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1966 1st British nuclear sub HMS Resolution launched

1949 British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff

1944 Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground

1941 Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S. on board HMS Duke of York

1941 Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive

1939 German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed

1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor

1914 Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die

1914 John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies

1906 Britain's 1st modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched

1882 British HMS Flirt fire at and destroy Abari village in Niger

1882 British HMS Flirt destroys village of Asaba Niger

1879 Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater New York City

1878 Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London

1876 HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration

1872 HMS Challenger sets sail on 3 -year world oceanographic cruise

1836 Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle (after 5 years)

1836 HMS Beagle anchors at St. Michael

1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands

1836 HMS Beagle anchors at Angra Azores

1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-America for last time

1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil

1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension

1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena

1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope

1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius

1836 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands

1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves Australia

1836 HMS Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia

1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania

1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania)

1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia

1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from NZ to Sydney

1835 HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand)

1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin approaches NZ

1835 HMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for NZ

1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Tahiti

1835 HMS Beagle leaves Galapagos Archipelago/sails to Tahiti

1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches James Island, Galapagos archipelago

1835 HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago

1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Galapagos Islands

1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile

1835 HMS Beagle returns from Concepcion to Valparaiso

1835 HMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepcion

1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave Valdivia Chile

1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago

1834 HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile

1834 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso

1834 HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso

1834 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean

1834 HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn

1834 HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street

1834 HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia

1834 HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands

1834 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port San Julian, Patagonia

1833 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonie

1833 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata

1833 HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina

1833 HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro

1833 HMS Beagle departs Maldonado Uruguay

1833 HMS Beagle anchors at Goeree Tierra del Fuego

1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Wigwam Bay at Cape Receiver

1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands

1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails in Strait Le Maire

1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo

1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de Janeiro

1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro

1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1 degrees N, 29 degrees W)

1831 Darwin begins his voyage on board HMS Beagle

1831 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs England for South America

1831 Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle

1831 Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle

1831 John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle

1799 British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast

1789 Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty and Capt William Bligh

1779 John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis

1765 Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground

1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion



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