HMS Asia (1764)
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HMS Asia was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Thomas Bucknall and launched on 3 March 1764 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She participated in the American Revolutionary War an
Capture of Fort Saint Louis, Martinique, 1794, with Asia in the background, and Zebra in the foreground
Robert Faulknor the younger
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Robert Faulknor the younger was an 18th-century Royal Navy officer, part of the Faulknor naval dynasty. He was court-martialled and died in an action off Guadeloupe in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
Printed memorial to Robert Faulknor, by H. D. Gardner, published 1795 (after James Roberts)
The capture of the Pique by HMS Blanche
The death in action of Captain Robert Faulknor on January 5, 1795 during the engagement between the Frigate Blanche and the Frigate Pique - Guadeloupe