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- ...that the HMS Finisterre replaced her sister ship, the Hogue, in Far Eastern service after the latter was destroyed by a collision with an Indian cruiser?
- ...that the famed message "England expects that every man will do his duty" is misquoted on Nelson's Column in London?
- ...that HMS Ocean never anchored in British waters during her entire period of active service in the Royal Navy?
- ...that "Black May" was a turning point in the World War II Battle of the Atlantic?
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- ...that the Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber used during World War II?
- ...that the first British merchant marine ship lost to enemy fire since World War II was the Atlantic Conveyor, sunk by an Argentinian anti-ship missile during the Falklands War?
- ...that Dido-class cruisers fought in the Battle of Cape Matapan, Battle of Okinawa, Battle of Normandy, and Operation Torch?
- ...that the Fairey Seafox was a World War II reconnaissance floatplane of the Fleet Air Arm?
- ...that the HMS Finisterre replaced her sister ship, the Hogue, in Far Eastern service after the latter was destroyed by a collision with an Indian cruiser?
- ...that the 1702 Spanish treasure fleet was destroyed in the Battle of Vigo Bay?
- ...that the famed message "England expects that every man will do his duty" is misquoted on Nelson's Column in London?
- ...that the Italian-invented human torpedo was first used in World War II to severely damage the British battleships HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth?
- ...that British Navy admiral Alexander Cochrane was responsible for the bombing of Fort McHenry, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner," which became the national anthem of the United States ?
- ...that in the Battle of the Rice Boats in the American Revolutionary War, the militia of the Province of Georgia drove a squadron of the Royal Navy out of the Savannah River?
- ... that detachments of Royal Marines and of seamen from the Royal Navy were formed into Naval Brigades to undertake operations on shore in the Crimean War, the Second Opium War, the Indian Mutiny, the Zulu War and Boer War, and the Boxer Rebellion?
- ...that British Admiral of the Fleet Michael Pollock, was gunnery officer on the HMS Norfolk when she fought the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst during the Battle of North Cape?
- ... that HMS Prince Albert was the first Royal Navy warship to have her main armament mounted in turrets?
- ...that HMS Ocean never anchored in British waters during her entire period of active service in the Royal Navy?
- ...that the shipwreck of the HMS Orpheus was the biggest maritime disaster in New Zealand history?
- ...that in the Frederica Naval Action of the American Revolutionary War, three galleys led by Georgian colonel Samuel Elbert (pictured) defeated a much stronger British force?
- ...that Kenneth Cummins was one of the last 5 confirmed British surviving veterans of World War I , having served in the Royal and Merchant Navies in the First and Second World War respectively?
- ...that "Black May" was a turning point in the World War II Battle of the Atlantic?
- ...that HMS Adventure was the first ship to circumnavigate the globe from west to east?
- ...that Bill Boaks, a retired Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander, won only 5 votes (a record low in a British Parliamentary election) in a 1982 by-election?
