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HMS Antelope (1802)
HMS Antelope was a ship of the line in the Royal Navy launched in 1802 during the Napoleonic Wars. Service history She was designed by Sir John Henslow and built by Nicholas Diddams at Sheerness Dockyard. Her keel was laid in June 1790, but she took many years to complete, and was not launched until 10 November 1802. She had a nominal 50 guns and a huge crew of 350 men. Her first commander was Captain John Melhuish. Her first action was the blockade of Ostend in 1803. In May 1804 she was the lead ship in a unsuccessful four-day attack on the French fleet under Ver Huell. On 8 December 1804, she made an unsuccessful attack on Fort Rouge, protecting Calais harbour. In June 1805, she sailed for the East Indies and on her return in 1807 spent some time at the Cape of Good Hope. She spent most of 1808 in the Mediterranean and in June 1809 sailed over the Atlantic to serve off the Newfoundland coast, staying there until the very end of 1810 when she then escorted a trans-Atlantic con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Of The Line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two columns of opposing warships maneuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides. In conflicts where opposing ships were both able to fire from their broadsides, the opponent with more cannons firingand therefore more firepowertypically had an advantage. Since these engagements were almost invariably won by the heaviest ships carrying more of the most powerful guns, the natural progression was to build sailing vessels that were the largest and most powerful of their time. From the end of the 1840s, the introduction of steam power brought less dependence on the wind in battle and led to the construction of screw-driven wooden-hulled ships of the line; a number of purely sail-powered ships were converted to this propulsion mech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scheldt
The Scheldt (french: Escaut ; nl, Schelde ) is a river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of Netherlands, the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea. Its name is derived from an adjective corresponding to Old English ' ("shallow"), English language, Modern English ''shoal'', Low German ''schol'', West Frisian language, West Frisian ''skol'', and Swedish language, Swedish (obsolete) ''skäll'' ("thin"). Course The headwaters of the Scheldt are in Gouy, Aisne, Gouy, in the Aisne department of northern France. It flows north through Cambrai and Valenciennes, and enters Belgium near Tournai. Ghent developed at the confluence of the Lys (river), Lys, one of its main tributaries, and the Scheldt, which then turns east. Near Antwerp, the largest city on its banks, the Scheldt flows west into the Netherlands toward the North Sea. Originally there were two branches from that point: the Oosterschelde (Eastern Scheldt); and the Westersc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrington Dacres
Barrington Dacres (died 25 October 1806) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the French Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He eventually rose to the rank of Post-Captain. He did not see action in many significant engagements, and is chiefly remembered for the accidental loss of his ship to the French, and for the unsuccessful chase of two French ships in the English Channel. He did command a number of ship of the line, ships of the line under several of the leading naval commanders of his time. His early death, however, prevented him from achieving the same seniority and degree of fame as his relatives did. Family and early life Barrington was born the eldest son of Captain, later Vice-Admiral, James Richard Dacres (1749–1810), James Richard Dacres, and his wife Eleanor Blandford Pearce. The Dacres would eventually become a substantial naval dynasty. Barrington's brother James Richard Dacres (1788–1853), James Richard Dacres becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bazely
Henry Casson Barnes Bazely (1842–1883) was a non-conformist minister of the Church of Scotland operating in Oxford and London. Life He was born on 8 September 1842 the only son of Rev Thomas Tyssen Bazely, rector of All Saints Church in Poplar, London, and his wife Julia Shipdem. His paternal grandfather was Admiral John Bazely. On his father's retiral (sometime before 1861) the family moved to 1 James Villas, Poonah Place, Tunbridge Wells. Henry was educated at Radley College under Dr Sewell then obtained a place at Oxford University where he graduated BA in 1865 and BCL in 1868. While at Brasenose College in Oxford he befriended Rev David Johnston of Unst. They travelled together to Scotland where Johnston explained the Scottish system of worship. This friendship caused him to leave the Church of England and join the Church of Scotland in 1868.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; vol. 7; by Hew Scott In 1869 he was licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland by the Presbytery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
