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HMS Dauntless (1804)
The first HMS ''Dauntless'' was a sixth-rate Combatant class sloop, ''Combatant''-class sloop-of-war, sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1804 and the French captured her in 1807 at Danzig. The French Navy took her into service as ''Sans Peur'', but her subsequent fate is unknown. Design She was built in Kingston upon Hull, Hull at the William Gibson Shipyard,Jackson, Hull in the Eighteenth Century, P.427 Appendix 35; 'Ships Built in Hull for the Royal Navy, 1690-1810'. as one of a class of three (the others being HMS Combatant (1804), ''Combatant'' and HMS Valorous (1804), ''Valorous'') and launched in 1804. Designed by John Staniforth Member of Parliament, MP, they were flush-decked, shallow draught and (for their dimensions) heavily armed. Rated as a sloop-of-war, sloop, she had a design based on the Danish ''Praam'' (English ''Pram (ship), Pram''), allowing the combination of heavy armament with a draught of only 11 feet. Her design may well have been influenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Zix
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right")blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thirteenth child and twelfth and youngest son) in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was also the progenitor of the Israelites, Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. Unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph (Genesis), Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan according to biblical narrative. In the Samaritan Pentateuch, Benjamin's name appears as "Binyamēm" (Samaritan Hebrew: , "son of days"). In the Quran, Benjamin is referred to as a righteous young child, who remained with Jacob when the older brothers plotted against Joseph. Later rabbinic traditions name him as one of four ancient Israelites who died without sin, the other three being Chileab, Jesse (biblical figure), Jesse and Amram. Name The name is first mentioned in letters from King Sîn-kāšid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
