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		<title>The Capture of Puerto Bello, 21 November 1739 by George Chambers, Senior 1836</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Capture of Puerto Bello, 21 November 1739 by George Chambers, Senior 1836 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection (image 2500×1605 px, 192KB) The attempts of the Spanish Crown to strictly control the trade with its New World colonies had always been met with opposition by European maritime powers. In the beginning of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782 by Thomas Mitchell, 1782 National Maritime Museum Greenwich (image 4000&#215;2559 pixels, 10MB) The Battle of the Saintes was fought between French and English fleets in April 1782 as a part of the conflict ensued after the rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies. A series of engagements took place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Victory Leaving the Channel in 1793</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Victory Leaving the Channel in 1793 by Monamy Swaine, 1795 National Maritime Museum Greenwich (image 6000&#215;4223 pixels, 19.5 MB) This painting shows the Victory going to windward down the Channel. In the distance beyond the stern Rudyed’s eddystone lighthouse is visible. The ship is flying the flag of Lord Hood as Vice-Admiral of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of the Chios Straits (Prelude to the Battle of Chesma) July 5th (June 24th) 1770</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ivan Aivazovsky. 1848 This painting depicts the duel between the turkish flagship Real Mustafa (84 guns) and russian admiral Spiridov&#8217;s ship Svyatoy Evstafiy (68). During the boarding action the burning debris of the turkish ship set the russian flagship on fire and soon she blew up. The russian admiral escaped the explosion just minutes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An English Sixth-Rate Ship Firing a Salute As a Barge Leaves; A Royal Yacht Nearby</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AN ENGLISH SIXTH-RATE SHIP FIRING A SALUTE AS A BARGE LEAVES; A ROYAL YACHT NEARBY by Willem van de Velde, the Younger, 1706 A variety of shipping is shown in a calm. In the foreground on the left a small boat with two figures on board is rowing towards the left. One figure works at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannon Fired (Het Kanonschot)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CANNON FIRED (HET KANONSCHOT) By Willem van de Velde, the Younger, 1707 (Rijkmuseum Amsterdam) A warship in calm waters fires a cannon. Two boats are on the either side of the ship. Another warship is seen in the distance.]]></description>
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		<title>The Occupation of Newport, 9 December 1776</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 21:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE OCCUPATION OF NEWPORT, 9 DECEMBER 1776 By Robert Cleveley, 1777 (Highest resolution available 8165&#215;5030) In 1775 the 13 British colonies in North America rebelled against British rule and formally proclaimed their independence as the United States of America. What started as a war for America soon became a war for global maritime predominance. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Between the Seven Years War and the American Revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 20:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hostilities of the Seven Years War were ended in 1763 by the Treaty of Paris. This involved a complex series of land exchanges but it was quite clear that Britain had won an astounding victory through her successful use of sea power: Canada and India were now British colonies. Much had been learned by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Trinity House Yacht and a Revenue Service Cutter off Ramsgate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 22:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A TRINITY HOUSE YACHT AND A REVENUE SERVICE CUTTER OFF RAMSGATE By Thomas Whitcombe, c.1810 (Highest resolution available 5914&#215;4103) The decade of peace between the Seven Years War and the beginning of the War of American Independence saw a greater focus on domestic maritime problems, chief among which was smuggling. The long-established national taste for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harrison&#8217;s H4 Chronometer, 1760</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 19:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISON&#8217;S H4 CHRONOMETER, 1760 (Highest resolution available 2010&#215;2442) While concerns about repairing and supplying ships remained permanent for all navies, the end of the Seven Years War saw a technological breakthrough that freed mariners from shackles that had bound them since man first learnt to navigate: the problem of longitude was solved. Mariners had been [...]]]></description>
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