HMS. They stand for His/Her Majesty's Ships. Depending on if the ruler is a King or Queen its His or Her.
The Committees of Correspondence exchanged letters telling of local anti-British actions. The Committee members used hand-written letters or printed pamphlets to spread news which were transported by horseback or aboard ships. Many Committee members were active in the secret Sons of Liberty and Stamp Act Congress organizations.
Ships were used in the Revolutionary War to harass the British maritime supplying traffic and carry on sudden attack against the British possessions in the West Indies.
The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships
Flotilla
I presume you mean armed ships disguised to look harmless. Such ships used by the British in World War I were known as Q ships. Those used by the German Navy in World War II were known as "Auxiliary cruisers" -- I think the German word is "Hilfskreuzer".
The Committees of Correspondence exchanged letters telling of local anti-British actions. The Committee members used hand-written letters or printed pamphlets to spread news which were transported by horseback or aboard ships. Many Committee members were active in the secret Sons of Liberty and Stamp Act Congress organizations.
the British blockade
Ships were used in the Revolutionary War to harass the British maritime supplying traffic and carry on sudden attack against the British possessions in the West Indies.
U-Boats
Singapore was founded by the british to be used as a trading port and stop-over for their ships.
the British responded to the raids on their ships because they captured americans ships and faced them into the british navy.
the royal navy used it as a port to resupply there ships
british ships,and french ships.
The silver used to make predecimal British coins could have been mined anywhere in the then British Empire. A lot of silver was also acquired from raids on Spanish ships.
The Aamericans ships defeated a larger British fleet in Yorktown.
Introduced undersea warfare. They were used by the Germans to destroy British ships.
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