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- Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:45 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Greig Samuel - Naval commander (1735)
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Greig Samuel - Naval commander (1735)
1.Portrait of Admiral Samuil Grei. 2. Chesme battle in the night of June 25-26, 1770, by Ivan Aivazovsky. Samuel Greig -Vice-Admiral was a Scottish-born Russian admiral who distinguished himself in the Battle of Chesma (1770) and the Battle of Hogland (1788). His son Alexey Greig also made a spectac...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:39 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Ingermanland
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Re: Ingermanland
Barbuda 2019; 5$.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:01 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: De Zeven Provincien
- Replies: 3
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Re: De Zeven Provincien
Barbuda 2019; 5$.
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 5:44 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: HMS Melampus - British frigate 1785
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HMS Melampus - British frigate 1785
HMS Melampus was a Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate that served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. She captured numerous prizes before the British sold her to the Dutch navy in 1815. With the Dutch she participated in a major action at Algiers, and then in a number of colonial punitiv...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 5:48 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Chichagov Vasily - Russian naval commander 1726
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Re: Chichagov Vasily - Russian naval commander 1726
Battle on the Revel roadstead On May 13, 1790, the Battle of Revel took place, in which Russian sailors under the command of Admiral Chichagov defeated the superior forces of the Swedish fleet On May 13, 1790, the Battle of Revel took place, in which Russian sailors under the command of Admiral Chic...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:27 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Chichagov Vasily - Russian naval commander 1726
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Chichagov Vasily - Russian naval commander 1726
February 28 (March 11), 1726 in a poor noble family near Kostroma was born Vasiliy Yakovlevich Chichagov, a prominent Russian navigator and admiral (1782). Chichagov was educated at home, and later graduated from the Naval School in Moscow. He began his service as a midshipman, had served in all the...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:50 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Francois de Grasse - French naval commander (1722)
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Francois de Grasse - French naval commander (1722)
François-Joseph-Paul, count de Grasse, (born September 13, 1722, Le Bar, France—died January 11, 1788, Paris), French naval commander who engaged British forces during the American Revolution (1775–83). De Grasse took service in 1734 on the galleys of the Knights of Malta, and in 1740 he entered the...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:38 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: George Rodney- British naval commander (1718)
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George Rodney- British naval commander (1718)
Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB (bap. 13 February 1718 – 24 May 1792), was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. (See also: viewtopic.php?f=2&a...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:38 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: George Pocock British naval commander
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George Pocock British naval commander
Admiral Sir George Pocock or Pococke, KB (6 March 1706 – 3 April 1792) was a British officer of the Royal Navy. Pocock was born in Thames Ditton in Surrey, the son of Thomas Pocock, a chaplain in the Royal Navy. His great grandfather was Rev. Dr. Laurence Pocock, Rector of Brightwalton in Berkshire ...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:33 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Gonzalo Espinosa- еxplorer of Oceania
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Gonzalo Espinosa- еxplorer of Oceania
Gonzalo Gómez de Espinosa- last captain general of the first round-the-world expedition... He was born in Espinosa de Los Monteros (Burgos) in 1485. He died probably in Seville, where he spent the last years of his life until at least 1545. Captain general of Magellan's expedition from September 152...
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 6:26 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: HMS Blonde (1819) (Lord Byron)
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HMS Blonde (1819) (Lord Byron)
Voyage of Blonde, showing the main places visited. (The lines between these places are purely schematic and do not represent the actual route.) The journey out to Hawaii is shown in blue, the return in green. HMS Blonde was a 46-gun modified Apollo-class fifth-rate frigate of 1,103 tons burthen. She...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Spiridov G.A. - Russian naval commander 1790
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Spiridov G.A. - Russian naval commander 1790
Grigory Andreyevich Spiridov (Russian: Григорий Андреевич Спиридов) (1713, Vyborg - 19 April [O.S. 8 April] 1790, Moscow) was a leading Russian naval commander and admiral (1769). One of the greatest naval commanders in Russian history.[1] Grigory Spiridov began his career in the Russian Navy in 172...
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 5:21 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Santa Catarina Portuguese carrack (1620)
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Santa Catarina Portuguese carrack (1620)
Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai was a higher-castled Portuguese carrack with 140 guns, launched down in 1520 (800 t, length 38 m, width 13 m, draft 4–4.5 m). Built in Kochi, India around 1512 it had two square rig masts and is depicted on a painting attributed to Joachim Patinir. In 1524, it was the f...
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 3:53 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Victoria (1519) (Magellan)
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Re: Victoria (1519) (Magellan)
1.Victoria 1519. Artist E. Voishvillo. 2.Victoria 1519.Carlos I Medal. Barbados 2019; 5$. Philippines 2002;5р.
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:24 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: George Anson English Naval Commander
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George Anson English Naval Commander
Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762) was a Royal Navy officer, politician and peer. Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro, off the south ti...