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Battle Of Cape Town
The Battle of Blaauwberg, also known as the Battle of Cape Town, fought near Cape Town on Wednesday 8 January 1806, was a small but significant military engagement. After a British victory, peace was made under the Treaty Tree in Woodstock. It established British rule over the Dutch Cape Colony, which was to have many ramifications for the region during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A bi-centennial commemoration was held in January 2006. Background The battle was an incident in Europe's Napoleonic Wars. At that time, the Cape Colony belonged to the Batavian Republic, a French vassal. Because the sea route around the Cape was important to the British, they decided to seize the colony in order to prevent it—and the sea route—from also coming under French control. A British fleet was despatched to the Cape in July 1805, to forestall French troopships which Napoleon had sent to reinforce the Cape garrison. The colony was governed by Lieutenant General Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Whitcombe
Thomas Whitcombe (possibly 19 May 1763 – c. 1824) was a prominent British marine art, maritime painter of the Napoleonic Wars. Among his work are over 150 actions of the Royal Navy, and he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Royal Society of British Artists. His pictures are highly sought after today. Life Thomas Whitcombe was born in London between 1752 and 19 May 1763, with the latter date frequently cited. Little is known of his background or training, although speculation based on the locations depicted in his paintings may provide some clues. It is known that he was in Bristol in 1787 and later travelled to the South Coast; there are few ports or harbours from this region that do not feature in his work. In 1789 he toured Wales and in 1813 he travelled to Devon, painting scenes around Plymouth harbour. During his career he also painted scenes showing the Cape of Good Hope, Madeira, Cuba and Cape Horn. Between 1783 and 1824 he lived in London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swellendam
Swellendam is the fifth oldest town in South Africa (after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, and Paarl), a town with 17,537 inhabitants situated in the Western Cape province. The town has over 50 provincial heritage sites, most of them buildings of Cape Dutch architecture. Swellendam is situated on the N2, approximately 220 km from both Cape Town and George. History Early travellers and explorers who visited the Cape in the 16th century traded with the Khoikhoi people who lived on these shores and in the interior. When the Dutch East India Company established a replenishment station at the Cape in 1652, trade continued inland as far as Swellendam. In 1743 Swellendam was declared a magisterial district, the third-oldest in South Africa, and was named after Governor Hendrik Swellengrebel, the first South African born Governor, and his wife, Helena Ten Damme. This outlying settlement soon became a gateway to the interior, and was visited by many famous explorers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Encounter
Six ships of the English Navy or the Royal Navy have borne the name ''Encounter'' or HMS ''Encounter'': * was a discovery vessel in service in 1616. * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1805 and wrecked in 1812. * was an early wooden screw corvette launched in 1846 and broken up in 1866. * was an wooden screw corvette launched in 1873 and sold in 1888. * HMS ''Encounter'' was a protected cruiser launched in 1902. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1919, renamed HMAS ''Penguin'' in 1923 while serving as a depot ship, and was scuttled in 1932. * was an E-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ... launched in 1934 and sunk in 1942. {{DEFAULTSORT:Encounter, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Espoir
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ... have been named HMS ''Espoir'', after the French word for "hope": * The first HMS ''Espoir'' was a sloop sold on 23 March 1784, origin unknown. * was a French brig-sloop of fourteen 6-pounder guns that captured in the Mediterranean. She was sold in September 1804. * was a launched on 22 September and broken up in April 1821. * was launched on 9 May, and sold in 1857. * was a launched 6 January, and armed with one 68-pounder and four 24-pounder howitzers. In 1869 she was converted to a dredger with the designation YC19. She was broken up in Bermuda in June 1881. * was a launched on 2 November and armed with two 64-pounder guns and two 20-pounder smoothbores. She was converted to a tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Narcissus
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Narcissus'' after the Narcissus of mythology, or after the Narcissi flowers. * was a 20-gun post ship launched in 1781 and wrecked in 1796. * was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1801, converted to a convict ship after 1823, and sold 1837. * A 28-gun sixth-rate ''Narcissus'' of 601 tons was ordered in 1846 but cancelled in 1848. * A 50-gun fourth-rate ''Narcissus'' of 1,996 tons was ordered in 1849 and cancelled in 1857. * was a wooden-hulled screw frigate in service from 1859 to 1883. * was an armoured cruiser launched in 1886 and sold in 1906. * was an 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 sa ... in use from 1915 to 1922. * was a launched in 1941 and sold 1946. {{DEFAULTSORT:Narcissus, Hms Royal Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Leda
HMS ''Leda'' may refer to one of the following ships of the British Royal Navy named after the Leda of Greek mythology: * , a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1783 and foundered 1795 * , a 38-gun fifth rate launched 1800 and wrecked 1808 * , a 36-gun fifth rate launched 1809 and sold 1817 * , a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1828, used as a police hulk from 1864, and sold in 1906 * , a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892, converted to a minesweeper A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. History The earliest known usage of ... 1909 and sold 1920 * , launched in 1937, was a sunk by on 20 September 1942 {{DEFAULTSORT:Leda, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Diomede
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Diomede''. A fifth was planned but never completed: * was a 44-gun fourth-rate two-decker launched in 1781 and wrecked in 1795. * was a 50-gun fourth rate built as HMS ''Firm'' but renamed in 1794 and launched in 1798. She was sold in 1815. *HMS ''Diomede'' was to have been a wooden screw sloop, projected in 1866 but cancelled in 1867. * was a light cruiser launched in 1919 and sold in 1946. * was a frigate launched in 1969. She was sold to Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ... and handed over in 1988, as ''Shamsher''. She served until 2003. See also * Diomede (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Diomede, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Raisonnable
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Raisonnable'', French language, French for "reasonable": * , originally a France, French vessel, the first ship to bear the name was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line. She was captured by the Royal Navy ships and on 29 May 1758. She was lost off Martinique on 3 February 1762. * , built at Chatham Dockyard and launched in 1768, was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line. She was the first ship that the future Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Lord Nelson served aboard. She took part in the Battle of Copenhagen (1801), Battle of Copenhagen and the Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805). She was broken up at Sheerness in 1815. {{DEFAULTSORT:Raisonnable, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Diadem
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Diadem'', after the diadem, a type of crown: * was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1782. She became a troopship in 1798 and was broken up in 1832. * HMS ''Diadem'' (1801) was a 14-gun sloop launched as ''Diadem'' in 1798 that the Admiralty purchased in 1801 and renamed HMS ''Falcon'' in 1802. The Admiralty sold her in 1816. Her buyers renamed her ''Duke of Wellington''. She was wrecked at Batavia in 1820. * was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1856 and sold in 1875. * was a protected cruiser, launched in 1896 and sold in 1921. * was a light cruiser launched in 1942. The British Government sold her to the Pakistani Navy ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Qur'an, 3:173'') , type ... in 1956, who renamed her ''Babur'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth ( ; kw, Aberfala) is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,797 (2011 census). Etymology The name Falmouth is of English origin, a reference to the town's situation on the mouth of the River Fal. The Cornish language name, ' or ', is of identical meaning. It was at one time known as ''Pennycomequick'', an Anglicisation of the Celtic ''Pen-y-cwm-cuic'' "head of the creek"; this is the same as Pennycomequick, a district in Plymouth. History Early history In 1540, Henry VIII built Pendennis Castle in Falmouth to defend Carrick Roads. The main town of the district was then at Penryn. Sir John Killigrew created the town of Falmouth shortly after 1613. In the late 16th century, under threat from the Spanish Armada, the defences at Pendennis were strengthened by the building of angled ramparts. During the Civil War, Pendennis Castle was the second to las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cork (city)
Cork ( , from , meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in Ireland and third largest city by population on the island of Ireland. It is located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Following an extension to the city's boundary in 2019, its population is over 222,000. The city centre is an island positioned between two channels of the River Lee which meet downstream at the eastern end of the city centre, where the quays and docks along the river lead outwards towards Lough Mahon and Cork Harbour, one of the largest natural harbours in the world. Originally a monastic settlement, Cork was expanded by Viking invaders around 915. Its charter was granted by Prince John in 1185. Cork city was once fully walled, and the remnants of the old medieval town centre can be found around South and North Main streets. The city's cognomen of "the rebel city" originates in its support for the Yorkist cause in the Wars of the Roses. Corkonians sometimes refer to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
