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HMS Renard
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Renard'', or HMS ''Reynard'', after the French for fox, and the anthropomorphic figure of Reynard Reynard the Fox is a literary cycle of medieval allegorical Dutch, English, French and German fables. The first extant versions of the cycle date from the second half of the 12th century. The genre was popular throughout the Late Middle Ages, as ...: * was an 18-gun sloop that captured from the French in July 1781. She became a hospital ship in Antigua in 1781–82, and was broken up in 1784.Demerliac (1996), p.194, #1941. * was an 18-gun sloop, previously a French privateer. The British captured her in 1797 and sold her in 1809. * was a French naval 12-gun schooner that captured in 1803; The Admiralty later renamed her HMS ''Crafty''. The Spanish captured ''Crafty'' in 1807. * was a 10-gun launched in 1808 and sold for breaking up in 1818. * was a 10-gun ''Cherokee''-class brig-sloop launched in 1821. She was renamed HMS ''R ... [...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] |
