HMS Ramillies (07) Her particular task was to silence the batteries at the entrance to Toulon harbour. "Ramillies" was put in reserve on 31 January 1945 at Portsmouth and was used as an accommodation ship. John Egerton Broome was captain from 1945 to 1946. She was sold in 1946 and scrapped in 1949. One of "Ramillies" 15-inch (381 mm) guns has been preserved and can be seen at the Imperial War Museum in London. The ship's bell is preserved at HMCS "Star", a Naval Reserve Division at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. HMS Ramillies (07) HMS "Ramillies" (pennant number: 07) was one of five s
HMS Captain (1743) HMS Captain (1743) HMS "Captain" was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 14 April 1743. In 1760, "Captain" was reduced to a 64-gun ship. Then in 1777 she was converted to serve as a storeship and renamed "Buffalo". Although a storeship, "Buffalo" shared, with , and , in the proceeds from 's capture of the 12-gun French privateer "Comte de Maurepas", on 3 August 1780. In 1781, with 60 guns back on board, although she only had 18