HMS Coventry (1695) explained
HMS Coventry was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1695.
The French 54-gun Auguste, together with the 54-gun Jason, captured Coventry in September 1704.[1]
On 17 March 1709, Portland recaptured Coventry.[2]
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References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. .
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau), Vol. 1.
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Notes and References
- Roche (2005), p.57.
- Roche (2005), p.134.