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	HMS Revenge (1577) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Revenge, built at a cost of Â£4,000 at the Royal Dockyard of Deptford in 1577 by Mathew Baker, Master Shipwright, was to usher in a new style of ship building that would revolutionize naval warfare for the next three hundred years.
		Following Revenge at the head of the line, the English fleet engages their broadsides into the confused Spanish Armada, chasing it into the North Sea close to Edinburgh, where pursuit was abandoned.
		Revenge was on such a patrol in the summer of 1591.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Revenge_(1577) (685 words)

	The Revenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Revenge, built at a cost of £ 4,000, at the Royal Dockyard of Deptford in 1577 by Mathew Baker, Master Shipwright, was to usher in a new style of ship building that would revolutionize naval warfare for the next three hundred years.
		Following the Revenge at the head of the line, the English fleet engages their broadsides into the confused Spanish Armada, chasing it into the North Sea close to Edinburgh, where further persuit was considered unnecessary.
		Revenge was cast upon a cliff next to the island of Terceira, where she broke up completely.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /t/th/the_revenge.html (682 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Re-Rn) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Regent is powered by two AEI steam turbines providing a top speed of 20 knots and a range of 12000 miles at 18 knots.
		HMS Renown carried a crew of 1205 and was armed with six 15-inch 42 calibre guns; eight 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; twenty-four 2 pounder anti-aircraft guns and sixty-four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
		HMS Richmond is powered by two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines and four Paxman Valenta 12 RPA 200 CZ diesel engines providing a top speed of 28 knots on gas power and a range of 7800 miles at 15 knots.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /RD3.HTM (1808 words)

	HMS Revenge (1577) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1589, Revenge again put to sea as Drake's flagship, in what was to be a failed attempt to invade Spanish controlled (A republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)) Portugal.
		In 1590 Revenge was commanded by Sir (Click link for more info and facts about Martin Frobisher) Martin Frobisher in an expedition along the coast of Spain to intercept the (Click link for more info and facts about Spanish treasure fleet) Spanish treasure fleet.
		The Revenge was cast upon a cliff next to the island of (Click link for more info and facts about Terceira) Terceira, where she broke up completely.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/HM/HMS_Revenge_(1577)2.htm (600 words)

	HMS REVENGE GALLEON
		In 1588, Revenge was Sir Francis Drake's flagship during the battles with the Spanish Armada but the ship's claim to fame rests with the action at the Azores in 1591.
		This model of Revenge was specially constructed for a woman whose husband was particularly intrigued with the Elizabethan era.
		She said, " Revenge, I like that name..." Oak was chosen as the stand since England's forests of oak were symbols of the might of the Royal Navy which depended on them to build their mighty wooden-walled ships.
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	Revenge
		Revenge Revenge is retaliation against a person or group in response to a wrong-doing by that person or group.
		Revenge of the Nerds Revenge of the Nerds is a Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity.
		The Revenge The Revenge, built at a cost of £ 4,000, at the Royal Dockyard of Deptford in 1577 by galleon, she carried 4...
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	wiki/HMS Revenge Definition / wiki/HMS Revenge Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Revenge, launched in 1859, a second-rate In the British Royal Navy, a second-rate was a ship of the line mounting 90 to 98 guns, typically built with three gun decks.
		Revenge, launched in 1892, was a Royal Sovereign -class battleship This article is about a battleship as a type of warship.
		Revenge (S27), launched in 1969, was a Resolution -class submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/HMS_Revenge (687 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - Sir Richard Grenville and the Last Fight of the Revenge, 1591
		Revenge was in most respects similar to the other vessels of her type, though with a higher stern superstructure than some, rising in two steps to a half, then to a quarter or poop deck.
		On her last voyage Revenge seems to have been particularly heavily armed, with a total of 42 bronze guns.
		Before sailing, Revenge loaded 90 barrels of gunpowder, both for her cannon and also for the 110 muskets and about 70 calivers which she carried.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /renaissance/revenge/revenge.aspx (641 words)

	HMS Revenge - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Revenge, a galleon built in 1577, fought the Spanish Armada in 1588, was captured by a Spanish fleet off Flores in the Azores in 1591 and sank while being sailed back to Spain.
		A third-rate of 74 guns fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
		HMS Revenge built in 1915 was the nameship of the Revenge class battleships and fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
	www.iridis.com /HMS_Revenge (108 words)

	HMS Revenge ship model plans and drawings.
		HMS Revenge won everlasting renown for its dramatic role during the great war between England and Spain which lasted from 1585 to 1604 and helped reshape the world.
		The Revenge, built in 1577 was 130 feet overall and displaced 440 tons.
		The English fleet arrived at the anchorage of Flores in the Azores and awaited the arrival of the homebound Spanish galleons.
	www.bestscalemodels.com /hmsrevenge.html (554 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Chronologies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Vindictive sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium.
		HMS Cossack frees POWs from Altmark in Norwegian fjord.
		HMS Lutine wrecks on coast of Holland with loss of 240 men and £2 million in gold.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_000108_chronologies.htm (5834 words)

	BBC - Guernsey - About Guernsey - Alderney Issues Two New Royal Navy Commemorative Coins
		Launched in 1577 and carrying 46 guns, the 400-ton HMS Revenge was the first of the galleons built which revolutionised 16th century naval warfare.
		In 1588 The Revenge was Sir Francis Drake’s flagship during battles with the Spanish Armada, but the ship's main claim to fame rests with it's last action at the Azores in 1591.
		Revenge was separated from the remainder of the fleet when her commander, Sir Richard Grenville, paused to embark his fever-stricken men who were resting on shore
	www.bbc.co.uk /guernsey/content/articles/2005/01/12/alderney_issues_coins_feature.shtml (1012 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - Sir Richard Grenville and the Last Fight of the Revenge, 1591
		These were long, lean vessels, averaging around 500 tons, the high poop decks which had been a feature of older galleons replaced by a lower series of decks stepped down into the waist of the ship and with a much lower forecastle than had hitherto been usual.
		As darkness fell, Revenge was still holding her own, and the English sailors, their losses so far light, sang their customary evening psalm, their plainchant answered by repeated blasts from the Spanish trumpeters.
		Her masts and superstructure largely destroyed, "and in effect, evened as she was with the water, but the very foundation or bottom of a ship, nothing being left overhead either for flight or defence." As daylight grew, the survivors of Revenge âs crew, perhaps 80-100 of whom remained able to fight, surveyed their desperate situation.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /renaissance/revenge/default.aspx (995 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		In early 1588, Drake moved his flag from HMS Elizabeth Bonaventura ''Elizabeth Bonaventura'' to the ''Revenge'', which was considered to be the best by far of the new ships.
		With the ship in an unseaworthy condition, and without any prizes to his credit Drake fell out of favour with Elizabeth I of England Queen Elizabeth and was kept ashore until 1594.
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article HMS Revenge (1577).
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	HMS Sovereign of the Seas - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Sovereign of the Seas was a 17th century British Royal Navy first-rate ship of the line of 100 guns, later known as just Sovereign and then Royal Sovereign.
		Sovereign of the Seas was built by Peter Pett (later a Commissioner of the Navy), under the guidance of his father Phineas, the king's master shipwright, and was launched at Woolwich dockyard on October 13 1637.
		As the second three-decked first-rate (the first three-decker being Prince Royal of 1610), she was the predecessor of Nelson 's Victory, although Revenge, built in 1577 by Mathew Baker, was the inspiration providing the innovation of a single deck devoted entirely to broadside guns.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/HMS_Sovereign_of_the_Seas (376 words)

	Lindberg HMS Revenge ca.1577
		A 34-gun English galleon of 440 tons and measuring 92 feet long and 32 feet in breadth, HMS Revenge was launched from Deptford in 1577.
		An ironic footnote to the battle is the fact that the battered Revenge sank during a storm with all hands a Spanish prize crew.
		As with last month's review of HMS Ark Royal, this box has an artist's impression of Captain Grenville, inset to a picture of HMS Revenge in full sail.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2000/february/first-looks/lindberg_revenge.htm (684 words)

	The Revenge Definition / The Revenge Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Revenge, built at a cost of £4,000 at the Royal Dockyard of Deptford Deptford is an area of the London Borough of Lewisham, on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London.
		It takes its name ('Deep Ford') from its position where the road to London from Dover and the channel ports cross the Thames tributary, the River Ravensbourne (the tidal reach of which is additionally known as Deptford Creek)....
		A comparatively small vessel, weighing about 500 tons, being about half the size of the Henri Grace à Dieu, the Revenge was rated as a galleon A galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by the nations of Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries.
	www.elresearch.com /The_Revenge (253 words)

	Revenge - Biggest Chinese resource on the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Revenge Unlimited believes that there are people in desperate need of a good dose of humility...
		Revenge is exactly what it's title implies, and like the act the film is named after...
		Revenge was one of the first galleons, built to a new model recommended by Sir John Hawkins and...
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	Talk:Battleship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The [[HMS Royal Charles (1655)''Royal Charles'']] was captured by the Dutch in the [[Raid on the Medway]]...
		The Royal Charles was captured by the Dutch in the Raid on the Medway...
		A navy will use prefixes retroactively, and in the case of USS and HMS, it prevents what would be absolute chaos in article nomenclature, because you'd have to rename some and not others, most likely with very slim evidence.
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	Revenge - The Most In-Depth Text Resource On The Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Revenge Lady gives advice on using the ancient art of revenge to bring humor and happiness back to your life.
		Revenge is retaliation against a person or group in response to a wrong-doing by that...
		In 1588, Revenge was Sir Francis Drake's flagship during the battles with...
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	Pirates -- Go 2 Amelia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After a confused and bloody battle in which Maynard engaged Blackbeard in a hand-to-hand fight on the deck of the pirate ship Blackbeard collapsed in a pool of blood with 20 cutlass wounds and 5 pistol shots.
		In 1577 - 80 he made the first circumnavigation of the world by an Englishman and returned with a cargo of splendid plunder taken from Spanish galleons and raids upon the coasts of Chile and Peru.
		Celebrated in ballads as the greatest of the buccaneers, Morgan was the leader of the Port Royal buccaneers in the late 1660s.
	www.go2amelia.com /Pirates.cfm (1452 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		Image:Rigging9.png thumb''Sovereign of the Seas'' '''HMS ''Sovereign of the Seas''''' was a 17th century British Royal Navy first-rate ship of the line of 100 guns, later known as just '''''Sovereign''''' and then '''''Royal Sovereign'''''.
		As the second three-decked first-rate (the first three-decker being HMS Prince Royal (1610) ''Prince Royal'' of 1610), she was the predecessor of Horatio Nelson Nelson 's HMS Victory ''Victory'', although HMS Revenge (1577) ''Revenge'', built in 1577 by Mathew Baker, was the inspiration providing the innovation of a single deck devoted entirely to broadside guns.
		She was the most extravagantly decorated warship in the Royal Navy, and the money spent making her so helped to create the financial crisis for Charles I of England Charles I that contributed to the English Civil War.
	www.mauspfeil.net /HMS_Sovereign%20of%20the%20Seas.html (421 words)

	piraten
		Warum er Pirat wurde ist unbekannt, jedenfalls rüstete er 1717 seine Schaluppe "Revenge" mit 10 Geschützen aus und segelte mit einer 70köpfigen Besatzung zur Atlantikküste der amerikanischen Kolonien.
		Drake tauchte für zwei Jahre unter, gewann aber 1577 die Gunst Elisabeths zurück.
		1577 wurde Hawkins Schatzmeister der Marine und betrieb deren Ausbau.
	www.ewetel.net /%7Elothar.ammermann/piraten.htm (6670 words)

	Revenge History
		A Spanish prize crew was put aboard ‘Revenge’, but on the journey a violent storm was encountered and the ship was dashed to pieces.
		Admiral Von Reuter was brought to the quarterdeck of H.M.S. Revenge, flagship of Admiral Freemantle, and accused of a breach
		Battle Squadron detached to the Mediterranean because of the Near East crises, and ‘Revenge’ took part against Turkish Nationalists at Constantinople, and remained in the Black Sea until July 1920, when she rejoined the Atlantic Fleet.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /revenge_history.htm (1448 words)

	The Revenge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Revenge can refer to one of several things:
		For the British warship HMS Revenge, see HMS Revenge (1577)
		This is a disambiguation page â” a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Revenge (99 words)

	Model Shipwright Author Title Keyword Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ainsworth M. HMS Hawkins : a miniature model of the 1919 light cruiser.
		Abstract: Built 1577 and lost in 1591 against a Spanish Fleet in the Azores.
		HMS Rodney : restoration of a sailor-made model c1860-75.
	www.anmm.gov.au /lib/modshipwright.htm (15948 words)

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