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  HMS Enterprise
The first HMS Enterprise (1705)[?], 24, a sixth-rate, was known as l'Entreprise before her capture from the French by HMS Triton in May 1705.
The third HMS Enterprize (1743)[?], 8, was a barca longa[?] captured from Spain in 1743 in the Mediterranean and rated as a sloop by the Royal Navy.
Enterprise was recommissioned in 1756 at the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, again for service in the West Indies and North America and resuming her duties as Atlantic convoy escort.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/HMS Enterprise
HMS Enterprize (1743), the third ship to bear this name, was a barca longa captured from Spain in 1743 in the Mediterranean and rated as a sloop.
HMS Enterprize (1718), the fourth ship to bear this name, was originally the HMS Norwich of 50 guns, rebuilt and reduced to a fifth-rate of 44 guns in 1744 and in service until 1764.
HMS Enterprize (1774), the fifth ship to bear this name, was the lead ship of a class of 27 sixth-rate frigates, was launched in 1774 and served until 1784, then as a receiving ship thereafter.
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 USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) - Memory Alpha - A Wikia wiki
In 2265, the Enterprise was assigned to a five-year mission of deep-space exploration, and command passed to the youngest captain in the fleet, James T. Kirk.
Enterprise penetrated the cell interior and destroyed the organism before its imminent cell division threatened to overwhelm the rest of the galaxy.
After Enterprise was forced to destroy Kang's abandoned battlecruiser, the rescued Klingons (influenced by the Beta XII-A entity) attempted to wrest control of the the starship from Kirk in 2269.
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 Sandcastle V.I. - Voyages of the Enterprise - The Great European Fleets / Part 2
The Enterprise and her crew served in the Mediterranean during 1705 and 1706 under command of J. Paul.
The last HMS Enterprise to sail before the end of the American Revolutionary War was a 32-gun 6th rate built at Deptford, England and commissioned in April 1775.
This is a model of the 1775 6th rate HMS Enterprise, which served with distinction during the British siege of Gibraltar in 1780.
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 Wikipedia search result   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Enterprise is the name given to a series of fictional starships, several of which are the focal points for various TV series and movies, in the Star Trek universe.
In 1966, the World War II generation was still in its vital prime, and many remembered the heroic exploits of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CV-6) at the Battle of Midway and many other engagements during the war.
However, the USS Enterprise featured in the movie was actually the USS Ranger (CVA-61): the actual USS Enterprise was at sea during filming.
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 HMS Enterprize - Memory Alpha - A Wikia wiki
The first Human naval ship to bear the name Enterprise was a British sixth-rate captured from the French and renamed HMS Enterprize in 1705.
She ultimately became the ancestor of a great line of vessels, both seagoing and spacefaring, that spanned for at least the next thousand years.
From 2151 until 2161, Jonathan Archer, the captain of the Earth Starfleet starship Enterprise, had a painting of the HMS Enterprize hanging in his ready room.
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 Enterprise Royal Vt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
HMS Enterprise (1705) - The first HMS Enterprise (1705), 24, a sixth-rate of the Royal Navy, was known as l'Entreprise before her capture from the French by HMS Tryton in May 1705.
She served in the Mediterranean Sea under command of J. HMS Enterprise (1848) - The sixth HMS Enterprise of the Royal Navy was a new-built merchant vessel purchased by the Admiralty in 1848 to be fitted and strengthened
HMS Enterprise - Ten ships of the Royal Navy (and several British ships not commissioned into the Navy) have been named HMS Enterprise or HMS Enterprize.
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 The Enterprise History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
HMS Enterprise is assigned to Task Force 122 Western Naval Forces, under the command of Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk.
HMS Enterprise was part of the naval bombardment group off Normandy in the American sector.
A few years later, the Enterprise proceeded to a region of space known as 'The Briar Patch' and neutralize a hostile race called the Son'a who were conspiring with forces within the Federation to move a race called the Baku to use their planet's special resources.
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 Sandcastle V.I. - Voyages of the Enterprise - The Great European Fleets / Part 1
The first confirmed use of the name Enterprise (or at least a close derivative) occurred during this turbulent period of the late-17th Century.
This vessel was a 24-gun frigate which served under the French flag until May 1705, when she was captured by the HMS Triton.
Unfortunately, the service history of this first Enterprise under the French flag remains unknown, although it is likely that she served in the Mediterranean.
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 Bermuda's History from 1700 to 1899
The act was repealed in 1705 at the insistence of Whitehall as it containing "some inhumane penalties," although "whipping and imprisoning" were considered acceptable.
Three years after she achieved her claim to fame at the Battle of Trafalgar, the Bermuda-built cedar schooner HMS Pickle struck a shoal when entering the Spanish port of Cadiz and was lost.
Colonel Arnold devised the early massive building and engineering program for HM Dockyard, that led to Bermuda being referred to later as the "Gibraltar of the West." His obvious accomplishments, skills and obvious leadership qualities in Bermuda were such that he was marked for prompt promotion and increased military responsibilities.
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 HMS Enterprise (1705) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first HMS Enterprise (1705) (sometimes spelled Enterprize), 24, a sixth-rate of the Royal Navy, was known as L'Entreprise before her capture from the French by HMS Tryton in May 1705.
She served in the Mediterranean Sea under command of J.
See HMS Enterprise for other British Navy ships named "HMS Enterprise".
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 TenderTale V
Enterprise receives a report on a Japanese carrier; Midway aircraft scramble aloft to meet the Japanese, out numbered and unable to match the attack capabilities of the Zero fighters, the Navy and Marine pilots shoot down and damage several of the bombers,.
The Enterprise dive bombers had caught the Akagi with her flight deck full of armed and fueled aircraft; plus, bombs destined for Midway that had been removed so torpedoes could be installed for the attack on the U S Task forces, had not been returned to storage.
Enterprise was not so lucky, she had lost fourteen dive bombers, of which a number had to ditch at sea for lack of gas.
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 Naval and Maritime Museums: Great Britain
The HMS Plymouth is a Type 12 Rothesay class frigate and the HMS Onyx is an Oberon class submarine.
HMS Mary Rose (1510), restoration project of a 16th century ship.
HMS Unicorn (1824), a 46-gun frigate docked at the Victoria Dock.
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 U-boat Archive - U-971 HMS Eskimo Report
The U-boat could not have known that he was being attacked by tow Tribals as he had dived before we were in visibility range.
Had she known, it is fair to assume that she would have been more enterprising.
I think it is reasonable to sit on a contact for a short period, but early relief by the proper A/S ships from Escort Groups is most desirable.
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 A History of Ships Named Enterprise
It is stated in Jane's that the Enterprise II had an experimental envelope in 1948.
A group in Washington DC is attempting to create a replica of the 1799-1823 Enterprise, to be called "Spirit of Enterprize".
Some statistics on Enterprise B, C, and D had to be taken from drawings in the Encyclopedia, so other than length, my numbers may be suspect on these ships.
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 LCARSCom.Net | The LCARS Computer Network | A Star Trek Fan Site
HMS Enterprise and HMS Glasgow intercepted a squadron of 10 German destroyers sent to escort a German blockade runner into France.
USS Enterprise might easily have been sunk had it not been for the anti-aircraft gunfire of the battleship USS South Dakota, which shot down a record 26 aircraft that day, a record which still stands.
Planes from the USS Enterprise, the USS Essex, the USS Intrepid, USS Cabot, and USS Franklin sink the battleship Musashi.
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What- ever the discrepancies, at no time was there a sustained effort to establish permanent, enterprising settlements throughout the provinces, thus transforming Florida into a self-sustaining unit.18 While a distinction can be drawn in the general economy of the two decades, in human and social terms living conditions re- mained fundamentally the same.
The use of the private contract system illustrated the crown's dependence on the free enterprise system and profit-making, and its willingness to overlook the evasion of the well-intentioned and even altruistic Laws of the Indies and royal c_dulas.
When Ayala returned to St. Augus- tine, in the spring of 1705, the presidio population received him as a savior and "father of the poor."47 His mission was a personal success, as well as one which would temporarily bring relief to the presidio.
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 TrekUnited Forum > The Enterprise
HMS Repulse was sunk 10 December 1941 by Japanese torpedo bombers near Singapore.
USS Enterprise might easily have been sunk had it not been for the anti-aircraft gunfire of the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57), which shot down a record 26 aircraft that day, a record which still stands.
Her captain, Jean-Luc Picard was briefly assimilated into the Borg collective, and was partly responsible for the destruction of 39 Starfleet vessels at the battle of Wolf 359.
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 Pacific Islands to 1875 by Sanderson Beck
Government sugar enterprises were banned in 1870, but they were to be phased out over twelve years starting in 1878.
The most profitable enterprises were whaling and sealing; but indiscriminate killing soon exterminated most of the seals in the region.
The British navy began patrolling the coast of New Zealand in 1826, and in 1834 the HMS Alligator brutally attacked the Taranaki because of an incompetent interpreter.
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 History of ships named ENTERPRISE
This is an updated and expanded history of ships named "Enterprise", and replaces the previous edition (uploaded in December 1988) which is still available in this data library.
Between 1705 and 1979, there were 12 'HMS Enterprises", while between 1775 and 1999, there were 8 "USS Enterprises".
As I researched the history of the name, I quickly realized that each of these ships had a fascinating history, and that the missions and patrols carried out by each ship are a reflection of the state of international relations and maritime technology at that point in time.
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 Capt. Pete of the Enterprise - Ferrari Forum
Rechristened Enterprise, she served as a sloop-of-war during the American Revolution.
* USS Enterprise (SP-790), the sixth ship to bear this name, was a motorboat, served in a noncommissioned status in the Second Naval District during World War I. * USS Enterprise (CV-6), the seventh ship to bear this name, was an aircraft carrier, was the most-decorated U.S. Navy vessel of World War II.
Nasa did name their first Space Shuttle the Enterprise after they received about 300.000 letters from Star Trek fans from all over the world, telling the space-boys that there is but one proper name for a space shuttle.
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The master and 34 crewmembers were picked up by destroyer HMS Diana & landed at Scapa Flow 1940 - SS Tara sunk by U-50 at 42.45N, 10.25W 1940 - An escort attacked U-19 with depth charges in the North Sea.
The master saw one torpedo and he tried to evade, but one of the torpedoes struck on the port side between the bridge and the poop deck.
29 survived the sinking, being rescued after an hour in the sea by HMS Fusilier and were taken to Scotland and from there to Iceland.
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O'Hare is subsequently awarded the Medal of Honor for this action and later has the Chicago Airport renamed in his honor.
At 1851 hours, another torpedo was fired, which sank HMS LST-305 1944 - At 0157, USS LST-348 was torpedoed by U-410 & was sunk at 0221 by a coup de grâce about 40 miles south of Naples.
The vessel was participating in the landings in Anzio-Nettuno, Operation Shingle 1944 - U-683 reported missing in the North Atlantic SW of Ireland 1944 - Norwegian resistance successfully sinks the passenger and vehicle ferry Hydro crossing Lake Tinnsjø.
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 Ship Photographs - The Royal Navy Ships of Victor Johns
The bombardment of Bardia and under Italian air-attack, concluding with the final tragic voyage of the battleshlp HMS BARHAM and her catastrophic demise.
Finding film in the archives of HM Submarines is somewhat rare, thus it is quite pleasing to add to this programme views of the 8th flotilla and their depot ship HMS MAIDSTONE.
Only one carrier, HMS INDEFATIGABLE, received a direct hit on the armoured flight deck, and although casualties were sustained, aircraft were able to land-on again within an hour, a considerable contrast with US carriers which were always more seriously damaged because they only had wooden flight decks.
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 HAS - Glossary
Because of this powerful personal vision, Conrad is regarded as one of the masters of the English novel-indeed as one of the first modern novelists in the English language and on a par with his American contemporary and collaborator (on The Inheritors (1901) and Romance (1903)) Ford Maddox Ford.
In August 1831, Darwin was invited to sail, as an unpaid naturalist, on HMS Beagle.
Enterprise was named after the "star ship" in the Star Trek television series.
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Because when the show came on TV in the mid-1960s, the most modern and powerful warship afloat was the new nuclear carrier the USS Enterprise.
JohnBarry RE:BSL Enterprise 3/11/2004 8:19:29 AM I know it is considered bad luck to rename a ship unless it is sold or capture by another nations.
There have been 10 HMS Enterprise's and another 5 other Enterprises in British service over the years, the first HMS Enterprise commisioned in 1705, and there is currently a HMS Enterprise in service with the Royal Navy a 3,500ton Hydrographic vessel she commisioned in 2000.
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Speaking to reporters from the USS Enterprise in the northern Arabian Sea, Navy Rear Adm. Raymond Spicer, commander of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group, said his unit is putting in long hours on many different missions in support of the war on terror.
Enterprise conducted an activity-filled day in Hangar Bay Two as part of the Right Spirit campaign, allowing Sailors a chance to learn, train and have fun.
Approximately 1,500 new Enterprise, also know as "Big E," shipmates embarked for the final leg of the journey home from Mayport, Fla., to the carrier’s homeport of Norfolk, Va. According to Big E’s Tiger Cruise coordinator Lt. Curness Pierre Russell, the Tiger...
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 Hi, this is my web page for History 150
The original Wren building, the centerpiece of the town, had three floors, but after fire destroyed it in 1705, it was rebuilt with 2 floors and an attic, making it the way it is now.
In addition to the three different fires in 1705, 1859, and 1862 that destroyed the building, constant additions were being added.
In early June, Dunmore fled the capitol to the British warship HMS Fowey anchored in the river near Yorktown.
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 MUSEUM QUALITY San Felipe model ship replica. Another wooden model ship from handcrafted model ships.
San Felipe's role in the war against the British and French was to help protect Spanish settlements and harbors, to transport treasures, and to safeguard the long and hazardous passage back to Spanish ports.
In 1705, she participated in a furious and heroic battle between 12 Spanish ships and 35 British ships.
After 24 hours of battle, she was captured by an English ship, but was so badly damaged that she could not be salvaged as a prize.
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