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HMS Swift (1804)
HMS ''Swift'' was the whaler ''Pacific'' launched in 1802 that the British Royal Navy purchased in 1804 on her return from the Galápagos Islands. She served briefly in the Caribbean where she was involved in one notable capture of a Spanish ''garda-costa''. She then served in the North Sea. The Navy laid her up July 1807, but then returned her to duty in 1810 as a storeship. The Navy sold her in 1814. She then resumed the name ''Pacific'' and returned to mercantile service. She was wrecked in 1828 but remained listed in 1833. ''Pacific'' ''Pacific'' entered '' Lloyd's Register'' in the issue for 1802 with T. Hooper, master, P. Mellish, owner, and trade London–Southern Fisheries. The whaler ''Pacific'', Thomas Hopper, master, and Peter & William Mellish, owners made a voyage to the coast of Peru in 1802. She was reported to have been at the Galapagos on 23 March 1803. On 30 January 1804 she encountered ''Spy'', Welham Clarke, master, at . Clarke noted in his log that '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe () is a district of south-east London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is on a peninsula on the south bank of the Thames, facing Wapping, Shadwell and Limehouse on the north bank, as well as the Isle of Dogs to the east of the Thames and is a part of the London Docklands, Docklands area. It borders Bermondsey to the west and Deptford to the south east. Rotherhithe has a long history as a port, with Elizabethan era, Elizabethan shipyards and working docks until the 1970s. In the 1980s, the area along the river was redeveloped as housing through a mix of warehouse conversions and new-build developments. Following the arrival of the Jubilee line in 1999 (giving quick connections to the West End of London, West End and to Canary Wharf) and the London Overground in 2010 (providing a quick route to the City of London), the rest of Rotherhithe is now a gentrification, gentrifying residential and commuter area, with urban regeneration progressing arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
