HMS Romney (1762)
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HMS Romney was a 50-gun fourth rate of the Royal Navy. She served during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in a career that spanned forty years. Five s
Romney aground on 18–19 November 1804
Romney (centre) at the Battle of Mykonos
Battle of Mykonos
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The Battle of Mykonos was a minor naval engagement fought in the main harbour of the Cycladic island of Mykonos on 17 June 1794 during the War of the First Coalition. A Royal Navy squadron led by four
HMS Romney (1762)
…suffered casualties of 46 dead and 112 wounded, nine mortally. Romney had suffered casualties of eight dead and thirty wounded, two mortally in the Battle of Mykonos. In 1847 this action earned for the survivors the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Romney 17 June 1794". Command then passed to Captain Charles…
The Romney captures La Sybille 17 June 1794