Ramillies
Americannoun
noun
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The 97-year-old was a Royal Navy able seaman responsible for the ammunition on HMS Ramillies.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024
The next year, with Britain at war, the 19-year-old Philip went to sea as a sublieutenant aboard the battleship Ramillies in the Mediterranean fleet.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2021
Nine-month-old Millie Thompson, of Stockport, died after choking on her lunch at Ramillies Hall School and Nursery, Cheadle Hulme in October 2012.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2014
Ramillies and a commission as lieutenant aboard the Valiant.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Ramillies began the attack, Despatch came forward—bold and black— And none can tell what kept them back From setting fire to Stonington.
From The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814 by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)
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