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HMS Espoir (1860)
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Espoir'', after the French word for "hope": * The first HMS ''Espoir'' was a sloop sold on 23 March 1784, origin unknown. * was a French brig-sloop of fourteen 6-pounder guns that captured in the Mediterranean. She was sold in September 1804. * was a launched on 22 September and broken up in April 1821. * was launched on 9 May, and sold in 1857. * was a launched 6 January, and armed with one 68-pounder and four 24-pounder howitzers. In 1869 she was converted to a dredger with the designation YC19. She was broken up in Bermuda in June 1881. * was a launched on 2 November and armed with two 64-pounder guns and two 20-pounder smoothbores. She was converted to a tug in 1895 and on the sale list in 1903. * The last HMS ''Espoir'' was laid down for the Royal Navy on 23 October 1942 in Seattle as HMS ''Espoir'' (BAM-23), a ''Catherine''-class minesweeper. However she was retained by the United States Navy as . Se ... [...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] |
Auk-class Minesweeper
The ''Auk'' class were a class of minesweepers serving with the United States Navy and the Royal Navy during the Second World War. In total, there were 93 ''Auk''s built. Design and development Prior to the United States entering World War II, they had produced two ships of the for testing and evaluation. From these two examples it was decided that the use of Diesel-electric engines to power the ship and the minesweeping equipment, rather than separate geared diesel engines to propel the ship and diesel generators to energize the minesweeping equipment, would work better. The Royal Navy placed an order for 32 of these minesweepers from the United States, ''BAM-1''-''BAM-32''. Because of the additional equipment, the displacement was raised from on the ''Raven''s, to on what would come to be known as the ''Auk'' -class in the USN, and the ''Catherine''-class in the RN. The ''Auk'' class displaced 890 long tons, with a length of , a beam of , and a draft of . They had a maximu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
