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Alexander Schomberg
Captain Sir Alexander Schomberg (1720 – 19 March 1804) was an 18th-century Royal Navy officer. Life His father, Meyer Löw Schomberg (1690–1761), was a German-Jewish doctor and settled in England c. 1720 and set up a flourishing practice in Fenchurch Street, London. Two of Alexander's brothers followed their father's profession – the eldest, Isaac, and Ralph or Raphael – and two others ( Moses and Solomon) went into the law, but Alexander instead opted for the navy. Like his brothers, however, he was brought up a Jew but attended St Paul's School, London, and renounced the Jewish faith by publicly receiving the sacrament according to the Anglican rites and thus being able to enter on public careers without impediment from the Test Act. Joining the Navy in 1743 as a midshipman under Captain Edward Pratten on HMS ''Suffolk'' ( 70 guns), he passed his examination for lieutenant on 3 December 1747, entering the sloop ''Hornet'' on 11 December and transferring fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hogarth
William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects", and he is perhaps best known for his series ''A Harlot's Progress'', ''A Rake's Progress'' and '' Marriage A-la-Mode''. Knowledge of his work is so pervasive that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as "Hogarthian". Hogarth was born in London to a lower-middle-class family. In his youth he took up an apprenticeship with an engraver, but did not complete the apprenticeship. His father underwent periods of mixed fortune, and was at one time imprisoned in lieu of outstanding debts, an event that is thought to have informed William's paintings and prints with a hard edge. Influenced by French and Italian painting and engraving, Hogarth's works are mostly sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Paul's School (London)
(''By Faith and By Learning'') , established = , closed = , type = Independent school Public school , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = High Master , head = Sally Anne Huang , r_head_label = Surmaster , r_head = Fran Clough , chair_label = Chairman of the Governors , chair = Johnny Robertson , founder = John Colet , specialist = , address = Lonsdale Road , city = Barnes , county = London , country = United Kingdom , postcode = SW13 9JT , local_authority = , urn = 102942 , ofsted = , staff = c. 110 , enrolment = c.950 , gender = Boys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Medway (1755)
HMS ''Medway'' was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 14 February 1755. The launch was painted at least twice by John Cleveley the Elder John Cleveley the Elder (c.1712 – 21 May 1777) was an English marine artist. Life Cleveley was born in Southwark. He was not from an artistic background, and his father intended him to follow the family trade of joinery, so he set up .... In 1787 ''Medway'' was converted to serve as a receiving ship, and remained in this role until 1811, when she was broken up. Notes References *Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850''. Conway Maritime Press. . External links * Ships of the line of the Royal Navy 1755 ships {{UK-line-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Denis
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Denis, 1st Baronet (1713 – 11 June 1778) was an English Royal Navy, naval officer and Member of Parliament. Life The son of a Huguenot refugee, Denis was educated at The King's School, Chester and joined the navy as a young man. He was a midshipman in HMS Centurion (1732), HMS ''Centurion'' under the command of Commodore (Royal Navy), Commodore George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, George Anson at the start of his famous circumnavigation (1740–1744). He was promoted to lieutenant in 1739. On 5 November 1741, in the South Seas, he was sent in command of 16 men in a cutter (boat), cutter to pursue a Spanish vessel . He boarded and carried his prize, which proved to be bound from Guayaquil to Callao. The cargo was of little value to its captors, but intelligence derived from the capture led to the attack on the town of Paita a few days afterwards. By 1745 Denis had been promoted to command and given the 26-gun sixth rate . Soon afterwards he was transferred to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reserve Fleet
A reserve fleet is a collection of naval vessels of all types that are fully equipped for service but are not currently needed; they are partially or fully decommissioned. A reserve fleet is informally said to be "in mothballs" or "mothballed"; an equivalent expression in unofficial modern US naval usage is "ghost fleet". In earlier times, especially in British usage, the ships were said to be "laid up in ordinary". Overview Such ships are held in reserve against a time when it may be necessary to call them back into service. They are usually tied up in backwater areas near naval bases or shipyards in order to speed the reactivation process. They may be modified for storage during such a period, for instance by having rust-prone areas sealed off or wrapped in plastic or, in the case of sailing warships, the masts removed. While being held in the reserve fleet, ships typically have a minimal crew (known informally as a skeleton crew) to ensure that they stay in somewhat usable co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Speedwell (1744)
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Speedwell'': * was a galley captured from the French in 1560 and broken up in 1580. * was a 41-gun galleon, rebuilt in 1592, renamed ''Speedwell'' and rearmed to 40 guns in 1607, and was lost in 1624. * was a 20-gun ship, renamed HMS ''Speedwell'' in 1660, and wrecked in 1676. * was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1688 and sunk as a breakwater in 1692. * was an 8-gun fireship, rebuilt in 1702 as a 28-gun fifth rate, and wrecked in 1720. * was a 14-gun sloop-of-war launched in 1744 and sold in 1750. * was an 8-gun sloop, converted to a fireship and renamed HMS ''Spitfire'' in 1779, and sold in 1780. * was a cutter of unknown origin, that the French captured in 1761. * was an 18-gun sloop listed in 1775 that the captured on 26 October 1781 near Gibraltar. * was a 16-gun cutter purchased in 1780, converted to a brig in 1796, and foundered in 1807. * was a 5-gun schooner purchased in 1815 and sold in 1834. * was a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Hornet (1766)
Ten ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Hornet'', after the insect: * , a 14-gun sloop launched in 1745. She was in French hands between 1746 and 1747, and was sold in 1770. * , a 16-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1772. * , a 14-gun sloop launched in 1776 and sold in 1791. * , a 16-gun sloop launched in 1794, hospital ship from 1805 to 1811, and sold in 1817. * , a 4-gun Dutch hoy purchased as a gunvessel in 1794 and broken up in 1795. * , a 6-gun schooner launched in 1831 and completed as a brigantine. She was broken up in 1845. * , a wooden screw sloop, initially ordered as a schooner, launched in 1854 and broken up in 1868. * , a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1868 and sold in 1899. * , a launched in 1893 and broken up in 1909. * , an launched in 1911 and broken up in 1921. * , a stone frigate, a Coastal Forces Base at Gosport Gosport ( ) is a town and non-metropolitan borough on the south coast of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sails fore and aft, or as a gaff-rig with triangular foresail(s) and a gaff rigged mainsail. Sailboats can be classified according to type of rig, and so a sailboat may be a sloop, catboat, cutter, ketch, yawl, or schooner. A sloop usually has only one headsail, although an exception is the Friendship sloop, which is usually gaff-rigged with a bowsprit and multiple headsails. If the vessel has two or more headsails, the term cutter may be used, especially if the mast is stepped further towards the back of the boat. When going before the wind, a sloop may carry a square-rigged topsail which will be hung from a topsail yard and be supported from below by a crossjack. This sail often has a large hollow foot, and this foot is sometimes fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third-rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability (speed, handling), firepower, and cost. So, while first-rates and second-rates were both larger and more powerful, third-rate ships were the optimal configuration. Rating When the rating system was first established in the 1620s, the third rate was defined as those ships having at least 200 but not more than 300 men; previous to this, the type had been classified as "middling ships". By the 1660s, the means of classification had shifted from the number of men to the number of carriage-mounted guns, and third rates at that time mounted between 48 and 60 guns. By the turn of the century, the criterion boundaries had increased and third rate carried more than 60 guns, with seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Suffolk (1680)
HMS ''Suffolk'' was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by contract of 20 February 1678 by Sir Henry Johnson at Blackwall. She participated in the War of the English Succession 1689 - 1697, in the Battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur. She was rebuilt in 1699. She was actively involved in the War of Spanish Succession 1702 - 1713. Her later career was as guard ship duties, deployments to the Baltic Sea and the West Indies. She was finally broken in 1765 after lying in Ordinary for almost twenty years. She was the first vessel to bear the name ''Suffolk'' in the English and Royal Navy. ''HMS Suffolk'' was awarded the Battle Honours Barfleur 1692, Gibraltar 1704, and Velez-Malaga 1704. Construction and Specifications ''Suffolk'' was ordered on 20 February 1678 to be built under contract by Sir Henry Johnson of Blackwall on the River Thames. She was launched in May 1680. Her dimensions were a gun deck of with a keel of for tonnage calculation with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Pratten
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] |
Midshipman
A midshipman is an officer of the lowest rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies. Commonwealth countries which use the rank include Canada (Naval Cadet), Australia, Bangladesh, Namibia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Kenya. In the 17th century, a midshipman was a rating for an experienced seaman, and the word derives from the area aboard a ship, amidships, either where he worked on the ship, or where he was berthed. Beginning in the 18th century, a commissioned officer candidate was rated as a midshipman, and the seaman rating began to slowly die out. By the Napoleonic era (1793–1815), a midshipman was an apprentice officer who had previously served at least three years as a volunteer, officer's servant or able seaman, and was roughly equivalent to a present-day petty officer in rank and responsibilities. After serving at least three years as a midshipman or master's mate, he was eligible to take the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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