Английская Википедия:HMS Neptune (1757)

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HMS Neptune was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched on 17 July 1757.[1]

Neptune was the flagship for Vice-Admiral Charles Knowles in 1757.[2] One of NeptuneШаблон:'s midshipmen at this time was John Hunter, later to become an admiral and the second Governor of New South Wales.[2]

Файл:The Whisker's. Or Sr Jn Suckling's Bugga Boh's 1757 (caricature) RMG RV6425 (cropped).jpg
The Whisker's. Or Sr Jn Suckling's Bugga Boh's, a 1757 caricature ridiculing John Mordaunt on the Neptune and the aborted raid on Rochefort in September 1757

Neptune was converted to serve as a sheer hulk in 1784, and continued in this role until she was broken up in 1816.[1]

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The original version of The Fishery by Richard Wright

Neptune has been identified as the subject of a 1764 prize-winning painting by Liverpool marine artist Richard Wright, subsequently engraved by William Woollett entitled The Fishery.[3]

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References

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  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. Шаблон:ISBN.

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Lavery, SoLv1 p174 не указан текст
  2. 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography
  3. Шаблон:Cite web