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Dupleix 1856-1887
Dupleix could refer to one of the following: People: *Joseph François Dupleix, governor general of the French establishment in India in the 18th century Naval ships: * French corvette ''Dupleix'' (1861) (1856–1887) famous for her involvement in the Japanese revolution * French ship ''Dupleix'', a 7700 tonne armoured cruiser (1897–1919): built in Rochefort and launched on 28 April 1900 * French cruiser ''Dupleix'', French heavy cruiser of the Suffren class, launched 9 October 1930 * ''Dupleix'' (D 641), the latest ''Dupleix''is a F70 typ anti-submarine frigate Commercial ships: * a steamship built at La Ciotat in 1862, which between 1883 and 1888 operated between Sydney and Nouméa, was sold, refurbished and subsequently operated between Australia and New Zealand. * a three-masted barque (1901–1917) sunk by the German commerce raider ''Seeadler'' on 5 March 1917 * a cargo ship (1914–1942) sunk in the Pacific by a Japanese submarine. In transport: * Dupleix (Paris Mé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph François Dupleix
Joseph Marquis Dupleix (23 January 1697 – 10 November 1763) was Governor-General of French India and rival of Robert Clive. Biography Dupleix was born in Landrecies, on January 23, 1697. His father, François Dupleix, a wealthy ''fermier général'', wished to bring him up as a merchant, and, in order to distract him from his taste for science, sent him on a voyage to India in 1715 on one of the French East India Company's vessels. He made several voyages to the Americas and India, and in 1720 was named a member of the superior council at Bengal. He displayed great business aptitude, and in addition to his official duties made large ventures on his own account, acquiring a fortune. In 1730 he was made superintendent of French affairs in Chandernagore. In 1741, he married Jeanne Albert, widow of one of the councillors of the company. Albert was known to the Hindus as Joanna Begum and proved of great help to her husband in his negotiations with the native princes. His reputat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Corvette Dupleix (1861)
''Dupleix'' was a steam and sail corvette of the built for the French ''Marine Nationale''. She was the first French vessel named after the 18th century governor of Pondichéry and ''Gouverneur Général'' of the French possessions in India Marquess Joseph François Dupleix. After her commissioning, ''Dupleix'' was sent to the Chinese Sea under Vice-Admiral Jaures. She arrived in Saigon on 25 August 1862, and made short stops in Ryukyu Islands and the port of Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō, before arriving in Yokohama. Bombardment of Shimonoseki During the bombardment of Shimonoseki (5 September 1864), ''Dupleix'' was second in the line of corvettes, between the British and the Dutch ''Metallkruz''. She fired 411 shots and received 22 cannonballs (seven in the hull, four under the waterline, and 11 in the sails). She had two killed and eight wounded. On 28 December 1864, ''Dupleix'' sailed back to France, where she was decommissioned on the 25 June 1865. She was re-co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Dupleix
Four ships of the French Navy have been named ''Dupleix'' in honour of the 18th century Governor of Pondichéry and ''Gouverneur Général'' of the French possessions in India marquess Joseph François Dupleix: * A , a corvette (1856–1887) famous for her involvement in the Japanese revolution * , a 7,700-tonne armoured cruiser (1900–1919) * , a 10,000-tonne cruiser (1929–1942) * The present is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate At least three French merchant ships have also borne the name: * A steamship of 1,409 tons, which operated between Sydney and Noumea between 1883 and 1889, when it was sold, and renamed ''Jubilee''. * A three-masted barque A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel with three or more mast (sailing), masts having the fore- and mainmasts Square rig, rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) Fore-and-aft rig, rigged fore and aft. Som ... (1901–1917) sunk by the German commerce raider ''Seeadler'' on the 5 March 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Cruiser Dupleix (1930)
''Dupleix'' was the fourth unit of the . She entered service in 1933 and spent the interwar period in the Mediterranean. She participated in the International Patrol during the Spanish Civil War. September 1939 found her still in Toulon. She participated in the search for the ''Graf Spee'' in the Atlantic before returning to Toulon. The only time she fired her guns in anger was during the bombardment of Vado, Italy in mid-June 1940. She was at Toulon at the time of the Franco-German Armistice in June 1940. She remained at Toulon until the French Fleet there was scuttled in late November 1942. She was subsequently raised by the Italians in 1943. She was named in honour of Joseph François, Marquis Dupleix (1697 - 1763) a French trader in the service of La Compagnie des Indes. He travelled between North America and India. He was appointed Governor-General of French India in 1742. A post he held until his death in 1763. Design and description With the Italians building the lig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dupleix (D 641)
''Dupleix'' was a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Navy. She was the fourth French vessel (beside also two French commercial ships) named after the 18th century Governor of Pondichéry and Governor-General of the French possessions in India marquess Joseph François Dupleix. She was decommissioned in 2014. Service history ''Dupleix'' was constructed by the Brest Arsenal, France, with her keel being laid down on 17 October 1975. The vessel was launched on 2 December 1978 and was commissioned into the French Navy on 13 June 1981. The vessel was named for Joseph François Dupleix Joseph Marquis Dupleix (23 January 1697 – 10 November 1763) was Governor-General of French India and rival of Robert Clive. Biography Dupleix was born in Landrecies, on January 23, 1697. His father, François Dupleix, a wealthy ''fermier gé ..., the 18th century Governor of Pondichéry and Governor-General of the French possessions in India. The ship was decommissioned in 2014, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nouméa
Nouméa () is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest francophone city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian ( Wallisians, Futunians, Tahitians), Indonesian, and Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians, Ni-Vanuatu and Kanaks who work in one of the South Pacific's most industrialised cities. The city lies on a protected deepwater harbour that serves as the chief port for New Caledonia. At the September 2019 census, there were 182,341 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Greater Nouméa (), 94,285 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Nouméa proper. 67.2% of the population of New Caledonia live in Greater Nouméa, which covers the communes of Nouméa, Le Mont-Dore, Dumbéa and Païta. History The first European to establish a settlement in the vicinity was British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMS Seeadler (Windjammer)
SMS ''Seeadler'' ( Ger: sea eagle) was a three-masted steel-hulled sailing ship. She was one of the last fighting sailing ships to be used in war when she served as a merchant raider with Imperial Germany in World War I. Built as the British-flagged ''Pass of Balmaha'', she was captured by the German submarine , and in 1916 converted to a commerce raider. As ''Seeadler'' she had a successful raiding career, capturing and sinking 15 ships in 225 days until she was wrecked, in 2 August 1917, in French Polynesia. ''Pass of Balmaha'' The ship was launched as ''Pass of Balmaha'' by Robert Duncan & Company, Port Glasgow, Scotland, on 9 August 1888 as a steel-hulled ship-rigged sailing vessel measuring . She was long, in beam and with a depth of . Delivered in the following month to the ownership of David R. Clark, a partner in Gibson & Clark, Glasgow, she was registered at that port with Official Number 95087 and signal letters KTRP. In February 1908, ''Pass of Balmaha'' was sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
