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French Ship Centaure (1818)
''Centaure'' was an 86-gun ''Bucentaure''-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané. She took part in operations of the Spanish expedition in 1823, along with ''Trident'' and ''Sirène'', silencing fort Santi-Pietri. On 14 October 1823, she was renamed ''Santi-Pietri'' to commemorate the event. ''Santi-Pietri '' was later used as a troopship, and as a prison hulk A prison ship, often more accurately described as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees. While many natio ... in Toulon from 1850, before being destroyed by fire on 4 January 1862. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Centaure Ships of the line of the French Navy Ships built in France Bucentaure-class ships of the line 1818 ships Maritime incidents in January 1862 Ship fires Shipwrecks of France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Robuste (1806)
''Robuste'' was an 80-gun 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané. She was commissioned under Captain Louis-Antoine-Cyprien Infernet, and was later captained by Julien Cosmao and Antoine Marie François Montalan. From April 1809, she was the flagship of a squadron. In late 1809, Vice-Admiral Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume was organising shipment of reinforcements to Barcelona. ''Robuste'' became the flagship of a squadron under Julien Cosmao, along with '' Donawerth'', ''Génois'', ''Borée'' and ''Lion'', as well as the frigates ''Pauline'' and ''Pénélope'', and a dozen of transports. The fleet departed Toulon on 24 April 1809, and returned on 1 May without incident. In October, the squadron attempted another ferry, under Rear-Admiral François Baudin. On 21 October the French were detected by HMS ''Pomone'', which reported to Lord Collingwood's squadron. Collingwood sent his three frigates as a vanguard and sailed with 15 shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prison Ship
A prison ship, often more accurately described as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees. While many nations have deployed prison ships over time, the practice was most widespread in 18th- and 19th-century Britain, as the government sought to address the issues of overcrowded civilian jails on land and an influx of enemy detainees from the War of Jenkins' Ear, the Seven Years' War and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. History The terminology "hulk" comes from the Royal Navy meaning a ship incapable of full service either through damage or from initial non-completion. In England in 1776, during the reign of King George III, due to a shortage of prison space in London, the concept of "prison hulks" moored in the Thames, was introduced to meet the need for prison space. The first such ship came into use on 15 July 1776 under command o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maritime Incidents In January 1862
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1818 Ships
Events January–March * January 1 ** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Empire. ** Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' is published anonymously in London. * January 2 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded. * January 3 (21:52 UTC) – Venus occults Jupiter. It is the last occultation of one planet by another before November 22, 2065. * January 6 – The Treaty of Mandeswar brings an end to the Third Anglo-Maratha War, ending the dominance of Marathas, and enhancing the power of the British East India Company, which controls territory occupied by 180 million Indians. * January 11 – Percy Bysshe Shelley's ''Ozymandias'' is published pseudonymously in London. * January 12 – The Dandy horse (''Laufmaschine'' bicycle) is invented by Karl Drais in Mannheim. * February 3 – Jeremiah Chubb is granted a British patent for the Chubb detector lock. * February 5 – Upon his death, King Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
