HMS Assurance
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HMS Assurance was a 44-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1747. She was wrecked off The Needles near the Isle of Wight, England in 1753, and remained stuck on the rock long enough for her crew and passengers to escape.
1747
Wikidata
Royal Navy,
- Three Decks page@
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | Kings of the Isle of Wight | Wikidata | ||
| event | armed conflict | 508 | Battle of Netley | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1545 | Battle of Bonchurch | battle, Kingdom of England | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1545 | French invasion of the Isle of Wight | Kingdom of England, invasion, Kingdom of France | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1545 | Battle of the Solent | France, Kingdom of England, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1647 | Skirmish at the Isle of Wight | Kingdom of England, Swedish Empire, skirmish | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1784 | Battle of Mudeford | battle | Wikidata |
| link | page | Three Decks page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | SM U-122 | minelaying submarine, U-boat, Type UE II submarine | Wikidata | |
| organisation | arms industry | 1694 | J. Samuel White | shipyard, arms industry, shipbuilding, enterprise, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 1913 | Supermarine | arms industry, aerospace manufacturer, aircraft industry | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1866 | John I. Thornycroft & Company | shipyard, shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Lower Needles Point Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles | test facility, artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | New Needles Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Old Needles Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | 1861 | The Needles Batteries | artillery battery, military museum, National Trust | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1862 | Warden Point Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1868 | Cliff End Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1869 | Hatherwood Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1937 | Bouldnor Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | Christchurch Hampshire County Council and County Borough of Bournemouth Area Control | Hampshire County Council, civil defense center, Bournemouth Borough Council | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Fort Henry | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Christchurch Castle | English Heritage, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | East Cowes Castle | fort, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Highcliffe Castle | historic house museum, English country house, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1100 | Carisbrooke Castle | English Heritage, castle, independent museum, historic house museum, local museum | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1539 | Calshot Castle | fort, English Heritage, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1539 | West Cowes Castle | castle, fort | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1542 | Netley Castle | fort, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1545 | Brownsea Castle | John Lewis Partnership, fort, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1547 | Yarmouth Castle | military museum, fort, English Heritage, castle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort Victoria | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1541 | Hurst Castle | fort, English Heritage, military museum, Device Forts | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1856 | Fort Albert | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1856 | Freshwater Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1863 | Golden Hill Fort | fort, barracks | Wikidata |
| site | museum | The Wight Military And Heritage Museum | history museum, military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Swordfish | sunken vessel, submarine, S-class submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMT Warwick Deeping | naval trawler, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1747 | HMS Assurance | fifth-rate frigate, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1805 | HMS Pomone | Leda-class fifth-rate frigate, fifth-rate frigate, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1931 | HMS Acheron | shipwreck, A-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
