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	George Vancouver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Vancouver (June 22, 1757 – May 12, 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of North America, including the Pacific coast along present-day Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia; he also explored the southwest coast of Australia.
		He was then posted aboard the sloop HMS Martin, on patrol in the English Channel.
		HMS Discovery (not Cook's ship) was purchased specifically for this mission.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Vancouver (918 words)

	HMS Norfolk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Norfolk was involved in many famous encounters during WWII, and was scrapped in 1950.
		She was sold to Chile in 1982 and was retired of the chilean surface fleet in february 2006.To deccommissioned.
		The sixth and current HMS Norfolk (F230) was commissioned in November 1989, and was the first of the Type 23 or 'Duke' Class frigates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Norfolk (301 words)

	H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: References & Research Materials- ADM116-4351: Report on the Loss of HMS ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		HMS Hood was sunk by gunfire from Bismarck at 0600.
		Captain Phillips, HMS Norfolk, who at one time was commander of Hood, associated this hit with the starboard upper deck torpedo tubes, and stated that he saw a bright flash in about that position.
		NORFOLK was in a position on the starboard quarter of HOOD at a range of approximately 20,000 yds.
	www.hmshood.org.uk /reference/official/adm116/adm116-4351_to59.html (7395 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Norfolk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The frigate HMS Norfolk is currently quiet alongside in her home port of Devonport, but that is because the Type 23's crew have been significantly involved in Operation Fresco, the Navy's support during the firefighters strike.
		HMS Norfolk was the first of the modern generation of Type 23 frigates, launched by Princess Margaret in July 1987 and taking up the mantle of Naval service in November 1989.
		The original HMS Norfolk of 1693 was an 80-gun Ship of the Line which won her first Battle Honour at Velez Malaga against a Franco-Spanish Fleet in 1704.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/norfolk.asp (547 words)

	People
		Sir Thomas Adams was in command of HMS Niger in Newfoundland waters during 1765 and 1766.
		Brathwaite was also in command of HMS Shannon (1761-1763), HMS Gibraltar (1766-1767 in Newfoundland waters) and HMS Liverpool (1767-1768, again in Newfoundland waters).In 1790, Brathwaite became a rear admiral of the white and rose eventually to become admiral of the white in 1801.
		In 1762, Charles Douglas was in charge of HMS Syren in the approaches to the Gulf of St. Lawrence when he was alerted to the French attack on St. John's, the capital of Newfoundland.
	pages.quicksilver.net.nz /jcr/people (4058 words)

	Captain Seth Jermy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		He was a midshipman on HMS Monmouth from 2 July 1689 to 2 March 1689/90, and on HMS Edgar from 3 March 1689/90 to 26 October 1691, and later from 16 December 1690 to 2 February 1690/1.
		By 1 July 1691 he was Second Lieutenant on HMS Northumberland, and was with her at the battle of Barfleur in 1692.
		For the next five years HMS Nightingale was on seemingly routine duties escorting colliers and corn ships between the Forth, Tyne, Humber and Thames, protecting them from French privateers.
	stanfield.und.ac.za /sethj.html (1246 words)

	FREE MARKET FAIRY TALES: On This Day ... Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		A cutter from HMS Arrogant was badly damaged by enemy fire, and drifted out of control, her crew killed or wounded.
		During the action, HMS Alexandra was hit by a 10 inch shell which failed to explode on impact.
		However, a third British battlecruiser, HMS Invincible, was lost to another catastrophic explosion, as was the armoured cruiser HMS Defence.
	www.fmft.net /archives/cat_on_this_day_.html (10563 words)

	Links interesantes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Historic Warships - veterans of the Falklands War, the HMS Plymouth, and HMS Onyx are berthed in the East Float Docks.
		HMS Bounty, a replica of the famous 18th century tall ship, was commissioned by MGM studios for the 1962 remake Mutiny of the Bounty.
		HMS Rose - HMS Rose is a replica of a sixth rate British frigate built in 1757.
	www.histarmar.com.ar /Links/linksdereplicas.htm (1622 words)

	Norfolk Coast Partnership News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The area of Blickling, where Blickling Hall is situated, once belonged to Harold Godwinson, Earl of the East Saxons, who later became King Harold of England and was defeated by the Duke William of Normandy at the Battle of Hastings.
		Vaughan Williams’ ‘Norfolk Rhapsodies’ is based on folk songs collected from King’s Lynn fishermen.
		Captain George Vancouver was born in 1757 in King’s Lynn.
	www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk /news/newsarticles.php?ArticID=23 (472 words)

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		She is still carrying her three TSR squadrons, 810, 820, and 821 1940 - HMS Glorious, in company with the destroyers HMS Hyperion, Hereward & Hasty, arrives off Scapa Flow at 1500, where she is joined by the destroyers HMS Arrow, Acheron & Brazen to cover her during the flight evolutions that follow.
		With the operation complete, HMS Arrow, HMS Acheron, and HMS Bulldog are detached to Rosyth while the rest put into Scapa Flow to refuel 1940 - HMS Furious, though now with a failing engine, continues to support the Allied effort.
		The tools belonged to HMS Victory's surgeon William Beatty who used them on Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.Beatty tried in vain to save Nelson after the admiral was shot by a sniper from the rigging of a French warship.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/april/22Apr.txt (3709 words)

	Hissem_Thornton-Heyshams
		Robert died at Yarmouth, in Norfolk and was buried at Paul’s Walden on 15th September 1781.
		HMS AGAMEMONON was used, along with the American USS NIAGARA, in the first attempts to lay a Transatlantic cable, unsuccessfully in 1857, and successfully in 1858.
		The sloop HMS Linnet joined the British West Africa Squadron during the 1850s and was engaged in anti-slavery patrols.
	balder.prohosting.com /shissem/Hissem_Thornton-Heyshams.html (18262 words)

	People associated with Cook in the Royal Navy from 1755 to 1762. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		At the same time he was appointed captain of HMS Northumberland, the flagship of Commodore Alexander, Lord Colvill in the North American squadron.
		Wheelock made captain on 21 December 1757 and was given command of HMS Squirrel.
		In 1778, Wheelock and HMS Sultan, his latest ship, were part of Admiral Byron's fleet that left Plymouth on 09 June bound to New York.
	pages.quicksilver.net.nz /jcr/eaglepeople (3784 words)

	Vancouver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		George Vancouver was born on June, 22 1757 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.His parents names were John Jasper Vancouver and Bridget Vancouver.
		The HMS Discovery was named after the ship he sailed on with Captain Cook.
		My flagship was called the HMS Discovery, the ship I sailed on with Capt. Cook.
	www.hwdsb.on.ca /rlhyslop/Explore/webpage/vancouver_.htm (356 words)

	Did you know?: Norfolk Coast Partnership
		The only Norfolk building designed by Robert Adam is St Andrew's Church, Gunton (5 miles north of Aylsham, signposted beyond Gunton Hall).
		One reason why Norfolk church towers are round is that the local building stone is flint, with which it is difficult to make corners.
		In the porch of Wells Church is the gravestone of John Fryer, who was the sailing master on HMS Bounty at the time of the famous mutiny.
	www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk /pages/pspage.php?PageID=131 (1379 words)

	LORD HORATIO NELSON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		And being born in the County of Norfolk I beg leave to present the Sword to the City of Norwich in order to its being preserved as a memento of the event and of my affection for my native County.
		H.M.S. Victory, with Nelson's body preserved in alcohol still on board, was so extensively damaged it had to be towed to Gibraltar for repairs after which Victory sailed for England arriving at Sheerness 22 December 1805.
		Susannah Nelson was born at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, and baptised on 17 June 1755 at Sporle, Norfolk.
	website.lineone.net /~d.bolton/Command/nelson.htm (6516 words)

	Pacific Islands to 1875 by Sanderson Beck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		In 1834 on Norfolk Island 162 inmates mutinied and tried to escape, but they were caught within seven hours; five were killed, and about fifty were crippled.
		Prisoners at Norfolk Island suffering from bad food mutinied in 1846, and twelve were hanged.
		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.
	san.beck.org /2-13-PacificIslands.html (23410 words)

	USS Fletcher DDE-445 deck log summary for the year 1950 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		J.M Enloe, MM1, was transferred to the Retraining Command, Norfolk, VA for normal tour of shore duty.
		HMS Triumph carried Seafire 47s and Fairey Fireflys aircraft and operated with U.S. forces.
		Carriers HMS Triumph and USS Valley Forge CV 45 in the formation.
	www.ussfletcher.org /1950.html (11877 words)

	Nelson & The Royal Navy
		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.
		The Victory had two large rebuilds in 1800-1803 and 1814-1816 both which cost more than the original cost of building her.
	www.daliatrevino.com /Nelson&TheRoyalNavy.htm (6183 words)

	Timeline Great Britain 1711-1799
		He was the British naval officer who was the victim of two mutinies, the most famous on the HMS Bounty which was taken over by Fletcher Christian in 1789.
		1757 Mar 14, John Byng (52), British Admiral, was executed by a firing squad on board HMS Monarch for neglect of duty.
		1757 Nov 28, William Blake (1757-1827), English artist-printer, was born in London.
	www.timelines.ws /countries/GB_C_1711_1799.HTML (14247 words)

	Helpful Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Fort Norfolk 1812 Garrison - Living History/Reenactment group in the Tidewater area of Virginia portraying the units that served during the War of 1812.
		H.M.S. Detroit Project - constructing a full size replica of the HMS Detroit which led Commodore Robert Hariot Barclay's Fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie.
		Project HMS Detroit - living history project dedicated to the significance of Amherstburg, the King's Navy Yard, Fort Malden, and the ship H.M.S. Detroit.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /cabuehner/helpful_links.htm (7268 words)

	127famous_chaffees, Chaffe, Chaffee, Chaffey, Chafee, Chafe Lineage - 1016-1900 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Samuel was born in 1622 in Hingham, Norfolk, England and his great-great, great, great, grandson was Abraham Lincoln who became the 16th President of the USA in 1860.
		Richard Garth (1807-1838) was born Norfolk Island and wed Maria Mary Ann Chaffey in 1827.
		In 1805, William Bligh (1754-1817) the famous Lieutenant of the HMS Bounty (1789), was sent to New South Wales as Governor.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Cabin/1066/127famous_chaffees.html (11787 words)

	Hudson River Maritime Newsletter
		When the H.M.S Rose visited the Hudson River Maritime Museum, she was the largest active wooden sailing ship in the world and America's biggest US Coast Guard inspected and certified Sailing School Vessel.
		In the novels, the H.M.S. Surprise was pursuing an American ship, the Norfolk, during the War of 1812.
		The original H.M.S. Rose participated in the burning of Kingston, and the replica HMS Rose participated in a reenactment of the burning.
	www.ulster.net /~kpanza/2003rivernews/nov2003-1.html (696 words)

	Empty File
		Norfolk Island Council discusses the shortage of provisions.
		Sloop Norfolk, 25 tonnes, built on Norfolk from Norfolk Pine, sailed from Sydney Cove under Lieutenant Matthew Flinders and crew of 8 on exploratory voyage.
		HMS RESOLUTION (schooner) Was a two-masted schooner, 30 feet long with a beam of 9 feet 6 inches, built on Tahiti by the loyalists and some of the mutineers who had stayed on the island when Christian sailed away on the Bounty.
	nisdv.bravehost.com /seafaring_heritage.html (2612 words)

	James Cook
		He volunteered as an able seaman in the Royal Navy and rose in the ranks to master of HMS Pembroke 1757.
		During the Seven Year’s War between France and Great Britain he commanded a captured ship and took part in the siege of Louisburg in Nova Scotia and the assault against Quebec.
		The map in the design of the Norfolk Island stamp is not an old map, but a contemporary one drawn in the manner of older maps with unknown areas.
	sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/jamescook.htm (465 words)

	William Bligh
		The most probably being that, as his father was an Excise Officer based at Plymouth, the family waited until the birth of the next child before coming back to the ancestral home for baptism.
		He joined the Royal Navy in 1770 where he served on HMS Hunter and became a Midshipman in 1771, serving on HMS Crescent and HMS Ranger.
		In 1797, he commanded HMS Director at the battle of Camperdown and as Captain of HMS Glatton in 1801 took part in the battle of Copenhagen, after which he was commended for his bravery by Admiral Nelson.
	library.puc.edu /pitcairn/bounty/wmbligh.shtml (1224 words)

	Staffordshire at Sea
		An example of orders to provide victuals to men on board HMS Lyon (1727) and a report of a survey carried out under orders from Captain John Roberts Commander of HMS Norfolk, to take a strict and careful survey of butter said to be defective on HMS Tiger (1732).
		Featuring a Deed of King George II declaring L’Indomptable to be prize, the sale catalogue for L’Indomptable, a letter of consent to Drakeford from the Purser of HMS Lizard and a list of one hundred and one officers and men on board HMS Lizard at the capture of the L’ Indomptable
		Drakeford moved away from Stafford to pursue his naval career, and from as early as 1709, he was employed as a Captain's clerk on board the Adventure.
	www.staffspasttrack.org.uk /exhibit/atsea/drakeford.htm (702 words)

	Norfolk Record Office Information Leaflet 28 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The Norfolk Record Office also has a large number of relevant records including some material among the Great Yarmouth Borough archives: this leaflet summarises these.
		In almost all cases more detailed information can be found in the Norfolk Record Office lists and indexes.
		Record of war service of HMS Norfolk and HMS Gorleston, 1941-1945 (MC 572/1).
	archives.norfolk.gov.uk /leaflets/nroil028.htm (935 words)

	Hissem_William Heysham Line
		In addition to a number of wills to which he was a witness, in 1757 he was a signatory to a New York City bond which bound him along with Isaac DePeyster, the colonial treasurer, his father, Abraham DePeyster, and Augutus [Van] Cortland to its payment.
		Benjamin became a supporter of the Revolution and on 7 November 1775 he was elected as a Deputy to the Provincial Congress.
		Since Waddell was a mariner it is interesting to consider whether William may have been employed by him, or was even his apprentice, and thus readily available to witness this document.
	balder.prohosting.com /shissem/Hissem_William_Heysham_Line.html (18503 words)

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