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    Sailors on the Rocks: Famous Royal Navy Shipwrecks

    By Peter C. Smith

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    For three hundred years or more the Royal Navy really did “Rule the Waves”, in the sense that during the numerous wars with our overseas enemies, British fleets and individual ships more often than not emerged victorious from combat. One French Admiral wa
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    PublisherPen and Sword
    Release dateJan 31, 2016
    ISBN9781473882485
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