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The Wreck of the HMS Gloucester
Article by Pegasus Books

The Wreck of the HMS Gloucester

The HMS Gloucester was wrecked in the North Sea, about 30 miles off the shore of Norfolk, England, shortly after dawn on 6 May 1682. It was a warship in the navy of Charles II of England (r. 1660-1685), and at the time of its loss, it was...
Gaspee Affair
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Gaspee Affair

The Gaspee Affair was an incident that occurred on 10 June 1772, when a group of American colonists from Rhode Island seized and burned the Royal Navy schooner HMS Gaspee after it had run aground. The affair contributed to the worsening of...
HMS Hood
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HMS Hood

A colourised photograph of the British battle cruiser HMS Hood. The ship was the most famous vessel in the Royal Navy in the years before the Second World War. Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941.
Mutiny on HMS Bounty
Image by National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Mutiny on HMS Bounty

Mutineers turning Captain William Bligh (1754-1817) and loyal officers and crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, April 29, 1789. The mutiny was led by master’s mate Fletcher Christian (1764-1793).
Burning of HMS Gaspee
Image by John McNevin

Burning of HMS Gaspee

Destruction of the schooner Gaspé in the waters of Rhode Island 1772, engraving by John McNevin, depicting the Gaspee Affair, during which the Royal Navy schooner HMS Gaspee was burned by American colonists on 10 June 1772, printed in New...
HMS Gaspee
Image by S. G. Studley

HMS Gaspee

HMS Gaspee, a Royal Navy schooner that was seized and burned by American colonists on 10 June 1772, in the leadup to the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), a 19th-century sketch by S. G. Studley, 1892.
HMS Investigator
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HMS Investigator

An etching by Australian maritime historian Geoffrey Ingleton (1908-1998) from 1937 and showing the HMS Investigator. The Investigator was commanded by Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) and circumnavigated New Holland (Australia) in 1801-1803.
Matthew Flinders
Definition by Kim Martins

Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English navigator and hydrographer. He was the first person to map the coastal outline of Australia in 1801-1803, following his circumnavigation of the 7.692 million square kilometres (2.96 million square...
The Wreck of the 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682
Image by National Maritime Museum

The Wreck of the 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682

The Wreck of the 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682, oil on canvas, by Johan Danckerts, c. 1682. The painting shows James in the stern of a small boat being rowed away from the sinking Gloucester, while red-coated soldiers take an axe...
Samuel Pepys
Image by National Maritime Museum

Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), oil on canvas by Godfrey Kneller, 1689, a superb portrait that reveals both the truculence and intelligence of Samuel Pepys. His life-long friend, William Hewer, also had his portrait done by Sir Godfrey Kneller...
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