HMS Benbow (1813)
HMS ''Benbow'' was a 74-gun third rate 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 colu ... of the Royal Navy, built by Brent of Rotherhithe and launched on 3 February 1813. In 1840 ''Benbow'' saw action in the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841)#Bombardment of Acre, bombardment of the city of Acre under the command of Robert Stopford (Royal Navy officer), Admiral Robert Stopford. At the height of the battle either ''Benbow'' or the naval steamer fired the shell that destroyed Acre's powder magazine, causing an explosion that greatly weakened the city's defences.Kahanov 2014, p.152. ''Benbow'' was used for harbour service from February 1848 until August 1859, when she was converted to be used as a coal hulk. In 1892, after 79 years of service, she was sold ou ...
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United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in the British Isles that existed between 1801 and 1922, when it included all of Ireland. It was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into a unified state. The establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 led to the remainder later being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927. The United Kingdom, having financed the European coalition that defeated France during the Napoleonic Wars, developed a large Royal Navy that enabled the British Empire to become the foremost world power for the next century. For nearly a century from the final defeat of Napoleon following the Battle of Waterloo to the outbreak of World War I, Britain was almost continuously at peace with Great Powers. The most notable exception was the Crimean War with the Russian Empire, in which actual hostilities were relatively limited. How ...
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