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HMS Arrogant
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Arrogant'', or HMS ''Arrogante'', whilst another was planned: * was a 60-gun third rate captured from the French in 1705. She was carrying naval stores between Gibraltar and Port Mahon when she foundered in 1709; there were no survivors.Hepper (1994), p.28. * was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1761. She was used as a receiving ship, sheer hulk, and floating battery at Bombay from 1804, and was broken up in 1810. * HMS ''Arrogante'' was the French gun-brig ''Brave'' of six 24-pounder guns, launched in 1793 and renamed ''Arrogante'' in May 1795, that captured from the French in 1798. She was renamed HMS ''Insolent'' later in 1798 and was sold in 1818. * was previously the civilian ship, ''Ardaseer''. Admiral Drury purchased her in 1810 for use as a warship but instead used as a hospital hulk.Parkinson (1954), p.356. She was sold in 1842. * was a wood screw frigate launched in 1848 and sold in 1867. * was an second class crui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority globally. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability (speed, handling), firepower, and cost. So, while first-rates and second-rates were both larger and more powerful, third-rate ships were the optimal configuration. Rating When the rating system was first established in the 1620s, the third rate was defined as those ships having at least 200 but not more than 300 men; previous to this, the type had been classified as "middling ships". By the 1660s, the means of classification had shifted from the number of men to the number of carriage-mounted guns, and third rates at that time mounted between 48 and 60 guns. By the turn of the century, the criterion boundaries had increased and third rate carried more than 60 guns, with seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Brig Brave (1793)
''Brave'', launched at Le Havre in 1793, was the name vessel of a two-vessel class of brig-rigged ''canonnières'', i.e., gun-brigs. The French Navy renamed her ''Arrogante'' in May 1795. The Royal Navy captured her on 23 or 24 April 1798. The British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS ''Arrogante'', but renamed her HMS ''Insolent'' some four months later. She was sold in June 1818. French career As the ''corvette-canonnière'' ''Brave'', she was stationed at the Bay of Audierne. Between 4 February 1793 and 7 August she was under the command of ''sous-lieutenant de vaisseau'' (later ''lieutenant de vaisseau'') Massard and escorted convoys between Le Havre and Brest.''Fonds Marine'', p. 56. From 27 August to 25 October she was under the command of ''enseigne de vaisseau non entretenu'' Bourhis. Between 11 April 1794 and 28 July she was stationed first at Verdon and then at the Gironde estuary. There she carried dispatches from Brest to Verdon. Still under Bourhis's command, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William O'Bryen Drury
Vice-Admiral William O'Bryen Drury (1754 – 6 March 1811) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. He was born in County Cork, Ireland to Edward Drury (1722–1785) and Ann Drury née Maule. His nephew was homeopathic pioneer Dr. Edward Cronin. Naval career Drury served as commander of the ship of the line during the French Revolutionary Wars, during which he was heavily engaged at the Battle of Camperdown, at which a Dutch fleet was destroyed in 1797. Drury was promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Blue in April 1804, and appointed as second-in-command of the Irish station on 17 December. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral of the White in November 1805, and Rear-Admiral of the Red in April 1808. In July 1810 he was finally promoted to Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Drury was appointed as commander of the East Indies Station in September 1807, after his predecessor Sir Thomas Troubridge had been lost at sea sailing from India to the Cape of Good Hop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuverability, intended to be used in scouting, escort and patrol roles. The term was applied loosely to ships varying greatly in design. In the second quarter of the 18th century, the 'true frigate' was developed in France. This type of vessel was characterised by possessing only one armed deck, with an unarmed deck below it used for berthing the crew. Late in the 19th century (British and French prototypes were constructed in 1858), armoured frigates were developed as powerful ironclad warships, the term frigate was used because of their single gun deck. Later developments in ironclad ships rendered the frigate designation obsolete and the term fell out of favour. During the Second World War the name 'frigate' was reintroduced to des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruiser
A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can usually perform several roles. The term "cruiser", which has been in use for several hundred years, has changed its meaning over time. During the Age of Sail, the term ''cruising'' referred to certain kinds of missions—independent scouting, commerce protection, or raiding—fulfilled by frigates or sloops-of-war, which functioned as the ''cruising warships'' of a fleet. In the middle of the 19th century, ''cruiser'' came to be a classification of the ships intended for cruising distant waters, for commerce raiding, and for scouting for the battle fleet. Cruisers came in a wide variety of sizes, from the medium-sized protected cruiser to large armored cruisers that were nearly as big (although not as powerful or as well-armored) as a pre-dreadnought battleship. With the advent of the dreadnought battleship before World W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
