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• The first Invincible was originally the French 74-gun ship of the line L'Invincible, captured off Cape Finisterre in 1747.

• The second Invincible was also a 74-gun ship, launched in 1765 and lost in a wreck 1801.

• The third Invincible was still another 74, launched in 1808, paid off in 1814, and broken up in 1861.

• The fourth Invincible was an armored "broadside battleship" built in 1869.

• The fifth Invincible was a battlecruiserBattlecruiser s were large naval gunships of the early 20th Century, which evolved from armored cruisers, as new technology made it possible to build bigger ships. The main difference was their uniform main armament, compared to armored cruisers which had of the First World War attached to the 1st Cruiser SquadronStarting around the time that steam cruisers became popular in the 1870s, the Royal Navy tended to organise such ships into groups called Cruiser Squadrons . Squadrons were commanded by a Rear-Admiral whose title was given as Flag Officer Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet at the end of 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T. She saw action at HeligolandWorld War I. Heligoland (in German, Helgoland and in North Frisian, Lun Halilonj is a small, German, triangular-shaped island approximately 2 km long, though a smaller island east of it is usually also included. The islands (population 1,650) are located, the Battle of the Falkland IslandsThe Battle of the Falkland Islands was a naval engagement of the First World War, fought between units of the Royal Navy and the Kaiserliche Marine navies on 8 December 1914. The British, reeling from the defeat at the Battle of Coronel sent a large force, and the Battle of JutlandThe Battle of Jutland known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak Skagerrakschlacht , was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. It was fought on May 31 June 1, 1916, in the North Sea near Ju, where she blew up and sank after taking a hit from SMS Lützow, with the loss of 1,026 crew. Only 6 crew members survived.

• The sixth and current Invincible is a light aircraft carrier, the first of three in the Invincible class.