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  • Sir Thomas Hardy, the commander of the "Ramillies," was kept in a constant fever of apprehension, lest some night his ship should be suddenly sent to the bottom by one of the insidious torpedoes.

    The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

  • I say, Albert, you don’t know a man called Ramillies, do you?”

    The Fashion in Shrouds Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1931

  • It moved the half mile to its new location in Ramillies Street near Oxford Circus and stayed open for 18 months to establish the fact it had moved.

    Photographers' Gallery in London to reopen in May after £8.9m facelift 2012

  • They torpedoed and damaged the battleship HMS Ramillies and a British tanker during the Allied invasion of Madagascar.

    Forgotten Nation . . . Forgotten Heroes - A South African Remembers 2009

  • Ramillies (62kb) in link below (as emailed from November 2009 to January 2010).

    Samantha Bell Lauds Father, Joe Stack | Manolith 2010

  • From five to six thousand pamphlets have been printed in Holland against Louis XIV., none of which contributed to make him lose the battles of Blenheim, Turin, and Ramillies.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • An ex-earl of my acquaintance had his guest bedroom doors discreetly engraved on the card-slot with his ancestors' battles; Oudenarde, Ramillies, Fontenoy and so on.

    Margaret Thatcher's Greatest Achievements 2007

  • Ramillies, and had been appointed, in 1710, colonel of a regiment of foot.

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • In addition, another five superdreadnoughts of the Royal Sovereign class, each carrying eight 15-inch guns, were on their way: Royal Oak and Revenge arrived in time to fight at Jutland; Royal Sovereign was a few days too late, and Resolution and Ramillies were still under construction.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • Barham was gone for a while, under repair at Devonport, but the dreadnought battleship Royal Sovereign, held back at Scapa Flow from Jutland, now was ready, and her sisters Resolution and Ramillies soon would join the fleet.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

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