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A History of HMS Surprise
spiffingsailor:
From Wikipedia:
L’Unite was a French corvette, launched on 16 January 1794, and was armed with 24 eight-pound and 8 four-pound long guns. She was captured on 20 April 1796 at Annaba by HMS Inconstant. Unité was renamed HMS Surprise because another French ship also named Unité had already been taken into the navy. Surprise was re-classed by the British as a 28-gun, sixth-rate...
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spiffingsailor asked: How have I not found this blog before now?! It's fantastic! :D
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