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4 October 1744 Loss of the HMS Victory (1737)
On October 4, 2021 by trappedinthe18thAlthough she is one of the most famous warships in the history, the HMS Victory, which was built in the 1760s, fought at Trafalgar and nowadays is in the dry dock in Portsmouth had four predecessors under the same name. The fourth one was launched in 1737 and became the flagship of the Channel Fleet
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1 August 1798 – The Battle of the Nile
On August 1, 2021 by trappedinthe18thOn this day in history: 1 August 1798 – the Battle of the Nile, the famous victory of the British Navy led by Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson over the French in Aboukir Bay.