Battle of Block Island
The Battle of Block Island was a nighttime naval encounter that took place on April 6, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War between the Continental Navy, which was returning from a successful raid on Nassau in The Bahamas, and HMS Glasgow, a Royal Navy dispatch boat. Glasgow escaped capture by the fleet of seven ships under the command of Commodore Esek Hopkins, although the ship sustained significant damage in the encounter.
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Battle of Block Island
The Battle of Block Island was a nighttime naval encounter that took place on April 6, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War between the Continental Navy, which was returning from a successful raid on Nassau in The Bahamas, and HMS Glasgow, a Royal Navy dispatch boat. Glasgow escaped capture by the fleet of seven ships under the command of Commodore Esek Hopkins, although the ship sustained significant damage in the encounter.
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La bataille de Block Island es ...... envoyé de la Continental Navy.
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The Battle of Block Island was ...... also dismissed from the Navy.
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Бой у Блок-Айленд — ночной бой ...... ьная эскадра упустила Glasgow.
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ブロック島沖の海戦(ブロックとうおきのかいせん、英: Bat ...... ど航海全体に関わる行動を批判され、最終的に海軍を罷免された。
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1776-04-06
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British Tactical victory
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USS Alfred being prepared for her maiden voyage
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La bataille de Block Island es ...... res du commodore Esek Hopkins.
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The Battle of Block Island was ...... icant damage in the encounter.
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Бой у Блок-Айленд — ночной бой ...... ьная эскадра упустила Glasgow.
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ブロック島沖の海戦(ブロックとうおきのかいせん、英: Bat ...... ど航海全体に関わる行動を批判され、最終的に海軍を罷免された。
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Bataille de Block Island
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Battle of Block Island
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Бой у Блок-Айленд
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ブロック島沖の海戦
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Battle of Block Island
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