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  • Numerous ships have been named Marquis of Rockingham, or Marquess of Rockingham, named for British prime minister Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham:...
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  • condemned for breaking up. HMS Rockingham (G58) Marquis of Rockingham (ship) USS Rockingham (APA-229) Wreck of the Rockingham, 1775 Lloyd's Register (1782)...
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  • Marquis of Rockingham was a ship launched for the British East India Company in 1771. She made one complete voyage to Bombay. During her second voyage...
    5 KB (461 words) - 04:08, 1 December 2022
  • 1775 a vessel variously named Rockingham, Castle Rockingham, or Marquis of Rockingham wrecked on the Irish coast with loss of life. Some records refer to...
    3 KB (453 words) - 08:24, 22 July 2023
  • Australian brig, near Rockingham 1861 Cochituate, American barque, on the Abrolhos 1863 African, British ship, on African Reef south of Geraldton 1864 Calliance...
    21 KB (2,555 words) - 19:11, 25 March 2024
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    HMS Adventure (1771) (category Exploration ships of the United Kingdom)
    He arranged for the Navy to purchase two ships, the second and smaller of which was Marquis of Rockingham. The Navy purchased her in 1771 and first named...
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    Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (French: [ʒilbɛʁ dy mɔtje maʁki d(ə) la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 –...
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  • HMS Adventure (category Royal Navy ship names)
    sold in 1768. HMS Adventure (1771) was a survey ship, originally a collier named Marquis of Rockingham. She was purchased in 1771 and renamed Rayleigh...
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    between a 'Bark' and a 'Cat'. Three of Fishburn's vessels (Earl of Pembroke, Marquis of Granby and Marquis of Rockingham) were all purchased and renamed Endeavour...
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    HMS Adventure began her career as the 340 ton North Sea collier Marquis of Rockingham, launched at Whitby in 1771. She was purchased by the Navy that...
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  • Marquis of Rockingham, which had wrecked on Gardiners Island on 13 December on a voyage from Newport, Rhode Island, to New York City. Of Rockingham's...
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    Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly SMOM (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a career French officer who achieved the rank of admiral. He is...
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    Jun'yō Maru (category Merchant ships of Japan)
    served a succession of British owners until 1927, and was then in Japanese ownership until a Royal Navy submarine sank her in 1944. The ship was built as Ardgorm...
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  • Shin'yō Maru incident (category Naval battles of World War II involving the United States)
    of the prisoners in the Philippines, the Japanese established a system of transportation called "hell ships" by those being transported. Hell ships were...
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  • Elsecar Collieries (category Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham)
    years of mining in the village The colliery was started around 1750 by Richard Bingley but was taken over in 1752 by the 2nd Marquis of Rockingham and by...
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    destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Rockingham (G58). Named for Charles Swasey, Swasey was laid down on 27 August 1918...
    5 KB (349 words) - 08:02, 23 February 2024
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    Italian destroyer Turbine (1927) (category 1927 ships)
    Turbine was the lead ship of her class of eight destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1920s. Her name means whirlwind....
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    St Leger Stakes (category Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing)
    was suggested that it should be called the Rockingham Stakes in honour of the host, the Marquess of Rockingham, but the Marquess proposed that it should...
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    Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the ship was laid down at the Kriegsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven...
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  • May, bound for Madras and Bengal. Lloyd's List reported on 24 June that Marquis of Lorn, Livingston, master, had come into Lisbon in a much damaged state...
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