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During 1779 a combined Franco-Spanish fleet was able to sail into the English Channel to threaten the coast of Cornwall in the initial stage of a Franco-Spanish invasion of Britain.
A combined Franco-Spanish fleet fought off Britain's Mediterranean fleet.
Efforts to make it into a powerful force under Napoleon I were dashed by the death of Latouche Tréville in 1804, and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, where the British all but annihilated a combined Franco-Spanish fleet.
* was a 12-gun cutter that entered service in 1779 and surrendered that same year to the French cutter Mutine when Active encountered and was unable to escape the combined Franco-Spanish fleet in the English Channel.
He proceeded to Toulon, where the combined Franco-Spanish fleet, totalling 38 ships of the line, heavily outnumbered the British Mediterranean squadron which had lost a third of its strength when Man fled precipitately back to the English Channel.
The French Revolution all but crippled the French Navy, and efforts to make it into a powerful force under Napoleon were dashed at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, where the British all but annihilated a combined Franco-Spanish fleet.
Efforts to make it into a powerful force under Napoleon were dashed by the death of Latouche Tréville in 1804, and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, where the British all but annihilated a combined Franco-Spanish fleet.

combined and fleet
This is often a case of asset sweating, by using a single large combined fleet for intercity and regional services.
* 1805 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition – Battle of Cape Finisterre – an inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
The story ends with a combined Earth invasion fleet attacking Mars by landing on the planet and destroying it.
Together, these nine airlines had a combined fleet of some 860 aircraft, mostly Boeing from the United States and Airbus from France.
Saint Pius V arranged the forming of the Holy League against the Islamic Turks, as the result of which the Battle of Lepanto ( 7 October 1571 ) was won by the combined fleet under Don John of Austria.
On 3 May 1241, a combined fleet of Pisan and Sicilian ships, led by the Emperor's son Enzo, attacked a Genoese convoy carrying prelates from Northern Italy and France, next to the Isola del Giglio, in front of Tuscany: the Genoese lost 25 ships, while about thousand sailors, two cardinals and one bishop were taken prisoner.
The combined Roman and Massalian fleet and army posed a threat to the Carthaginians.
The first large-scale naval battle where triremes participated was the Battle of Lade during the Ionian Revolt, where the combined fleets of the Greek Ionian cities were defeated by the Persian fleet, composed of squadrons from their Phoenician, Carian, Cypriot and Egyptian subjects.
* August 18 – The Bolshevik fleet at Kronstadt, near Petrograd, Russia, on the Baltic Sea, is mostly destroyed by German warplanes and torpedo boats in a combined operation.
* February 7 – Battle of Abtao: A Spanish naval squadron fights a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet, at the island of Abtao in the Chiloé Archipelago of central Chile.
* October 21 – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Trafalgar: British naval fleet led by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain ; however, Admiral Nelson is fatally shot.
** September – Brutus defeats the combined Pompeian-Massilian naval forces in the naval Battle of Massilia, while the Caesarian fleet in the Adriatic is defeated near Curicta ( Krk ).
* 1281 – August 15The second Mongol invasion of Japan is foiled at the Battle of Kōan ( or Battle of Hakata Bay ) as a large typhoon — famously called a kamikaze, or divine wind — destroys much of the combined Chinese and Korean fleet and forces, numbering over 140, 000 men and 4, 000 ships.
Taking command of the combined fleet, now 19 ships, Graves sailed south, and arrived at the mouth of the Chesapeake on 5 September.
A truce was to be proclaimed throughout Christendom ; the pope was to be the arbiter of disputes ; the emperor and the king of France were to lead the army ; England, Spain and Portugal were to furnish the fleet ; and the combined forces were to be directed against Constantinople.
Word reached England on 2 September about the combined French and Spanish fleet in the harbour of Cadiz.
In 2009, according to a preliminary report from the Environmental Protection Agency published in November 2009, which is based on 2009 pre-model year production projections provided by automakers, Hyundai, at an average of, is the second most fuel-efficient automaker in America, after Honda's combined U. S. fleet of Honda and Acura models at an average of.
* August 12 – Battle of Kōan ( Hakata Bay ): The second Mongol invasion of Japan is foiled, as a large typhoon – famously called a kamikaze, or divine wind – destroys much of the combined Chinese and Korean fleet and forces, numbering over 140, 000 men and 4, 000 ships.
By contrast, the rest of Europe combined sent only 882, 412 people from 1500 to 1795, and the fleet of the English ( later British ) East India Company, the VOC ’ s nearest competitor, was a distant second to its total traffic with 2, 690 ships and a mere one-fifth the tonnage of goods carried by the VOC.
Staines was a site for a horse change on The Trafalgar Way in 1805, announcing the victory over the combined French and Spanish fleet and the death of Nelson.
A series of failed operations after that point, particularly the Battle of the Barents Sea — combined with the outstanding success of the U-boat fleet under the command of Karl Dönitz — led to his eventual demotion to the rank of Admiral Inspector of the Kriegsmarine in January 1943.
In October 1644 a combined Dutch-Swedish fleet destroyed 80 percent of the Danish fleet in the Battle of Femern.

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Its major interests include 15 daily and 38 weekly newspapers, and more than 300 magazines around the world, including Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle and O, The Oprah Magazine ; 29 television stations through Hearst Television Inc. which reach a combined 18 % of U. S. viewers ; ownership in leading cable networks, including A + E Networks, and ESPN Inc .; as well as business publishing, Internet businesses, television production, newspaper features distribution and real estate.
Calculating the combined odds of filling on either the turn or river is more complicated: it is ( 1-(( 38 / 47 ) * ( 37 / 46 ))), or about 35 %.
The Raiders only allowed a combined total of 24 points in their playoff victories over the Pittsburgh Steelers, 38 – 10, and the Seattle Seahawks ( who had beaten the Raiders twice during the regular season ), 30 – 14.
Reich and Kelly combined for 22 out of 38 completions for 276 yards and a touchdown, but also threw 4 interceptions.
Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the university has physically expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 31 million gross square feet ( 712 acres or 2. 38 km² ), and transformed its academic program from a strictly classical curriculum to one that includes science and research.
The physical infrastructure includes more than 500 major buildings, with a combined area of more than 31 million square feet ( 712 acres or 2. 38 km² ).
Although statistics on individual millet species are confused, and are sometimes combined with sorghum, it is estimated that finger millet is grown on approximately 38, 000 km < sup > 2 </ sup >.
The Bush administration therefore decided in August 2008 to abandon the practice of obtaining Pakistani government permission before launching missiles from drones, and in the next six months the CIA carried out at least 38 Predator strikes in northwest Pakistan, compared with 10 in 2006 and 2007 combined.
As of 2012 the residential community combined for 62 % of Laughlin's total assessed value for taxation purposes, leaving the casino industry with only 38 % of Laughlin's total assessed value.
Though Native Americans comprise less than 1 % of the city ’ s population, they doubled between the 2000 and 2010 Census, and combined with West New York ’ s Native Americans, comprise 38 % of the county ’ s Native American population.
Though Native Americans comprise less than 1 % of the city ’ s population, they doubled in the 2000s, and combined with Union City ’ s Native American ’ s comprise 38 % of the county ’ s Native American population.
In 2010, ROTC graduates constituted 38. 5 percent of newly commissioned U. S. Army officers, 1. 8 percent of newly commissioned U. S. Marine Corps officers, 16. 7 percent of newly commissioned U. S. Navy officers, and 38. 1 percent of newly commissioned U. S. Air Force officers, for a combined 30 percent of all active duty officers in the Department of Defense commissioned that year .< ref >
The number was finally estimated to be $ 38. 2 billion, more than all 49 other states ' deficits combined.
In 60 years, four of the richest families in the United States increased their combined $ 2 –$ 4 billion in 1937 to $ 38 billion without holding large shares in emerging industries.
In 1968, Liberty was bought for $ 38 million by Transamerica Corporation ( an insurance company ) and combined with their other label United Artists Records.
In the subsequent Battle of Nagashino, the combined forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga brought a total force of 38, 000 men to relieve the siege on the castle by Takeda Katsuyori.
Although Bragg's newly combined force was up to 38, 000 veteran troops, he made no effort to regain the initiative.
As a result, Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia lost about 38 % of their combined area to Germany, with some 3. 2 million German and 750, 000 Czech inhabitants.
While 88 of the 234 haplotypes ( 38 %) in the combined G + M group were classified as ' Western ', this was the case for only 42 of the 185 haplotypes ( 23 %) in group S. In contrast, 80 G + M haplotypes ( 34 %) were of ' Eastern ' type compared to 91 S haplotypes ( 49 %).
The top line of CSKA Moscow teammates combined for a total 38 points and led the Soviet Union over Canada for the gold medal.
He scored 10 goals and seven assists for 17 points to finish the season, with a combined 17 goals and 21 assists for 38 points in 67 games.
The new combined facility has 38, 700 total square feet.
Today, however, most places have standardized on 25 to 38 miles per hour ( 22 to 33 knots ), encompassing the combined ranges of forces 6 and 7 on the Beaufort scale.

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