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    HMS Illustrious, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line and the second of that name, was built by Randall & Brent at Rotherhithe where her keel was laid...
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  • afterwards she was set ablaze and abandoned. HMS Illustrious (1803) was launched at Rotherhithe in 1803 and was like her predecessor a 74-gun third rate...
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    HMS Hero Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard Ordered: 4 February 1800 Laid down: August 1800 Launched: 18 August 1803 Fate: Wrecked, 1811 HMS Illustrious Builder:...
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    circumnavigate and map the coastline of Australia in 1801–1803. Trim was born in 1799 aboard the ship HMS Reliance on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to...
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    served aboard the cruiser HMS Cairo from June 1940 to December 1941, then the battleship HMS Howe (named after his illustrious ancestor the first Earl Howe)...
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    boats from Romulus assisted in the recovery of stores and crew from HMS Illustrious, which had been badly damaged during the action and subsequent storm...
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    captain to search for deserters from HMS Belleisle, HMS Bellona, HMS Triumph, HMS Chichester, HMS Halifax, and the cutter HMS Zenobia. Chesapeake was off the...
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  • complex a new separate branch was deemed necessary. He then commanded HMS Illustrious'(1948–1949) and after that was Vice-Controller of the Navy in Bath...
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    father's rank in the Grand Duchy of Hesse; and, from birth, his style of Illustrious Highness and title of Count of Battenberg instead derived from the rank...
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    lieutenant. From 1803, he served on various vessels; mainly with the Baltic station. This included a period on HMS Grampus and HMS Victory, the flagship...
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