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[QUOTE=Post Captain;2213930]Baker's Dozen of Naval Captains at Trafalgar

1. Jean Lucas - Redoutable
2. Captain William Gordon Rutherford- HMS Swiftsure
3. Thomas Masterman Hardy - HMS Victory
4. Sir Robert Moorsom, HMS Revenge
5. Cayetano Valdés y Flores Bazán - Neptuno


6. Francis Laforey HMS Spartiate
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Baker's Dozen of Naval Captains at Trafalgar

1. Jean Lucas - Redoutable
2. Captain William Gordon Rutherford- HMS Swiftsure
3. Thomas Masterman Hardy - HMS Victory
4. Sir Robert Moorsom, HMS Revenge
5. Cayetano Valdés y Flores Bazán - Neptuno
6. Francis Laforey HMS Spartiate

7. Henry Blackwood - HMS Euryalus

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Baker's Dozen of Naval Captains at Trafalgar

1. Jean Lucas - Redoutable
2. Captain William Gordon Rutherford- HMS Swiftsure
3. Thomas Masterman Hardy - HMS Victory
4. Sir Robert Moorsom, HMS Revenge
5. Cayetano Valdés y Flores Bazán - Neptuno
6. Francis Laforey HMS Spartiate
7. Henry Blackwood - HMS Euryalus

8. Edward Berry -HMS Agamemnon


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Baker's Dozen of Naval Captains at Trafalgar

1. Jean Lucas - Redoutable
2. Captain William Gordon Rutherford- HMS Swiftsure
3. Thomas Masterman Hardy - HMS Victory
4. Sir Robert Moorsom, HMS Revenge
5. Cayetano Valdés y Flores Bazán - Neptuno
6. Francis Laforey HMS Spartiate
7. Henry Blackwood - HMS Euryalus
8. Edward Berry -HMS Agamemnon

9. Thomas Fremantle - HMS Neptune.
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1. Jean Lucas - Redoutable
2. Captain William Gordon Rutherford- HMS Swiftsure
3. Thomas Masterman Hardy - HMS Victory
4. Sir Robert Moorsom, HMS Revenge
5. Cayetano Valdés y Flores Bazán - Neptuno
6. Francis Laforey HMS Spartiate
7. Henry Blackwood - HMS Euryalus
8. Edward Berry -HMS Agamemnon
9. Thomas Fremantle - HMS Neptune

10. Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien - Pluton


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1. Jean Lucas - Redoutable
2. Captain William Gordon Rutherford- HMS Swiftsure
3. Thomas Masterman Hardy - HMS Victory
4. Sir Robert Moorsom, HMS Revenge
5. Cayetano Valdés y Flores Bazán - Neptuno
6. Francis Laforey HMS Spartiate
7. Henry Blackwood - HMS Euryalus
8. Edward Berry -HMS Agamemnon
9. Thomas Fremantle - HMS Neptune
10. Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien - Pluton

11. Captain Robert Redmill - HMS Polyphemus.
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Baker's Dozen of Naval Captains at Trafalgar

1. Jean Lucas - Redoutable
2. Captain William Gordon Rutherford- HMS Swiftsure
3. Thomas Masterman Hardy - HMS Victory
4. Sir Robert Moorsom, HMS Revenge
5. Cayetano Valdés y Flores Bazán - Neptuno
6. Francis Laforey HMS Spartiate
7. Henry Blackwood - HMS Euryalus
8. Edward Berry -HMS Agamemnon
9. Thomas Fremantle - HMS Neptune
10. Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien - Pluton
11. Captain Robert Redmill - HMS Polyphemus.

12. Richard Grindall - HMS Prince.
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1. Jean Lucas - Redoutable
2. Captain William Gordon Rutherford- HMS Swiftsure
3. Thomas Masterman Hardy - HMS Victory
4. Sir Robert Moorsom, HMS Revenge
5. Cayetano Valdés y Flores Bazán - Neptuno
6. Francis Laforey HMS Spartiate
7. Henry Blackwood - HMS Euryalus
8. Edward Berry -HMS Agamemnon
9. Thomas Fremantle - HMS Neptune
10. Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien - Pluton
11. Captain Robert Redmill - HMS Polyphemus.
12. Richard Grindall - HMS Prince

13. George Duff - HMS Mars


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[QUOTE=Post Captain;2234424]Baker's Dozen of Royal Naval Ships in the Falklands 1982

1. HMS Intrepid (L11)
2. HMS Sheffield
3. HMS Bristol [/B](Now a training ship in Portsmouth Harbour)



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Baker's Dozen of Royal Naval Ships in the Falklands 1982

1. HMS Intrepid (L11)
2. HMS Sheffield
3. HMS Bristol(Now a training ship in Portsmouth Harbour)
4 HMS Coventry

5. HMS HERMES

A weather-beaten HMS HERMES, as seen from the CANBERRA, underway in the South Atlantic.



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1. HMS Intrepid (L11)
2. HMS Sheffield
3. HMS Bristol(Now a training ship in Portsmouth Harbour)
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5. HMS HERMES

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Baker's Dozen of Royal Naval Ships in the Falklands 1982

1. HMS Intrepid (L11)
2. HMS Sheffield
3. HMS Bristol(Now a training ship in Portsmouth Harbour)
4 HMS Coventry
5. HMS HERMES
6. HMS Invincible

7. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2

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