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Enterprise-class Frigate
The ''Enterprise''-class frigates were the final class of 28-gun sailing frigates of the sixth-rate to be produced for the Royal Navy. These twenty-seven vessels were designed in 1770 by John Williams (Surveyor of the Navy), John Williams. A first batch of five ships were ordered as part of the programme sparked by the Falklands Crisis (1770), Falklands Islands emergency. Two ships were built by contract in private shipyards, while three others were constructed in the Royal Dockyards using foreign oak. A second batch of fifteen ships were ordered in 1776 to 1778 to meet the exigencies of the North American situation, and a final group of seven ships followed in 1782 to 1783 with only some minor modifications to include side gangways running flush with the quarter deck and forecastle, and with solid bulkheads along the quarterdeck. Ships in class First batch * HMS Siren (1773), ''Siren'' ** Ordered: 25 December 1770 ** Built by: John Henniker and Company, Chatham. ** Keel laid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full-rigged Ship
A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel's sail plan with three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. A full-rigged ship is said to have a ship rig or be ship-rigged. Such vessels also have each mast stepped in three segments: lower mast, top mast, and topgallant mast. Other large, multi-masted sailing vessels may be regarded as ships while lacking one of the elements of a full-rigged ship, e.g. having one or more masts support only a fore-and-aft sail or having a mast that only has two segments. Masts The masts of a full-rigged ship, from bow to stern, are: * Foremast, which is the second tallest mast * Mainmast, the tallest * Mizzenmast, the third tallest * Jiggermast, which may not be present but will be fourth tallest if so If the masts are of wood, each mast is in three or more pieces. They are (in order, from bottom up): * The lowest piece is called the ''mast'' or the ''lower''. * Topmast * Topgallant mast * Royal mast, if fitted On steel-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Brilliant (1779)
HMS ''Brilliant'' was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. ''Brilliant'' was first commissioned in July 1779 under the command of Captain John Ford. American Revolution ''Brilliant'' was stationed at Gibraltar during the Great Siege. In June 1782 the garrison there launched 12 gunboats. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun, and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar. ''Brilliant'' provided crews for six: ''Defiance'', ''Dreadnought'', ''Resolution'', ''Revenge'', ''Spitfire'', and ''Thunder''. On 13 and 14 September and 11 October, the garrison destroyed a number of floating batteries. In December 1784 there was a distribution of £30,000 in bounty money for the batteries and the proceeds of the sale of ships stores, including those of ''San Miguel''. A second payment of £16,000 followed in November 1785. A third payment, this of £8,000 pounds, followed in August 1786. June 1788 saw the payment of a fourth tranche, this o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Hussar (1784)
HMS ''Hussar'' was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. ''Hussar'' was first commissioned in May 1790 under the command of Captain Eliab Harvey. Career From 1792-1794, Captain Sir Rupert George used the Hussar as his flagship when he was the Commodore of the North America Station. On 2 May 1795 Rear Admiral George Murray sent Captain Alexander Cochrane in , together with ''Hussar'', to intercept three French supply ships reported at Hampton Roads. At daybreak on 17 May the British came upon five ships west by south from Cape Henry. The French made a line of battle to receive the British frigates. An action commenced, with three of the French vessels eventually striking their colours. ''Thetis'' took possession of the largest, which turned out to be , pierced for 36 guns but only mounting 24. ''Hussar'' captured a second, ''Raison'', pierced for 24 guns but only mounting 18. One of the vessels that had struck nonetheless sailed off. Two of the five had broken off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Rose (1783)
HMS ''Rose'' was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. ''Rose'' was first commissioned in August 1783 under the command of Captain James Hawkins. Fate ''Rose'', under the command of Captain Matthew Scott, left Port Royal Port Royal is a village located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and co ..., Jamaica on 26 June 1794. The next day she encountered a merchant vessel that passed on the news that Admiral Sir John Jervis and his fleet were off Basse Terre, which news led Scott to attempt to meet up with them. The night of 28 June was dark and rain squalls hid the sound of breakers, with the result that at 9pm ''Rose'' hit a reef off Rocky Point, Jamaica. The crew threw guns overboard and cut away her anchors, top masts and mizzen-mast, all in a futile attempt to lighten her and get her off the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Circe (1785)
HMS ''Circe'' was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1785 but not completed or commissioned until 1790. She then served in the English Channel on the blockade of French ports before she was wrecked in 1803. Career ''Circe'' was first commissioned in September 1790 under the command of Captain George Oakes. She was paid off in October 1791. Captain A. H. Gardiner commissioned her in April 1792. French Revolutionary Wars Joseph Sydney Yorke was promoted to post-captain on 4 February 1793 and given command of ''Circe'', then part of a squadron under Admiral Richard Howe. He patrolled off the French port of Brest. In March ''Circe'' took the French ships ''Diane'', ''Vaudreuil'' and ''Jeune Felix''. ''Circe'' shared the prize money for ''Diane'' and ''Vaudreuil'' with . On 18 March ''Circe'' captured the Danish brig ''Pelican''. Then in May ''Circe'' took the French privateers ''Didon'' (or ''Dido'') and ''Auguste'' (or ''1 Auguste''). ''Didon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Thisbe (1783)
HMS ''Thisbe'' was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Service ''Thisbe'' was first commissioned in December 1787 under the command of Captain George Robertson. Because ''Thisbe'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants. In 1804 ''Thisbe'' was in the Mediterranean. There she captured a privateer that she sent into Corfu. ''Thisbe'' also recaptured ''Wight'', Ford, master, which had been sailing from Zant to London when the privater had captured her. '"Wight arrived at Portsmouth in September. Notes Citations 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Laurel (1779)
HMS ''Laurel'' was a 28-gun ''Enterprise''-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. ''Laurel'' was first commissioned in October 1779 under the command of Captain Thomas Lloyd. She sailed for the Leeward Islands on 13 April 1780, but was wrecked on 11 October in the Great Hurricane of 1780 The Great Hurricane of 1780 was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. An estimated 22,000 people died throughout the Lesser Antilles when the storm passed through the islands from October 10 to October 16. Specifics on the hurricane's tr ... at Martinique. Lloyd, and all but 12 of his crew, died.Lloyd's List'' №1228''./ref> Citations References * Robert Gardiner, ''The First Frigates'', Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. . * Hepper, David J. (1994) ''British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859''. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). * David Lyon, ''The Sailing Navy List'', Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. . * 1779 ships Sixth-rate frigates of the Royal Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Vestal (1779)
HMS ''Vestal'' was a 28-gun ''Enterprise''-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. American Revolutionary War ''Vestal'' was first commissioned in November 1779 under the command of Captain George Keppel. On 3 September 1780, she captured ''Mercury'' which was transporting Henry Laurens, the United States' minister to Holland. On 15 March 1783 the British frigates and ''Vesta'', and ''Duc de Chartres'' captured the Massachusetts letter of marque ''Julius Caesar''. ''Julius Caesar'' was a privateer of eighteen 9-pounder guns and carried a crew of 100 men under the command of Captain Thomas Benson, of Salem. Her captors sent her into New York City where the Vice admiralty court condemned her. Vestal also captured the ship ''Tyger'', taken to the Court of Vice-Admiralty in Bermuda. French Revolutionary Wars ''Vestal'' took part in the action of 22 August 1795 between British and Dutch frigate squadrons off the Norwegian coast. On 14 April 1797, ''Vestal'', under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Cyclops (1779)
HMS ''Cyclops'' was a 28-gun ''Enterprise''-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The ''Cyclops'' was first commissioned in July 1779 under the command of Captain John Robinson. In January 1783 she captured the French 14-gun brig ''Railleur'' on the North American station.Demerliac (1996), p. 81, #526. Because ''Cyclops'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty Admiralty most often refers to: *Admiralty, Hong Kong * Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964 *The rank of admiral * Admiralty law Admiralty can also refer to: Buildings *Admiralty, Tr ... authorised in 1850 to all surviving claimants. Notes Citations References * Demerliac, Alain (1996) ''La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792''. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). * Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Pegasus (1778)
HMS ''Pegasus'' was a 28-gun sixth rate. This frigate was launched in 1779 at Deptford and sold in 1816. ''Pegasus'' had a relatively uneventful career and is perhaps best known for the fact that her captain from 1786 to 1789 was Prince William Henry, the future King William IV. By 1811 ''Pegasus'' was a receiving ship at Chatham; she was sold in 1816. Service ''Pegasus'' was commissioned in May 1779 under Captain John Bazely and attached to George Rodney's fleet for the relief of the Great Siege of Gibraltar. She therefore was present at both of Rodney's actions in the campaign to relieve the fortress, participating in the seizure of a Spanish armaments convoy off Cape Finisterre on 8 January 1780 and subsequently fighting at the Battle of Cape St Vincent eight days later.''The Naval Chronicle'', 1805 Vol. 14, p. 180 ''Pegasus'' continued on with Rodney to Gibraltar and then to the West Indies where she participated in the inconclusive Battle of Martinique in April 1780. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Mercury (1779)
HMS ''Mercury'' was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built during the American War of Independence and serving during the later years of that conflict. She continued to serve during the years of peace and had an active career during the French Revolutionary Wars and most of the Napoleonic Wars, until being broken up in 1814. Construction and commissioning ''Mercury'' was ordered from Peter Mestaer, at the King and Queen Shipyard, Rotherhithe on the River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, se ... on 22 January 1778 and was laid down there on 25 March. She was launched on 9 December 1779 and was completed by 24 February 1780 after being fitted out at Deptford Dockyard. £6,805 7shilling, s 0pence, d was paid to her builder for her construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Resource (1778)
HMS ''Resource'' was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1778 and sold for breaking up in 1816. Career ''Resource'' was first commissioned in July 1778 under the command of Captain Patrick Fotheringham. On 19 April 1781 ''Resource'' recaptured the 20-gun post ship , which the French frigate ''Andromaque'' had captured on 4 September 1780. ''Resource'' had reached Cape Blaise by noon and at 2pm spotted a strange sail. By 4:30 ''Resource'' was close enough that both vessels began to exchange fire. After an hour and a half, the French vessel struck. She turned out to be ''Unicorn'', and armed with twenty 9-pounder guns and eight 12-pounder carronades. She had a crew of 181 men under the command of ''Chevalier'' de St. Ture. In the engagement, ''Resource'' lost 15 men killed and 30 wounded; ''Unicorn'' lost eight men killed and 30 wounded, four of whom died later. Ten crew members were drowned in October 1799 when the ship's boat foundered in The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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