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and launched in 1675. She was specially designed to counter the attacks of
Algerine corsairs, or pirates, in the Mediterranean by masquerading as a merchantman, which she achieved by hiding her armament behind false bulkheads. She also was provided with various means of changing her appearance.
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Algerines tried to deceive the English by changing their colours; first they had French, then Dutch and then some of them Algiers colours. One hoisted an English jack and a Turkish or Algerine flag at the main topmasthead.
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British and Irish paintings in public collections: an index of
British and Irish oil paintings by artists born before 1870 in public and institutional collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland
813:: " rendered James no small service in capturing, off the west coast of Scotland, some of the ships which the Earl of Argyle had equipped to aid Monmouth in his rising."
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Kempthorne's Action in the Mary Rose a small Frigate with seven Algerines in the Mediterranean in 1669
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Wright, Christopher; Gordon, Catherine May; Peskett Smith, Mary (2006).
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van de Velde's oil painting of the action, based on the previous sketch
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641:"The Action of the Kingfisher with Seven Algerine Ships, 1 June 1681"
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Laughton, Leonard George Carr (1926). "The Fight of the Mary Rose".
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lost eight dead and 38 wounded in a fight that had lasted 12 hours.
713:"Action between the Mary Rose and seven Algerines, 8 December 1669"
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of 46-54 guns. She was hulked in 1706, and was broken up in 1728.
540:, badly damaging the keep, which lost its roof. She also captured
551:. Captain Thomas Hamilton commanded Kingfisher in this action.
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Kirkall's mezzotint is the likely basis for a 1734 painting by
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Kempthorne, G.A. (1926). "Sir John
Kempthorne and His Sons".
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But one we carried to
Leghorn Roads to show we'd won the day.
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In 1679, Commander Morgan
Kempthorne, the 21-year-old son of
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Algerine ships, 22 May 1681, by
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Two we burnt, and two we sank, and two did run away;
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Anthony Hamilton: his Life and Works and his Family
338:The battle is the subject of several works of art.
674:. Vol. 1. Greenwich National Maritime Museum.
399:. The painting had previously been attributed to
691:. Yale University Press. p. 570; p. 788.
381:(BHC0297). Although it bears the inscription "
201:125 ft 8 in (38.30 m) (gundeck)
512:, which however sank shortly after striking.
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476:Possibly the original of Kirkall's mezzotint
358:of the battle, previously thought to depict
312:encountered seven Algerine men-of-war and a
554:In 1687 Captain Thomas Hamilton died while
308:On 22 May 1681, soon after leaving Naples,
173:General characteristics after 1699 rebuild
672:The Paintings of the Willem van de Veldes
464:Mezzotint of the battle by Elisha Kirkall
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340:James II, at the time Duke of York
231:12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
168:46 guns of various weights of shot
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335:and Kempthorne was buried there.
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783:Sea Fights and Adventures
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880:Diary of Samuel Sewall
646:Royal Collection Trust
626:(1897-1903), pp.456-7.
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405:van de Velde the Elder
350:. There also exists a
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861:Lavery, Brian (2003)
296:, sailing her to the
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668:Robinson, Michael S.
520:In 1685, during the
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393:Michael S. Robinson
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893:Categories
837:References
825:, p.
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807:Clark 1921
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269:Royal Navy
257:Kingfisher
70:Kingfisher
581:Citations
546:HMS
522:rebellion
352:mezzotint
236:Sail plan
155:Sail plan
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571:Woolwich
246:Armament
165:Armament
84:Launched
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198:Length
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