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4th Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)
The 4th Frigate Squadron was an operational squadron of the Royal Navy from 1948 to 2004. History During its existence, the squadron included , , , , Type 21 and Type 23 frigates. From January 1949 the squadron was with the Far East Fleet, including , , and . Ships of the squadron saw service in the Korean War, the Beira Patrol, the Cod Wars, the Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, the Falklands War and the Second Gulf War. In the 1970s ''Juno'' was one of the six ''Leander''s used as the fictional "" for the BBC TV drama series ''Warship''. All members of the crew were given ''Hero'' cap tallies for filming purposes. The squadron was made up of Amazon class frigates in the 1980s. Except for ,pp. 105–114, Marriott, Leo, 'Royal Navy Frigates Since 1945', Second Edition, , Published by Ian Allan Ltd (Surrey, UK), 1990 all the Amazon-class frigates took part in the 1982 Falklands War The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squadron (naval)
A squadron, or naval squadron, is a significant group of warships which is nonetheless considered too small to be designated a fleet. A squadron is typically a part of a fleet. Between different navies there are no clear defining parameters to distinguish a squadron from a fleet (or from a flotilla), and the size and strength of a naval squadron varies greatly according to the country and time period. Groups of small warships, or small groups of major warships, might instead be designated flotillas by some navies according to their terminology. Since the size of a naval squadron varies greatly, the rank associated with command of a squadron also varies greatly. Before 1864 the entire fleet of the Royal Navy was divided into three squadrons, the red, the white, and the blue. Each Royal Navy squadron alone was more powerful than most national navies. Today, a squadron might number three to ten vessels, which might be major warships, transport ships, submarines, or small craft i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warship (1973 TV Series)
''Warship'' is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and broadcast between 1973 and 1977. The series was set contemporaneously and depicted life on board the fictitious Royal Navy frigate HMS ''Hero''. Four series were produced with 45 episodes made in total. It was also subtitled into Dutch and broadcast in the Netherlands as ''Alle hens aan dek'' (All hands on deck) and it enjoyed popularity in Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Plot The episodes were written and filmed to reflect the reality of life in the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines in the 1970s. The primary focus for most stories was on the Captain and his fellow officers, but the series also featured life on the lower decks to portray episodes heavily featuring ratings. Episodes featured a variety of events at sea (the Cold War, smuggling, the evacuation of civilians from crisis-hit places, etc.), as well as the personal lives of officers and ratings and the impact their person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Potts
Vice Admiral Duncan Laurence Potts, (born 10 March 1961) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer. He served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Capability) and Controller of the Navy from 2013 to 2014, and as Director General of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom from September 2014 to 2018. Early life Potts was born on 10 March 1961 in Malta. He was educated at Wellington School in Somerset. Military career Potts joined the Royal Navy in 1979. He became commanding officer of the frigate in 1996, commanding officer of the destroyer in 1997 and a member of the policy and programmes cell at the Permanent Joint Headquarters in 1998 before becoming Commander Sea Training to the Flag Officer Sea Training in 1999. He was appointed commanding officer of the frigate as well as captain of the 4th Frigate Squadron in 2000 and deployed to the Middle East. Potts went on to be Captain Navy Plans and then military assistant to the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff at the Ministry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Rix
Rear Admiral Anthony John Rix CB (born 12 August 1956) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training. Naval career Educated at Sherborne School and Britannia Royal Naval College, Rix joined the Royal Navy in 1975.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, He became commanding officer of the destroyer HMS ''Glasgow'' in 1995, commanding officer of the frigate HMS ''Marlborough'' and commander of the 4th Frigate Squadron in June 1999 and Commodore, Devonport Flotilla in March 2002. He went on to be Director of Corporate Communications for the Royal Navy in January 2003, Commander United Kingdom Task Group in November 2003 and Flag Officer Sea Training in June 2006, with promotion to rear admiral on 4 July 2006. After that he became Chief of Staff to the Commander of Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe (NAVSOUTH) was a Component Command in NATO's Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH). Between 1951 and 1953, afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Garnett
Admiral Sir Ian David Graham Garnett, (born 27 September 1944) is a retired Royal Navy officer. He served as the Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2005 to 2008. Naval career Born in Surrey, Garnett joined the Royal Navy in 1962. He served in HM Ships ''London'', ''Beachampton'' and the Royal Yacht ''Britannia''. Later he joined 814 Naval Air Squadron on board . He then served on exchange with the Royal Australian Navy on board before flying Sea King helicopters in HM Ships ''Tiger'' and ''Blake'' and then became Operations Officer in . In 1978 Garnett became the deputy director (RN) of the Joint Maritime Operations Training School and then took command of , a Type 21 Frigate. In 1983 he became assistant director (Ships) in the Operational Requirements Division of the Ministry of Defence. He went on to be Commanding Officer of the frigate as well as Captain of the 4th Frigate Squadron in 1986, and then moved on to lead the Royal Navy Presentation Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Richardson (Royal Navy Officer)
Rear-Admiral Alexander Bruce Richardson, (born September 1941) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training from 1989 to 1991. Naval career Richardson joined the Royal Navy in 1960. He became naval attaché in Moscow in 1982, commanding officer of the frigate and commander of the 4th Frigate Squadron in September 1983 and Flag Officer Sea Training in December 1989. He went on to be Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla in September 1991 before retiring in April 1992. Richardson was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1992 Birthday Honours. Later life In retirement Richardson became chief harbourmaster for the Port of London Authority The Port of London Authority (PLA) is a self-funding public trust established on 31 March 1909 in accordance with the Port of London Act 1908 to govern the Port of London. Its responsibility extends over the Tideway of the River Thames and its .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Bruce 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo White
Admiral Sir Hugo Moresby White, (22 October 1939 – 1 June 2014) was a senior officer of the Royal Navy and subsequently Governor of Gibraltar. Early life White was born at Torquay, Devon, son of Hugh Fortescue Moresby White (1891-1979), CMG, of the Colonial Office, Senior Resident in Nigeria, and Elizabeth ("Betty") Sophia Pennington Brandt, daughter of Captain Frank Brandt, killed at the Battle of Coronel in command of HMS Monmouth. He was a descendant of Admiral of the Fleet Fairfax Moresby. White was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, and at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, where he distinguished himself as Chief Cadet Captain, Captain of Fencing, and playing on the rugby First XV.The Old Pangbournian Record: Old Pangbournian Obituaries and Death Notices 1917-2016, p. 256 Military career Having attended the Britannia Royal Naval College, White was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1960.Debretts People of Today 1994 He was appointed Commanding Officer of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Rosebery Anson
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy and Ned. Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Class Frigate
Four classes of frigate of the Royal Navy have been named the ''Amazon'' class: *The frigates of 1773, made up of 32-gun fifth rates with a main battery of 12-pounder guns, it comprised eighteen ships; ''Amazon'', ''Ambuscade'' and ''Thetis'' were launched in 1773; the second batch – ''Cleopatra'', ''Amphion'', ''Orpheus'', ''Juno'', ''Success'', ''Iphigenia'', ''Andromache'', ''Syren'', ''Iris'', ''Greyhound'', ''Meleager'', , ''Solebay'', and ''Blonde'' – were launched in 1779 to 1787 *The frigates of 1795 consisted of four 36-gun fifth rates with a main battery of 18-pounder guns: ''Amazon'' and launched in 1795, and ''Trent'' and launched in 1796; ''Trent'' and ''Glenmore'' were constructed of "fir" (Pitch pine ''Pinus rigida'', the pitch pine, is a small-to-medium-sized pine. It is native to eastern North America, primarily from central Maine south to Georgia and as far west as Kentucky. It is found in environments which other species would find unsuit ...) *The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tally (cap)
The tally on a sailor's cap is a ribbon usually bearing the name of a ship or some other establishment to which they belong. Practice varies with each navy, though a conventional tally is black, with a gold or yellow inscription. The inscription may be simply a ship's name (e.g. "H.M.A.S. ARRERNTE"), the name of the navy ("MARINE NATIONALE") or a longer name such as "Red Banner Baltic Fleet" ({{lang, ru, "КРАСНОЗНАМЕН. БАЛТ. ФЛОТ"). During World War II, the ship's name would often be omitted from the tall—leaving just "H.M.A.S", for example—as a precautionary measure against espionage. Likewise, the manner a tally is fastened onto the cap varies with each navy. For example, the British tie it into a bow on the left side; the Germans and Russians tie it at the back, leaving behind a pair of streamers; while the French stitch it onto the cap like an ordinary cap band. Occasionally, the tally's colour may vary from the usual black, such as the Ribbon of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq War
{{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Iraq War {{Nobold, {{lang, ar, حرب العراق (Arabic) {{Nobold, {{lang, ku, شەڕی عێراق (Kurdish languages, Kurdish) , partof = the Iraq conflict (2003–present), Iraq conflict and the War on terror , image = Iraq War montage.png , image_size = 300px , caption = Clockwise from top: US troops at Uday Hussein, Uday and Qusay Hussein's hideout; insurgents in northern Iraq; the Firdos Square statue destruction, toppling of the Saddam Hussein statue in Firdos Square , date = {{ubl, {{Start and end dates, 2003, 3, 20, 2011, 12, 18, df=yes({{Age in years, months and days, 2003, 03, 19, 2011, 12, 18) , place = Iraq , result = * 2003 invasion of Iraq, Invasion and History of Iraq (2003–11), occupation of Iraq * Overthrow of Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region, Ba'ath Party government * Execution of Saddam Hussein in 2006 * Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Anderson (Royal Navy Officer)
Rear Admiral Mark Anderson, is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines. Naval career Educated at the University of Manchester, Anderson joined the Royal Navy in 1974 and was appointed commanding officer of the submarine in 1993. He became Military Assistant to the Chief of Defence Logistics in May 2000, Commanding Officer of the frigate in August 2002 and Director Equipment Capability (Underwater Effects) in March 2003 before moving on to become the Chief of the Defence Staff's Liaison Officer to the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in July 2007, and Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines in January 2009. He retired from the Royal Navy in March 2011. In retirement An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
