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Blaydes Yard
Blaydes' Yard was a private shipbuilder in Kingston upon Hull, England, founded in the 18th century which fulfilled multiple Royal Navy contracts. Her most notable ship was HMS Bounty, HMS ''Bounty'' famed for its mutiny. History Hugh Blaydes was born in 1686 and started building ships with his sons in 1740. Their yard was at Hessle Cliff on the Humber Estuary on the edge of Kingston upon Hull. They had a second North End Yard close to their home at 6 High Street (now known as Blaydes House). By the 1780s the yard was being run by Benjamin Blaydes, Hugh's grandson. The Blaydes family were very prominent in Hull and provided three mayors: Joseph (1636/7), Benjamin (1771/2), Benjamin (1788). Blaydes Street in Hull, a traditional two storey brick street is named after the family. The family created the company of Blaydes, Loft, Gee & Co. shipowners. James Blaydes married Ann Marvell, sister of Andrew Marvell. Later members of the family left Hull and moved to Ranby Hall, a larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east of York, the historic county town. With a population of (), it is the fourth-largest city in the Yorkshire and the Humber region after Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford. The town of Wyke on Hull was founded late in the 12th century by the monks of Meaux Abbey as a port from which to export their wool. Renamed ''Kings-town upon Hull'' in 1299, Hull had been a market town, military supply port, trading centre, fishing and whaling centre and industrial metropolis. Hull was an early theatre of battle in the English Civil Wars. Its 18th-century Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, took a prominent part in the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. More than 95% of the city was damaged or destroyed in the blitz and suffered a perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Raven (1745)
Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name ''Raven'', after birds of the genus ''Corvus'', particularly the common raven: Ships * was a 36-gun ship captured in 1652, and captured by the Dutch in 1654. * was a 6-gun vessel, possibly a French ship, previously named ''St Cornelius''. She was captured in 1656 and listed until 1659. * was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1745 and sold in 1763. *HMS ''Raven'' was a sloop, previously the 8-gun fireship launched in 1771. She was renamed ''Raven'' later that year and was sold in 1780. * HMS ''Raven'' was an 18-gun sloop, launched in 1777 as ''Ceres'' that the French captured in 1778. The British recaptured her in 1782 and renamed her ''Raven'', only to have the French recapture her again early in 1783. She served in the French Navy until sold at Brest in 1791. * was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1796 and wrecked in 1798. * HMS ''Raven'' was an 18-gun brig-sloop, previously the French ''Aréthuse''. She was capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earle's Shipbuilding
Earle's Shipbuilding was an engineering company that was based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1845 to 1932. Earle Brothers The company was started in Hull in 1845 by two brothers, Charles and William Earle. The firm was made up of engineers and focussed on shipbuilding and repair. Its most notable association was with the Wilson Line, for whom the yard produced many ships. Earle's also built vessels for many other British shipping firms, especially those operating on North Sea routes such as the Great Eastern Railway and the Hull & Netherlands Steamship Co. Ltd. In 1871, Earle's was restructured as a joint-stock company and for a short time Sir Edward James Reed served as its chairman and managing director. Earle's built two steam yachts for Tsarevitch Alexander: ''Slavanka'' in 1873 and ''Czarevna'' in 1874. Also in 1874 Earle's built the unsuccessful , Sir Henry Bessemer's experimental swinging-cabin paddle steamer, which made its maiden (and only) publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horatio Nelson
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in history. Nelson was born into a moderately prosperous Norfolk family and joined the navy through the influence of his uncle, Maurice Suckling, a high-ranking naval officer. Nelson rose rapidly through the ranks and served with leading naval commanders of the period before obtaining his own command at the age of 20, in 1778. He developed a reputation for personal valour and firm grasp of tactics, but suffered periods of illness and unemployment after the end of the American War of Independence. The outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars allowed Nelson to return to service, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Boreas (1774)
HMS ''Boreas'' was a modified sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in August 1775 under Captain Charles Thompson. She was built at Blaydes Yard in Hull to a design by Sir Thomas Slade at a cost of £10,000. She was fitted out at Chatham Docks. In 1778 she underwent a refit in Plymouth having a copper bottom fitted at a cost of £5500. In July 1779 she saw action in the Battle of Grenada under command of Captain Thompson. On 31 August 1779 ''Boreas'', still under Captain Thompson, captured the French corvette ''Compas'', of eighteen 6-pounder guns, which was carrying a cargo of sugar. ''Compas'', which was armed ''en flute'', put up resistance for about 20 minutes, with the result that she suffered nine men killed and wounded before she struck. ''Boreas'' was part of a squadron under the command of Rear Admiral of the Red Hyde Parker on the Jamaica station. Horatio Nelson Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Diamond (1774)
The fourth HMS ''Diamond'' was a modified fifth-rate frigate ordered in 1770, launched in 1774, but did not begin service until 1776. ''Diamond'' served off the eastern North American coast and shared in the capture at least one brig during the American Revolutionary War. The frigate was paid off in 1779, but returned to service the same year after being coppered. ''Diamond'' sailed to the West Indies in 1780, was paid off a final time in 1783 and sold in 1784. Construction and service ''Diamond'' was ordered on 25 December 1770 as one of five fifth-rate frigates of 32 guns each contained in the emergency frigate-building programme inaugurated when the likelihood of war with Spain arose over the ownership of the Falkland Islands (eight sixth-rate frigates of 28 guns each were ordered at the same time). Sir Thomas Slade's design for the ''Lowestoffe''s was approved, but was revised to produce a more rounded midships section; the amended design was approved on 3 January 1771 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Ardent (1764)
HMS ''Ardent'' was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built by contract at Blaydes Yard in Hull according to a design by Sir Thomas Slade, and launched on 13 August 1764 as the first ship of the . She had a somewhat turbulent career, being captured by the French in the action of 17 August 1779, and then re-captured by Britain in 1782. Career British career The ''Ardent'' was first commissioned in October 1774 under Captain Sir George Douglas. In 1778, under the command of Captain George Keppel, she was with Admiral Lord Howe's squadron off New York, defending the town from the larger French fleet under the command of Admiral d'Estaing. The two forces engaged in an action off Rhode Island on 11 August, though both fleets were scattered by a storm over the following two days.Ships of the Old Navy, ''Ardent''. On 23 December her tender captured a prize off Cape Henry and another on 19 January 1779. She returned home to Portsmouth and was paid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Mermaid (1761)
HMS ''Mermaid'' was a sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in April 1761 under Captain George Watson and built in Blaydes Yard in Kingston-Upon-Hull. On 8 July 1778, the 50 gun ''Sagittaire'' and the 64-gun ''Fantasque'' forced HMS ''Mermaid'' to beach herself at Cape Henhlopen. Notes References * Robert Gardiner, ''The First Frigates'', Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. . * * David Lyon, ''The Sailing Navy List'', Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. . * Rif Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail ''British Warships in the Age of Sail'' is a series of four books by maritime historian Rif Winfield comprising a historical reference work providing details of all recorded ships that served or were intended to serve in the (British) Royal Navy ..., 1714 to 1792'', Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. . External links * 1761 ships Sixth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy Maritime incidents in 1778 {{UK-mil-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Tweed (1759)
HMS ''Tweed'' was a 32-gun sailing frigate of the fifth rate produced for the Royal Navy. She was designed in 1757 by Sir Thomas Slade, based on the lines of the smaller sixth rate HMS ''Tartar'', but with a 10-foot midsection inserted. She was built in Blaydes Yard in Kingston-Upon-Hull. ''Tweed'' was commissioned in April 1759 under Captain William Paston. On 15 March 1761 ''Tweed'' captured the French privateer ''Hardi'', off Cape Finisterre. ''Hardi'', of Bayonne, was armed with 10 guns and had a crew of 125 men. She had been out 18 days but had not captured anything. ''Tweed'' took ''Hardi'' into Lisbon. In 1763 command passed to Captain Charles Douglas until ''Tweed'' paid off into reserve in April 1765. In November 1766 she was recommissioned under Captain Thomas Collingwood. In 1770 command passed to Captain George Collier until the ship paid off Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular appli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Temple (1758)
HMS ''Temple'' was a 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 November 1758 at Blaydes Yard in Hull. Commissioned in January 1759 under the command of Washington Shirley, she saw service at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November. The following year, in March 1760, she sailed for the West Indies under Captain Lucius O'Brien. With the aid of the cutter ''Griffin'', in September of that year she recaptured the sloop ''Virgin'' off Grenada. ''Temple'' operated as part of the fleet at the capture of Havana in 1762, under the command of Julian Legge. From June to September she was commanded by Chaloner Ogle and thereafter by Thomas Collingwood. On 18 December of that year, en route home to England, she developed severe leaks off Cape Clear Island Clear Island or Cape Clear Island (officially known by its Irish name: Cléire, and sometimes also called Oileán Chléire) is an island off the south-west coast of County Cork in Ireland. It is the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Rose (1757)
HMS ''Rose'' was a 20-gun (''Seaford''-class) sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy, built at Blaydes Yard in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, England in 1757. Her activities in suppressing smuggling in the colony of Rhode Island provoked the formation of what became the Continental Navy, precursor of the modern United States Navy. She was based at the North American station in the West Indies and then used in the American Revolutionary War. She was scuttled in the harbour of Savannah, Georgia in 1779. A replica was built in 1970, then modified to match HMS ''Surprise'', and used in two films, ''Master and Commander: Far Side of the World'' and ''Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides''. Activities in North America HMS ''Rose'' was built in Hull, England in 1757, as a 20 gun sixth-rate post ship for the British Royal Navy. In the Seven Years' War, ''Rose'' was in service in the English Channel, Channel and in the Caribbean. She was briefly considered for service as Captain James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Scarborough (1756)
HMS Scarborough was a 20-gun ship built in 1756 which served the Royal Navy until 1780. She had a crew of 160 men. Service She was ordered in June 1755 and was built at Blaydes Yard in Kingston-Upon-Hull over a period of around 9 months at a cost of £3400. She was designed by Sir Thomas Slade. She was launched in April 1756 under command of Captain Robert Routh. In September 1757 she sailed for North America as part of he Seven Years' War. In May 1758 she captured the American ship Echo off Louisbourg, Louisburg and in June took part in the Siege of Louisbourg (1758), Siege of Louisburg. In 1759 she was posted to Quebec and was involved in the Battle of Quebec (1759), Battle of Quebec under command of Captain John Stott. In 1760 she returned to Louisburg then went north to Newfoundland where she took place in the Battle of Chaleur Bay on 8 July, where 4 British ships defeated three French ships, still under command of Stott. She returned to England for som years then set of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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