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HMS Britannia was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.The vessel was laid down in 1751 and launched in 1762. Nicknamed Old Ironsides, she served in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, including at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), English general, Lord Protector and politician whose nickname was "Old Ironsides"; HMS Britannia, a 100-gun Royal Navy first rate ship-of-the-line active during the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars
The name came from "Old Ironsides," one of Cromwell's nicknames. It was after the battle of Marston Moor on 2 July 1644 that Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the commander of the Royalist Army, "first gave the nickname to his enemy of 'Old Ironsides' because his ranks were so impenetrable--the name originated with the man and passed on to his ...
London: Constable & Robinson (1998). ISBN 978-0094798502. OCLC 39479520. Old Ironsides: The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwell. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (2004). ISBN 978-0297846888. When Britannia Ruled the Waves: The Heyday of the Royal Navy, Through the Paintings of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kitson, KBE, CB (1877–1952). Halsgrove (2007).
The National Historic Fleet is a list of historic ships and vessels located in the United Kingdom, under the National Historic Ships register. National Historic Ships UK is an advisory body which advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and other public bodies on ship preservation and funding priorities.
A well-preserved section of the 2,000-year-old road, known as Watling ... The London portion of Watling Street was rediscovered during Christopher Wren’s rebuilding of St Mary-le-Bow in 1671 ...
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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. The ship is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. [11] [Note 1] The ship was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.