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HMS Laura (1806)
HMS ''Laura'' was an of the Royal Navy, launched in 1806 at Bermuda. ''Laura'' served during the Napoleonic Wars before a French privateer captured her at the beginning of the War of 1812. She was briefly an American letter of marque before the British recaptured her in 1813. Despite having recaptured her, the British did not return ''Laura'' to service. Adonis-class schooners ''Laura'' was built at Bermuda of the pencil cedar . The ''Adonis''-class schooners were a little larger and much better armed than the ''Ballahoo''- and ''Cuckoo''-class schooners that they followed. The Admiralty's intent was to improve survivability of these dispatch boats. Service In March 1806 ''Laura'' was commissioned under Lieutenant Joseph R.R. Webb, for the Channel. In 1807 Lieutenant Robert Yetts took command and on 28 March he sailed ''Laura'' for the Leeward Islands. On 4 August 1807, ''Laura'' was in company with the schooner ''Ballahoo'', of four guns, when they encountered the Frenc ... [...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] |
Tobago
Tobago () is an List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, island and Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago, ward within the Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger island of Trinidad and about off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. It also lies to the southeast of Grenada. The official bird of Tobago is the cocrico. Etymology Tobago was named ''Belaforme'' by Christopher Columbus "because from a distance it seemed beautiful". The Spanish friar Antonio Vázquez de Espinosa wrote that the Kalina people, Kalina (mainland Caribs) called the island ''Urupina'' because of its resemblance to a big snail, while the Island Caribs, Kalinago (Island Caribs) called it ''Aloubaéra'', supposedly because it resembled the ''alloüebéra'', a giant snake which was supposed to live in a cave on the island of Dominica. The earliest known record of the use of the name ''Tabaco'' to refer to the island is a Spanish royal order is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1806 Ships
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Sailing 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] |
Fifth-rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower. Rating The rating system in the Royal Navy as originally devised had just four rates, but early in the reign of Charles I, the original fourth rate (derived from the "Small Ships" category under his father, James I) was divided into new classifications of fourth, fifth, and sixth rates. While a fourth-rate ship was defined as a ship of the line, fifth and the smaller sixth-rate ships were never included among ships-of-the-line. Nevertheless, during the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century, fifth rates often found themselves involved among the battle fleet in major actions. Structurally, these were two-deckers, with a complete battery on the lower deck, and fewer guns on the upper deck (below the forecastle and quarter decks, usually with no guns in the waist on this deck). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Whiting (1805)
HMS ''Whiting'' was a Royal Navy ''Ballahoo''-class schooner (a type of vessel often described as a Bermuda sloop) of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1805. She was a participant at the Battle of Basque Roads. A French privateer captured her at the beginning of the War of 1812, shortly after the Americans had captured and released her in the first naval incident of the war. Napoleonic Wars In 1805 ''Whiting'' was under the command of Lieutenant John Orkney at Halifax on her way to Portsmouth for completion, which took place between 26 April and 19 May 1806. Before that, however, at end-September she captured and sent into Bermuda an American vessel from Bordeaux carrying brandy and wine. ''Whiting'' was commissioned in June 1806 under Lieutenant George Roach for the North Sea. However, already on 18 June ''Whiting'', , and the hired armed cutter ''John Bull'' arrived at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock (village), New York, Hancock, New York, the river flows for along the borders of New York (state), New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, before emptying into Delaware Bay. It is the longest free-flowing river in the Eastern United States. The river has been recognized by the National Wildlife Federation as one of the country's Great Waters. The river's drainage basin, watershed drains an area of and provides drinking water for 17 million people. The river has two branches that rise in the Catskill Mountains of New York: the West Branch Delaware River, West Branch at Mount Jefferson (New York), Mount Jefferson in Jefferson, New York, Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York, Schoharie County, and the East Branch Delaware River, East Branch at Grand Gorge, New York, Grand Gorge, Delaware County, New York, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Grassin
Alexis Grassin (Nantes, 1 April 1776 — 24 June 1823) was a highly successful French privateer, who operated during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Career Born to Michel-Antoine Grassin, a naval surgeon, and Anne Denis, Alexis Grassin captained the privateer '' Général Ernouf'', a 14-gun brig with 115 men. In early 1806, Grassin captured ''Clio'' after an action of half an hour; ''Clio'' had escaped French naval cruisers shortly before she ran into ''Général Ernouf'' Between 1 July 1806 and 30 September 1807, he captured the merchantmen ''Elisabeth'', ''Tabago'', , ''Culmore'', ''Mermaid'', , and ''Argus'', for a total value of 663 000 francs. Furthermore, on 14 September 1807, he captured the schooner . He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour, in recognition of the deed. In September he made a brief cruise on the privateer ''Revanche'' before returning to ''Général Ernouf''. On 17 October 1807, Grassin captured the British slave ship , a brig of four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dame Ernouf (1807 Privateer)
''Dame Ernouf'' first appears under that name in 1807. Her origins are currently obscure. She served as a privateer first under that name, and then under the name ''Diligent''. As ''Diligent'' she not only capture several merchantmen but also two British Royal Navy vessels: a schooner and a brig. She continued to capture prizes until the end of 1813 and then disappears from online records. Origins By one source ''Dame Ernouf'' was the privateer brig ''Barbara'', of 185 tons (bm), that the French privateer ''General Ernouf'' had captured on 15 September 1807 and had taken into Guadeloupe. However, the vessel that ''General Ernouf'' captured was the British Royal Navy schooner , an ''Adonis'' class schooner of 110 tons (bm), that her captor took into Cayenne. She became the French privateer ''Pératy'', which the Royal Navy recaptured her in 1808. ''Dame Ernouf'' ''Dame Ernouf'' was commissioned in Guadeloupe in late 1807 under Alexis Grassin who had earlier captained ''Génà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the two inhabited Îles des Saintes—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat, north of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The region's capital city is Basse-Terre, located on the southern west coast of Basse-Terre Island; however, the most populous city is Les Abymes and the main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-à -Pitre, both located on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 384,239 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 971 Guadeloupe INSEE Like the other overseas departments, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Ballahoo (1804)
HMS ''Ballahoo'' (also ''Balahou'', ''Ballahou'' or ''Ballahon'') was the first of the Royal Navy's ''Ballahoo''-class schooners, vessels of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1804. She patrolled primarily in the Leeward Islands, taking several small prizes, before an American privateer captured her in 1814 during the War of 1812. Service She was commissioned in January 1804 under Lieutenant William Shephard. In September Lieutenant Eaton Stannard Travers took over. He was appointed to ''Ballahoo'' immediately after receiving his commission on 23 September 1804. When she was ordered to Halifax in February 1805 Admiral Sir John T. Duckworth transferred him to the frigate . Command then transferred to Lieutenant H.N. Bowen, who was killed in 1806. Lieutenant James Murray replaced Bowen. On 27 February 1807 the sloop and the schooner captured the brig ''Altrevido'', Nichola Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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