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HMS Cornflower
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Cornflower'' : * , an sloop A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ... launched in 1916 and broken up in 1940 * HMS ''Cornflower'' (1940), a river steamer launched in 1927, originally SS ''Tai Hing'', lost in 1941 * , was an laid down as HMCS ''Hespeler'' but renamed ''Lysander'' on transfer to the Royal Navy in 1943. She was renamed ''Cornflower'' in 1950 and broken up in 1957 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornflower, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...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] |
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' encompassed all the unrated combat vessels, including the very small gun-brigs and cutters. In technical terms, even the more specialised bomb vessels and fireships were classed as sloops-of-war, and in practice these were employed in the sloop role when not carrying out their specialised functions. In World War I and World War II, the Royal Navy reused the term "sloop" for specialised convoy-defence vessels, including the of World War I and the highly successful of World War II, with anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capability. They performed similar duties to the American destroyer escort class ships, and also performed similar duties to the smaller corvettes of the Royal Navy. Rigging A sloop-of-war was quite different from a civilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Tai Hing
SS ''Tai Hing'' () was a river steamer built in 1927. In 1940, she was given to the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (HKRNVR) and replaced as the headquarters of the unit. She was renamed HMS ''Cornflower'' () after its predecessor. To avoid confusion, the ship was sometimes referred to as HMS ''Cornflower II''. History She was built by Kwong Tak Cheong Shipbuilding Engineering and Dock Co. Ltd. () of Hong Kong in 1927. She was operated by Kwong Wo S.S. Co. () departed on her maiden voyage for Wuzhou on 13 March 1927, and transferred to San Wo Co. Ltd. () in around 1930. ''Tai Hing'' continued to ferry passengers between Hong Kong and China. By 1940, the ship was acquired by Sir Robert Ho Tung, and the ferry route was disrupted by the Second Sino-Japanese War. Second World War In March 1940, ''Tai Hing'' was turned over to the HKRNVR by Sir Ho Tung, where she would be loaned to for the duration of the war and three months thereafter. She began to receive refitting as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
