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Ships of the Royal Navy. This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.
Ilya Podogin – Soviet SSN, Icebound by Dean Koontz, 1995. USS Independence – fictional Wasp -class amphibious assault ship where a large part of The Swarm by Frank Schätzing takes place, 2004. Indra – schooner, Secret Sea by Robb White, 1947. HMS Iphigenia – frigate, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971.
Cross of War. Military Medal. Legion of Honour. Ribbons. v. t. e. This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the French Navy. Names are traditionally re-used over the years, and have been carried by more than one ship.
Pirate ships include ships operated by pirates and used for conducting piracy upon the seas, bays, and rivers. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Robert Surcouf, French, 1773–1827. John Goodrich (1722-1785), Loyalist privateer in the American Revolution. David McCullough, colonial United States, 1777-1778. Jean Gaspard Vence, French, –1783. Joseph Barss, Colonial Nova Scotia, 1776–1824. Jean Lafitte 1776–1854, French Louisiana hero in the Gulf of Mexico.
Battles/wars. Battle of Cape Fear River. Stede Bonnet (c. 1688 – 10 December 1718) [ a] was a Barbadian-born pirate and military officer, known as the Gentleman Pirate[ 1] because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the ...
List of pirates. This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, river pirates, and others involved in piracy and piracy-related activities. This list includes both captains and prominent crew members. For a list of female pirates, see women in piracy. For pirates of fiction or myth, see list of fictional pirates .
Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. Sir Henry Morgan ( Welsh: Harri Morgan; c. 1635 – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh [ 1] privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he and those under his command raided settlements and shipping ports on the Spanish Main, becoming wealthy as they did so.