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Battle Of Amoy
The Battle of Amoy was fought between British and Qing forces at Amoy (present-day Xiamen) on Xiamen Island, Fujian, in the Qing Empire on 26August 1841 during the First Opium War. The British captured the forts at Xiamen and on nearby Gulangyu Island (formerly Kulangsu Island). Battle Before the engagement, Qing forces prepared defenses along the shores of Xiamen and built batteries on Gulangyu Island. The British began the battle by bombarding the island's batteries for two to four hours (sources vary), with little effect. Land forces then disembarked their transports and took the batteries with little resistance. The day was noted as being very hot and fatiguing to the men. Qing forces withdrew and the city fell the next day. A garrison force of 550 men, mostly from the 18th, and three ships — the '' Druid'', ''Pylades'', and the '' Algerine''— were left moored at Gulangyu to defend Xiamen.''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions From India'', vol. 6, p. 382 Commander Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Opium War
The First Opium War (), also known as the Opium War or the Anglo-Sino War was a series of military engagements fought between Britain and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the opium trade by seizing private opium stocks from merchants at Canton and threatening to impose the death penalty for future offenders. Despite the opium ban, the British government supported the merchants' demand for compensation for seized goods, and insisted on the principles of free trade and equal diplomatic recognition with China. Opium was Britain's single most profitable commodity trade of the 19th century. After months of tensions between the two nations, the British navy launched an expedition in June 1840, which ultimately defeated the Chinese using technologically superior ships and weapons by August 1842. The British then imposed the Treaty of Nanking, which forced China to increase foreign trade, give compensati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Algerine (1829)
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Algerine'': * was a 10-gun schooner launched in 1810 and wrecked in 1813. *HMS ''Algerine'' was originally a 12-gun gun-brig, formerly the French ''Pierre Cézar''. She was captured in 1808 and named . In 1814, she was converted into a 14-gun cutter under the name HMS ''Algerine'' and was sold in 1818. * was a 10-gun brig-sloop under the command of Commander Charles Wemyss when she was lost off Hydra in a squall in early 1826.Hepper, David J. (1994) ''British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859''. East Sussex: Jean Boudriot. * was a 10-gun launched in 1829 and sold in 1844. * was an wooden screw gunboat launched in 1857, sold into mercantile service in 1872 and broken up in 1894. * was an built by Harland and Wolff, launched in 1880, and displacing 835 tons. She was sold in 1892. * was a sloop launched in 1895, displacing 1050 tons. She was on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Battles Of The Opium Wars
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral zone, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includes anything conducted by surface Naval ship, ships, amphibious warfare, amphibious ships, submarines, and seaborne naval aviation, aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields. The strategic offensive role of a navy is Power projection, projection of force into areas beyond a country's shores (for example, to protect Sea lane, sea-lanes, deter or confront piracy, ferry troops, or attack other navies, ports, or shore installations). The strategic defensive purpose of a navy is to frustrate seaborne projection-of-force by enemies. The strategic task of the navy also may incorporate nuclear deterrence by use of submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Naval operations can be broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conflicts In 1841
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Battles Of The First Opium War
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and Battle of Stalingrad, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1841 In China
Events from the year 1841 in China. Incumbents * Daoguang Emperor (21st year) Viceroys * Viceroy of Zhili — Nergingge * Viceroy of Min-Zhe — * Viceroy of Huguang — * Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — ? * Viceroy of Liangguang — Qishan * Viceroy of Yun-Gui — * Viceroy of Sichuan — * Viceroy of Liangjiang — Events Ongoing * Opium War ** 7January — Second Battle of Chuenpi at the Bocca Tigris forts, British capture the Humen straits ** 20 January — publication of the terms of the Convention of Chuenpi, signed between British Plenipotentiary Charles Elliot and Chinese Imperial Commissioner Qishan during the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China ** Convention of Chuenpi rejected, hostilities resume ** 23–26 February — Battle of the Bogue, British forces capture the rest of the Bogue forts ** 27 February — Battle of First Bar, ''Nemesis'' sank ''Cambridge'', an old, but re-armed East Indiaman that the Chinese had purchase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg (; ; pl, Róża Luksemburg or ; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish and naturalised-German revolutionary socialist, Marxist philosopher and anti-war activist. Successively, she was a member of the Proletariat party, the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL), the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD), the Spartacus League (), and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Born and raised in an assimilated Jewish family in Poland, she became a German citizen in 1897. After the SPD supported German involvement in World War I in 1915, Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht co-founded the anti-war Spartacus League () which eventually became the KPD. During the November Revolution, she co-founded the newspaper (''The Red Flag''), the central organ of the Spartacist movement. Luxemburg considered the Spartacist uprising of January 1919 a blunder, but supported the attempted overthrow of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Columbine (1826)
Six ships and one depot of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Columbine'', after the common name for the plant ''Aquilegia''. A seventh ship was planned, but renamed before being launched: *HMS ''Columbine'' was to have been a 22-gun sixth rate, but she was renamed in 1805 and launched in 1806. * was an 18-gun launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1824. * was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1826. She was converted to a 12-gun brig in 1849, a coal hulk in 1854, and was sold in 1892. * was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1862 and broken up in 1875. * was a tender purchased in 1897 and sold in 1907. * HMS ''Columbine'' was an screw sloop launched as in 1876, converted to a base ship and renamed HMS ''Clyde'' in 1904, renamed HMS ''Columbine'' in 1912 and sold in 1920. *HMS ''Columbine'' was a naval base at Port Edgar Port Edgar is a marina on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, immediately west of the Forth Road Bridge and the town of South Queensferry, in Edinburgh, Scotl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Cruizer (1828)
HMS ''Cruizer'' was a launched in 1828 for the British Royal Navy. The ship was built as a revival of the retired ''Snake''-class ship-sloops. The Navy converted her to a brig in 1831, back to a ship in 1840, and sold her at Bombay in 1849. Career On 23 July 1830 boats and men from ''Cruizer'' and pulled off the Parmelia Reef near the Swan River. ''Medina'' had grounded while delivering immigrants. In 1839 ''Cruizer'' participated in the Aden Expedition along with the frigate and the two British East India Company (EIC) vessels, the sloop and the schooner . Service in China ''Cruizer'' saw extensive service during the First Opium War. She participated in the Battle of Whampoa, the Second Battle of Chuenpi, the Battle of Canton, the Battle of Amoy, and the Battle of First Bar.''Bulletins of State Intelligence'' (1841), p. 348. During the Battle of Whampoa, Major General Hugh Gough, commander of the British Army during the First Opium War, personally directed the lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Modeste (1837)
HMS ''Modeste'' was a British Royal Navy corvette commissioned in 1838 and sold in 1866. Operations The ''Modeste'' was a part of the British forces engaged in the First Opium War against the Qing Empire The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ....Bingham, J. Elliot''Narrative of the Expedition to China.''Vol. 1. London: Henry Colburn. 1843. References *Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. ''The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889.'' London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 120. External links{{DEFAULTSORT:Modeste (1837), HMS Corvettes of the Royal Navy First Opium War ships of the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Blonde (1819)
HMS ''Blonde'' was a 46-gun modified fifth-rate frigate of 1,103 tons burthen. She undertook an important voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1824. She was used for harbour service from 1850 and was renamed HMS ''Calypso'' in 1870, before being sold in 1895. Construction ''Blonde'' was ordered on 11 December 1812 from Deptford Dockyard, to a new design developed from the lines of the ''Apollo'' class. She was laid down in March 1816, and was rated at 38 guns until February 1817. ''Blonde'' was launched on 12 January 1819, but was almost immediately laid up in ordinary at Greenhithe from between April 1819 and 1824, when she was completed and fitted for service at Woolwich. She cost a total of £38,266 to build, with a further £15,241 spent on fitting out. Voyage to Hawaii Lord Byron (the 7th Baron, cousin of the famous poet George Gordon Byron) commanded her on an important voyage in 1824. ''Blonde'' departed Woolwich, England on 8 September 1824 with the bodies of King Kamehame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Blenheim (1813)
HMS ''Blenheim'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 31 May 1813 at Deptford Dockyard. ''Blenheim'' was placed on harbour service in 1831. Her captain, Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, died on board ''Blenheim'' in the morning of 13 June 1841, from fever contracted during operations in Canton, China, in May 1841. On 20 March 1847, ''Blenheim'' was in collision with the British brig ''Cactus'' in the River Thames and was driven ashore on the Essex bank. The tug attempted to refloat ''Blenheim'', but ''Blenheim'' and ''Monkey'' collided and ''Blenheim'' was driven into the brig ''Agility'', which was severely damaged. ''Monkey'' assisted in beaching ''Agility'' on the Essex bank to prevent her from sinking. ''Blenheim'' subsequently was refloated and taken in to Woolwich, Kent. ''Blenheim'' converted to screw propulsion in 1847. In 1854–1855 ''Blenheim'' saw service in the Baltic Sea as a 60-gun steam screw vessel.The Navy List 1855 Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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