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Charles Dashwood (Royal Navy Officer)
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Dashwood KCB (1 September 1765 – 21 September 1847) was a distinguished British officer, who served in the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. He had a long and prestigious naval career, gaining his own command by the last stages of the French Revolutionary Wars. He took part in a number of famous naval battles during his career, such as the Battle of the Saintes, the Glorious First of June and the Battle of Tory Island, where he received the sword of the French commodore, Jean Bompart. His record also includes extensive operations in the West Indies and the Baltic Sea, followed by the expedition to New Orleans in 1815. Early life and service during the American Revolutionary War Charles Dashwood was born on 1 September 1765 in Vallon Wood, Somerset, England, where his family resided for three hundred years. His father was Mr. Robert Dashwood and his moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_lieutenant_name = Mohammed Saddiq , high_sheriff_office =High Sheriff of Somerset , high_sheriff_name = Mrs Mary-Clare Rodwell (2020–21) , area_total_km2 = 4171 , area_total_rank = 7th , ethnicity = 98.5% White , county_council = , unitary_council = , government = , joint_committees = , admin_hq = Taunton , area_council_km2 = 3451 , area_council_rank = 10th , iso_code = GB-SOM , ons_code = 40 , gss_code = , nuts_code = UKK23 , districts_map = , districts_list = County council area: , MPs = * Rebecca Pow (C) * Wera Hobhouse ( LD) * Liam Fox (C) * David Warburton (C) * Marcus Fysh (C) * Ian Liddell-Grainger (C) * James Heappey (C) * Jacob Rees-Mogg (C) * John Penrose (C) , police = Avon and Somerset Police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of 1812
The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It began when the United States declared war on 18 June 1812 and, although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by Congress on 17 February 1815. Tensions originated in long-standing differences over territorial expansion in North America and British support for Native American tribes who opposed US colonial settlement in the Northwest Territory. These escalated in 1807 after the Royal Navy began enforcing tighter restrictions on American trade with France and press-ganged men they claimed as British subjects, even those with American citizenship certificates. Opinion in the US was split on how to respond, and although majorities in both the House and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain, George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved Bathing#Medieval and early-modern Europe, bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as "Knights of the Bath". George I "erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Order (honour), Military Order". He did not (as is commonly believed) revive the Order of the Bath, since it had never previously existed as an Order, in the sense of a body of knights who were governed by a set of Statute, statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred. The Order consists of the Sovereign (currently Charles III, King Charles III), the :Great Masters of the Order of the Bath, Great Master (currently vacant) and three Classes of members: *Knight Grand Cross (:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knight Commander Of The Order Of The Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain, George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved Bathing#Medieval and early-modern Europe, bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as "Knights of the Bath". George I "erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Order (honour), Military Order". He did not (as is commonly believed) revive the Order of the Bath, since it had never previously existed as an Order, in the sense of a body of knights who were governed by a set of Statute, statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred. The Order consists of the Sovereign (currently Charles III, King Charles III), the :Great Masters of the Order of the Bath, Great Master (currently vacant) and three Classes of members: *Knight Grand Cross (:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Impregnable (1810)
HMS ''Impregnable'' was a 98-gun second rate three-decker ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 1 August 1810 at Chatham. She was designed by Sir William Rule, and was the only ship built to her draught. During the Napoleonic Wars, she was used as the flagship of the Admiral the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV). She took part in the bombardment of Algiers in 1816 under the command of Admiral David Milne where she was second in the order of battle. In the attack on Algiers, ''Impregnable'', isolated from the other ships was a large and tempting target, attracting attention from the Algerian gunners who raked her fore and aft, she was severely damaged. 268 shots hit the hull, the main mast was damaged in 15 places. ''Impregnable'' lost Mr. John Hawkins, midshipman, 37 seamen, 10 marines and 2 boys killed and Mr. G. N. Wesley, Mr. Henry Quinn, 111 seamen, 21 marines, 9 sappers and miners and 17 boys wounded. The ''Impregnable'' saw little further action, apa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Windsor Castle (1790)
HMS ''Windsor Castle'' was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 May 1790 at Deptford Dockyard. Dardanelles ''Windsor Castle'' was part of Robert Calder's fleet at the Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805), Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805. She shared in the prize and head money for ''San Rafael'' and ''Firme'' captured on that day. On 25 September a French squadron of five frigates and two corvettes under Commodore Eleonore-Jean-Nicolas Soleil was escorting a convoy ferrying supplies and troops to the French West Indies. A British squadron intercepted the convoy, which led to the action of 25 September 1806, where the British captured four of the frigates: ''Armeide'', ''Minerva'', ''Indefatigable'', and ''Gloire''. The frigate and the corvette escaped, with managing to outrun ''Windsor Castle''. While in the Mediterranean she served during Vice Admiral Sir Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, John Duckworth's unsuccessful 1807 Dardanelles Oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Cressy (1810)
HMS ''Cressy'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 7 March 1810 at Frindsbury. Service On 24 December 1811 ''Cressy'' was off the west coast of Jutland, Denmark, under command by commander Charles Dudley Pater and in the company of , under Rear-admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds, and , when an extratropical cyclone and heavy seas came up. ''St George'' was jury-rigged and so Captain Atkins of ''Defence'' refused to leave her without the Admiral's permission. As a result, both were wrecked near Ringkøbing. ''Cressy'' did not ask for permission and so avoided wrecking. Both ''St George'' and ''Defence'' lost almost all their crews, including the Admiral. Most of the bodies that came ashore were buried in the sand dunes of Thorsminde, which have been known ever since as "Dead Mens Dunes". Shortly after the outbreak of the War of 1812, on 12 August, ''Cressy'' shared in the seizure of several American vessels: ''Cuba'', ''Caliban'', ''Edward'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Pyramus (1801)
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Pyramus,'' after the doomed lover from the writings of Ovid. * was a fifth rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower. Rating The rating system in the Royal N ... 36-gun frigate built in Portsmouth and hulked in 1832-33 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, sold and broken up in 1879. The information that the ship had been captured by Lord Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 is incorrect. (Source Dr. Ian A. Cameron, M.D, F.C.F.P., Nova Scotia Medical Bulletin, August 1987, pp. 118–120; Also, the Cambridge Digital Library / University of Cambridge website) * was a protected cruiser launched in 1897, and sold in 1920. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pyramus Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Belvidera (1809)
HMS ''Belvidera'' was a 36-gun Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate built in Deptford in 1809. She saw action in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 and continued a busy career at sea into the middle of the 19th century. In 1846 she was reduced to harbour service, in 1860 she became a receiving ship, and she was finally disposed of in 1906. Service ''Belvidera'' was commissioned in January 1800 under Captain Charles Dashwood. In March, Captain Richard Byron replaced Dashwood. On 22 July 1810, ''Belvidera'' and , Captain William Ferris, were sailing close to the shore of Studtland, Norway. That evening a boat from ''Belvedera'' sighted three Danish gun-vessels in a large bay. Next day, seven boats from the two frigates attacked the Danes. Two of the Danish vessels, ''Balder'' and ''Thor'', commanded by Lieutenants Dahlreup and Rasmusen, were schooner-rigged. Each mounted two long 24-pounders and six 6-pounder howitzers and had a crew of 45 men. The third gun-vessel carried one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Franchise (1798)
''Franchise'' was launched in 1798 as a 40-gun ''Coquille''-class frigate of the French Navy. The British captured her in 1803 and took her into the Royal Navy under her existing name. In the war on commerce during the Napoleonic Wars she was more protector than prize-taker, capturing many small privateers but few commercial prizes. She was also at the battle of Copenhagen. She was broken up in 1815. French service and capture She was part of a squadron of three frigates, ''Concorde'' under Commodore Jean-François Landolphe, ''Médée'' under Captain Jean-Daniel Coudin, and ''Franchise'' under Captain Pierre Jurien, with Landolphe as the overall commander, that left Rochefort on 6 March 1799. Eluding the British blockade off Rochefort, the squadron sailed southwards until it reached the coast of West Africa. There Landolphe's ships began an extended commerce raiding operation, inflicting severe damage on the West African trade for the rest of the year. During this time, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Corvette Bacchante (1795)
The French corvette ''Bacchante'' was launched in 1795 as the second of the four-vessel ''Serpente'' class of corvettes. She served for almost two years as a privateer, before returning to the service of the French Navy. After captured her in 1803, the Royal Navy took her in under her existing name as a 20-gun post ship. ''Bacchante'' served in the West Indies, where she captured several armed Spanish and French vessels before the Navy sold her in 1809. French service ''Bacchante'' was built to a design by Charles-Henri Tellier. She was a "flat-bottomed vessel, destined to protect the entrances to rivers". Between 1797 and 1798 ''Bacchante'' served as a privateer under Captain Pierre Lefortier. By 1801 ''Bacchante'' was back in naval service and at Havre under the command of ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Bellenger. In 1802 and 1803, sailed Brest-San Domingo-Brest. At the outbreak of war after the collapse of the Treaty of Amiens, ''Bacchante'' came under the command of ''lieutenan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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