|
Battle Of Fatshan Creek
The Battle of Fatshan Creek (佛山水道之戰) was a naval engagement fought between the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and the Cantonese fleet of Qing China on 1 June 1857. Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour sought out and destroyed the Chinese fleet before advancing to the city of Canton (modern-day Foshan) for its capture. British order of battle Gallery File:Plan of the Battle of Fat-shan.jpg, Plan of the battle File:Naval action, Fatshan Creek.jpg, Naval action, Fatshan Creek File:The Battle of Fatshan Creek.jpg, British rowboats See also *Battle of Escape Creek The Battle of Escape Creek was a naval engagement fought between the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and the Qing Chinese naval force on 25–27 May 1857 during the Second Opium War. Commodore Charles Elliot's squadron chased the war-junks at Esca ... References External links * Sources * * * * {{Cite book , title = The Fleet that Jack Built: Nine Men who Made a Navy , last = Jameson , first = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Opium War
The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Sino War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a colonial war lasting from 1856 to 1860, which pitted the British Empire and the French Empire against the Qing dynasty of China. It was the second major conflict in the Opium Wars, which were fought over the right to import opium to China, and resulted in a second defeat for the Qing dynasty and the forced legalisation of the opium trade. It caused many Chinese officials to believe that conflicts with the Western powers were no longer traditional wars, but part of a looming national crisis. In 1860, British and French troops landed near Beijing and fought their way into the city. Peace negotiations quickly broke down and the British High Commissioner to China ordered the foreign troops to loot and destroy the Imperial Summer Palace, a complex of palaces and gardens at which Qing Dynasty emperors handled affairs of state. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Plover (1855)
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Plover'', after the species of bird, the Plover: * was a 26-gun ship, previously the Dutch ''Morgen Star''. She was captured in 1652 and either sunk in action in 1653 or sold in 1657. * was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1796 and sold in 1819. * was a 10-gun launched in 1821 that became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing out of Falmouth, Cornwall. She was sold in 1841. * was a survey cutter, previously the civilian ''Bentinck''. She was purchased in 1842 and sold in 1854. See William Pullen. * was an wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sunk in 1859. * was a gunvessel launched in 1860 and sold into civilian service in 1865, being renamed ''Hawk''. * was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1867 and sold for breaking up in 1885. * was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1888. She was used as a boom defence vessel from 1904 and was sold in 1927. * was an launched in 1916 and sold in 1921. * was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Calcutta (1831)
HMS ''Calcutta'' was an 84-gun second-rate ship-of-the-line of the Royal Navy, built in teak to a draught by Sir Robert Seppings and launched on 14 March 1831 in Bombay. She was the only ship ever built to her draught. She carried her complement of smooth-bore, muzzle-loading guns on two gundecks. Her complement was 720 men (38 officers, 69 petty officers, 403 seamen, 60 boys and 150 marines).Diaries of William King-Hall . Retrieved 6 November 2008. History 
In 1855 the ship had been in reserve, but was recommission ...
[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leveson Wildman
Leveson is a surname. The name as printed can represent two quite different etymologies and pronunciations: #A Leveson family who were Merchants of the Staple became very influential in Wolverhampton in the late Middle Ages, supplying both lay support and clergy to St Peter's Collegiate Church. They were the ancestors of a number of important landed gentry and peers, in various branches, including the Leveson-Gowers. Their name could be rendered in numerous ways in the early modern period: Levison, Leweson, and Luson are all common. To modern readers, the latter represents the pronunciation most accurately. An example of its use is a letter to Robert Cecil, dated 5 August 1602, which reports that "eight of the galleys which fought with Sir Richard Luson were repaired." Leveson is an example of an English surname with counterintuitive pronunciation. The generally accepted pronunciation is . It is a patronymic from Louis or Lewis. #Leveson can also be a patronymic from the Hebrew n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Staunch (1856)
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Staunch'': * was a 12-gun gunvessel launched in 1797, purchased later that year, and sold in 1803. * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1811. * was an wooden screw gunboat A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies. History Pre-steam ... launched in 1856 and sold in 1866. * was an iron screw gunboat launched in 1867 and sold in 1904. * was an launched in 1910 and sunk in 1917. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Staunch, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Villiers
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Starling (1855)
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Starling'' after the starling: * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1801 and wrecked in 1804. She ran on shore on 25 December in a fog near Calais. She was burnt and her crew returned safely to Deal. * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1805 and sold in 1814. * was a 10-gun cutter launched in 1817 and broken up in 1828. * was a 4-gun schooner launched in 1829. She was used as a survey ship from 1834, and was sold in 1844. * was a wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sold in 1871. * was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1882 and sold into civilian service in 1905 as the ''Stella Maris''. * was a tender, formerly the War Office vessel ''Miner 17''. She was transferred in 1905 and renamed in 1906. She was sold in 1923. * was a Modified ''Black Swan''-class sloop launched in 1942 and broken up in 1965. * was a launched in 1984 and sold to the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Innes
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Forester (1856)
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Forester'': * was a 22-gun ship launched in 1657 and blown up in 1672. * was a 7-gun hoy launched in 1693 and wrecked in 1752. * was a 4-gun hoy launched in 1748 and transferred to the coastguard as a hulk in 1828. * was a 3-gun gunvessel, formerly a Thames sailing barge, purchased in 1794 and sold on 29 December 1801 for £210.Great Britain: Commissioners of Naval enquiry (1803) ''The First (second-twelfth) Report of the Commissioners of Naval Enquiry, Appointed by Act 43 Geo. III. (Observations, by Way of Supplement, to the First Report of the Commissioners of Naval Enquiry, on the Memorial of the Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy, in Answer to that Report.)'', p.116. * was an 18-gun launched in 1806. She was used for harbour service from 1816 and was sold in 1819. *HMS ''Forester'' was to have been a 10-gun brig. She was ordered in 1824, but the order was either cancelled in 1830, or otherwise transf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tathwell Collinson
Tathwell is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Tathwell is situated approximately south from the market town of Louth. The hamlet of Dovendale, alongside the A153 road to the west of the village is in the parish. The hamlet of Haugham lies about south-east of Tathwell. Cadwell Park motor racing circuit is about south of Tathwell. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Vedast, also houses The Hamby Monument, a wall monument originally constructed around 1620, and later restored by their descendants, the Chaplin family. (Sir John Hamby's daughter Elizabeth married in 1657 John Chaplin, son of Sir Francis Chaplin.) Tathwell Hall at Tathwell was the longtime home of the Chaplin family, a branch of the Chaplin family of Baronets of Blankney, who served as MPs for Lincolnshire and who were descended from Sir Francis Chaplin, Lord Mayor of London in 1677. The family originated at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. It was through a marriage with the Hamby fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Bustard (1855)
Four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Bustard'' after the Bustard: * was launched in 1803 as the brig ''Royal George'' for the Revenue Service. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1806 and renamed her HMS ''Bustard''. She served on active duty between 1808 and 1815, distinguishing herself in operations in the Mediterranean. The Royal Navy sold her in 1815 and she became the whaler A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales. Terminology The term ''whaler'' is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, Japa ... ''Royal George''. She made three whaling voyages and was lost in 1825 on her fourth. * was a ; she was sold in 1829. * was an wood screw gunboat; she was sold at Hong Kong in 1869. * was an iron screw gunboat; listed until 1921 but possibly sold in November 1917. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bustard, HMS Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
