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HMS Redbreast
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Redbreast'', after the European robin. * , a 12-gun brig launched in 1805 and converted to a customs hulk in 1815, and later a hospital ship, scrapped in 1850. * , a mortar vessel launched in 1855, renamed ''MV-19'' a few months later, and broken up in 1865. * , an screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864. * , a launched in 1889 and scrapped in 1910. * , a requisitioned passenger/cargo ship, formerly SS ''Redbreast'' used as a messenger ship, fleet auxiliary and Q-ship during World War I, and torpedoed in July 1917. The name may also refer to HMC ''Redbreast'', a customs and excise cutter launched at Woolwich in 1817 and sold in 1850. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Redbreast, 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] |
European Robin
The European robin (''Erithacus rubecula''), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in Great Britain & Ireland, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that belongs to the chat subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family. About in length, the male and female are similar in colouration, with an orange breast and face lined with grey, brown upper-parts and a whitish belly. It is found across Europe, east to Western Siberia and south to North Africa; it is sedentary in most of its range except the far north. The term ''robin'' is also applied to some birds in other families with red or orange breasts. These include the American robin (''Turdus migratorius''), a thrush, and the Australasian robins of the family Petroicidae, the relationships of which are unclear. Taxonomy, etymology and systematics The European robin was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under the binomial name ''Motacilla rubecula''. Its specific epith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
