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HMS Cambridge (1666), HMS ''Cambridge''
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Cambridge'', after the English town of Cambridge or after one of the Dukes of Cambridge: * was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1666 and wrecked in 1694. * was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1715 and broken up in 1750. * was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1755. She was on harbour service from 1793 and was broken up in 1808. * was an 80-gun second rate launched in 1815. She became a gunnery training ship in 1856 and was broken up in 1869. * was a 116-gun first rate launched in 1858 as . She was renamed HMS ''Cambridge'' in 1869 when she replaced HMS Cambridge (1815), the 1815 vessel as gunnery ship off Plymouth. She was sold in 1908. * , commissioned as a shore establishment between 1956 and 2001 (formerly named HM Gunnery School, HMNB Devonport, Devonport, then Cambridge Gunnery School at Wembury). See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shore Establishment
A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land. "Stone frigate" is an informal term that has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a 'sloop of war' to harass the First French Empire, French in 1803–04. The Royal Navy was prohibited from ruling over land, so the land was commissioned as a ship. The command of this first stone frigate was given to Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet, Commodore Hood's first lieutenant, James Wilkes Maurice, who, with cannon taken off the Commodore's ship, manned it with a crew of 120 until its capture by the French in the Battle of Diamond Rock in 1805. Until the late 19th century, the Royal Navy housed training and other support facilities in Hulk (ship type), hulks—old wooden ships of the line—moored in ports as receiving ships, depot ships, or floating barracks. The British Admiralty, Admiralty regarded shore accommodation as expensive and liable to lead to indiscipline. These floating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |