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The Foundering of the Ramillies
Rear Admiral Thomas Graves, or “Admiral Tombstone” as his sailors called him, had a reputation in the Royal Navy as an unlucky commander....
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“Oh God, it’s all over!” - the Naval Battle that cost an Empire
In the late summer of 1781, the British attempt to re-conquer Virginia from the American rebels was not going well. Their army was boxed...