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  • 1HMS Java (1811) — The French built frigate Renommée was taken by the British near Madagascar and renamed HMS Java . She was rated as 38 guns and carried 47 guns and cannonades. She was under the command of Captain Harry Lambert during the War of 1812Toll, p.376] …

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  • 2Royal Hospital School — (1891 1957) * Air Vice Marshall Desmond Hall, CB, CBE, AFC (1925 ?) * Rear Admiral Stanley McArdle, GM (1922 2007) * Don Topley (Essex CCC and coach of Zimbabwe) * Peter Richards (Rugby, England, Gloucester and London Irish) * Captain Thomas… …

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  • 3wrecker — wreck•er [[t]ˈrɛk ər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that wrecks 2) rai a person, car, or train employed in removing wreckage, debris, etc., as from railroad tracks 3) trs Also called tow car,tow truck a vehicle equipped with a mechanical apparatus… …

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  • 4environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …

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  • 5Spanish Armada in Ireland — The Spanish Armada in Ireland refers to the landfall made upon the coast of Ireland in September 1588 of a large portion of the 130 strong fleet sent by Philip II for the invasion of England. Following its defeat at the Battle of Gravelines, the… …

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  • 6MV Princess Victoria — Career Name: MV Princess Victoria Owner: British Transport Commission[1] …

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  • 7archaeology — archaeologist, n. /ahr kee ol euh jee/, n. 1. the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, and other such remains, esp. those that have been excavated. 2. Rare …

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  • 8Court Farm, Pembrey — The barn at Court Farm, Pembrey Court Farm in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is an ancient and formerly imposing manor house which is now an overgrown ruin, but structurally sound, and capable of repair and restoration. It consists of three… …

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  • 9Doom Bar — Coordinates: 50°33′47″N 4°56′17″W / 50.563°N 4.938°W / 50.563; 4.938 …

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  • 10Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology       Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …

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