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HMS Coventry (1695)
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HMS Coventry was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
of the English
Kingdom of England
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Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1695.
The French 54-gun Auguste
HMS Auguste (1705)
HMS Auguste was the French 54-gun Auguste built in Brest in 1704 that the British captured in 1705. In her brief French service she captured two major British men of war. She was wrecked in 1716.-French service:...
, together with the 54-gun Jason, captured Coventry in September 1704.
On 17 March 1709, Portland
HMS Portland (1693)
HMS Portland was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard on 28 March 1693.She was rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth, and was relaunched on 25 February 1723....
recaptured Coventry.