3 September 1783, his mission was crowned with success through England's recognition of the United States.
		For the next 20 years he directed a campaign of defiance against the South African government and its racist policies, orchestrating in 1961 a three-day national strike.
	www.andibradley.com /whatya/one.htm (8624 words)

	Retallick Family Narratives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The tenth "Defiance" was a 74 gun ship, a 3rd rate of the Elizabeth Class, launched on the Thames in 1783.
		In 1801 the " Defiance," commanded by Captain Richard Retalick, and flying the flag of Rear Admiral Thomas Graves, was in a fleet of 21 ships, 7 bombs, 2 fireships, and 6 gun brigs, commanded by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson with his flag in "Elephant", which took part in the battle or bombardment of Copenhagen.
		Nelson was elevated to the dignity of Viscount for this victory, and Rear-Admiral Graves was made a K.B. Defiance later fought at the Battle of Trafalgar under the command of Capt Philip Charles Durham.
	www.retallick.eclipse.co.uk /genealogy/narratives.htm (3986 words)

	1812 And All That
		It had been a generation, 30 years, since the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the War for Independence (usually called the Revolutionary War in the United States, as if anything done by a pack of lawyers could be called revolutionary), and a new generation sought military glory.
		As one proceeds from east to west, tribes are usually shown where they were first encountered, from the 17th century along the Atlantic coast, to the 19th century in the west, from early neglect in the east to detailed ethnography in the west.
		After the United States began Indian clearances in 1783, tribes were constantly on the move, often colliding with each other, amalgamating and dispersing.
	www.du.edu /~jcalvert/hist/1812.htm (15919 words)

	Timeline Ecuador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		1835 Sep 15, HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reached the Galapagos Islands, a scattering of 19 small islands and scores of islets.
		1835 Sep 23, HMS Beagle sailed to Charles Island in the Galapagos archipelago.
		Lucio Gutierrez declared a state of emergency in Quito and dissolved the Supreme Court, saying the unpopular judges were the cause of three days of pot-banging street protests.
	www.bonus.com /contour/timelines_history/http@@/timelines.ws/countries/ECUADOR.HTML (5041 words)

	New Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Based on newly released records, contemporary accounts, handwritten notes of most of the 424 survivors and personal interviews.
		With b/w photos, list of Scapa Flow crew members of U-47, survivors of HMS Royal Oak, sources, index.
		The story of the largest armed rescue of Jews by Jews during WWII.
	www.mccormickbooks.com /military.html (8025 words)

	Bermuda and Canada
		And when Britain signed its "50 Destroyers for Bases" deal with the United States, once again HM Dockyard in Bermuda and the equivalent in Halifax were "twinned" historically and strategically, as in the first 50 years of the 19th century.
		With the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the American Revolution, the British were left with only Halifax as a North American Royal Navy base.
		In early October that year, on his flagship HMS Resolution off the American coast, Murray was told of Lieutenant Hurd's surveys and findings in Bermuda and dispatched the 32 gun frigate Cleopatra, under Captain Penrose, to Bermuda to bring back a report and charts from Hurd.
	www.bermuda-online.org /canada.htm (7683 words)

	December (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		2000 - In defiance of the law, their oaths of office and the will of the people, the U.S. Supreme Court disgraced themselves, and profaned Democracy, by handing the presidency to George W. Bush.
		1783 - George Washington resigned his military commission as the US Army's commander-in-chief.
		Darwin's discoveries during the voyage helped him form the basis of his theories on evolution.
	www.dangerous.com /december.htm (1722 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Going northwest around the west coast of the British Isles into the North Sea and then down the east coast the squadron took 16 merchant vessels as prizes.On 23 September 1779 they encountered the Baltic Fleet of 41 sail under convoy of HMS Serapis (44) and Countess of Scarborough (22) near Flamborough Head.
		After 1800 Bonhomme Richard engaged Serapis and a bitter engagement ensued during the next four hours before Serapis struck her colors.
		Bonhomme Richard, shattered, on fire, and leaking badly defied all efforts to save her and sank at 1100 on 25 September 1779.
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	Welcome Arnold
		These events are all designed to commemorate the burning of the hated British revenue schooner, HMS Gaspee, by Rhode Island patriots in 1772 as 'America's First Blow for Freedom'®.
		On June 9, 1772, Captain Benjamin Lindsay of the packet Hannah refused to strike the flag and be boarded.
		The HMS Gaspee fired upon the Hannah then pursued her towards Providence.
	gaspee.org /WelcomeArnold.htm (2365 words)

	Staples-Forward & Introduction
		Of all the volumes, it should generate the greatest local interest, for it deals with an event in Rhode Island's history that is more celebrated than any other—the destruction of the British revenue schooner Gaspee on the evening of June 9, 1772.
		In this sense, therefore, the burning of the Gaspee ended the period of calm that came with the repeal of the Townshend duties (except the tax on tea) and began the third and decisive phase of colonial opposition, which inexorably led to the War for Independence.
		It is obvious that Wanton was admitting that the attack had taken place, but at the same time he was also insisting that the prosecution remain within the colony and its jurisdiction.
	gaspee.org /StaplesForwardIntro.htm (12218 words)

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		She broke in two after 40 minutes and sank 4 miles SE of Tarbett Ness, Moray Firth.
		The master & 39 crewmembers were picked up by HMS Leicester City and landed at Invergordon.
		The master Walter Frederick Fynn died when his next ship, the San Arcadio was sunk by U-107 (Gelhaus) on 31 Jan 1942 1940 - During the Norwegian campaign, ORP Grom was sunk in the Rombaken Fjord near Narvik by a German He111 (Lt Korthals) aircraft of the KG 100.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/may/04May.txt (985 words)

	Robert King: Bahía Botánica y Liqueyos
		Titsingh was Opperhoofd or Captain at Dejima twice between 1779 and 1783, and became an ardent Japanophile as a result of the personal friendships which the relaxed atmosphere prevailing at that time allowed him to develop with eminent Japanese.
		When Titsingh left Japan in 1783 he carried with him, as had Thunberg, the strong impression that the country might soon abandon its policy of seclusion.
		In 1783 the volcano of Mount Asama erupted, with catastrophic effects on the climate, leading to a failure of crops and widespread famine.
	web.mala.bc.ca /black/amrc/Research/Papers/LIQ.HTM (11480 words)

	Chapter 12
		This positive defiance of the King's power to summon and discharge Parliament, was in fact the first indication that the struggle for what was essentially a moderate reform of royal privilege, could spill over into revolution.
		Such defiant actions made it clear that if neither side backed down, what was to follow could be, or would be, a life and death struggle.
		In such circumstances petitions were of no use, and defiance of any kind would create a royal backlash.
	www.des4rev.org.uk /Chapter12.htm (18480 words)

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