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HMS Eclair (1793)
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Eclair'': * The first ''Eclair'' was a French "barque latine", launched on 5 July 1771, re-classed as a corvette in 1783. Between 22 June and 24 September 1792 she sailed to Malta, Tunis, and the ﾃ四es d'Hyﾃｨres while under the command of ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Basterot de La Barriﾃｨre. She was under the command of ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Roubaud when and captured her on 16 June 1793, south of Marseilles. The Royal Navy took her into service as a 22-gun post-ship. She became a powder hulk in April 1797 and was sold in 1806. * The second was a 3-gun gunvessel captured from the French in 1795. She was converted to a schooner before sailing to the West Indies in 1796. She was renamed ''Safety'' in 1802 and hulked. ''Safety'' was listed as a guardship in the West Indies in 1808 and as prison ship in 1810. She then reappeared as a receiving hulk at Tortola in 1841. She was finally broken up in 1879. * The third was a 10-gun ... [...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] |
ﾃ四es D'Hyﾃｨres
The ﾃ四es d'Hyﾃｨres (), also known as ﾃ四es d'Or (), are a group of four Mediterranean islands off Hyﾃｨres in the Var department of Southeastern France. Islands With a combined area of , the ﾃ四es d'Hyﾃｨres consist of *Porquerolles – , an extension of the Giens peninsula *Port-Cros – , the most mountainous, part of Port-Cros National Park, noted for rare flora and as a bird refuge *ﾃ四e du Bagaud – , part of the same national park, and without permitted access *ﾃ四e du Levant ﾃ四e du Levant (), sometimes referred to as Le Levant, is a French island in the Mediterranean off the coast of the Riviera, near Toulon. It is one of the four that constitute the ﾃ四es d'Hyﾃｨres. Part of the island is occupied by the naturi ... – , mostly for military use, partly a long-established naturist community centered on the privately owned village of Hﾃｩliopolis File:Cote sud de Porquerolles.JPG, Porquerolles File:2011-07-09. Port Cros. (7).jpg, Port-Cros File: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post-ship
Post ship was a designation used in the Royal Navy during the second half of the 18th century and the Napoleonic Wars to describe a ship of the sixth rate (see rating system of the Royal Navy) that was smaller than a frigate (in practice, carrying fewer than 28 guns), but by virtue of being a rated ship (with at least 20 guns), had to have as its captain a post captain rather than a lieutenant or commander. Thus ships with 20 to 26 guns were post ships, though this situation changed after 1817. (See 窶1817 changes窶 in rating system of the Royal Navy.) Sea officers often referred to the post ships as frigates though technically the Admiralty scrupulously never described them as such. The vessels were frigate-built, with traditional quarterdecks and forecastles (the defining characteristic of post ships, distinguishing them from 20-gun ship-sloops), but, unlike true frigates, they lacked an orlop platform amidships. They had a high centre of gravity, which made them slow and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunvessel
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies. History Pre-steam era In the age of sail, a gunboat was usually a small undecked vessel carrying a single smoothbore cannon in the bow, or just two or three such cannons. A gunboat could carry one or two masts or be oar-powered only, but the single-masted version of about length was most typical. Some types of gunboats carried two cannons, or else mounted a number of swivel guns on the railings. The small gunboat had advantages: if it only carried a single cannon, the boat could manoeuvre in shallow or restricted areas 窶 such as rivers or lakes 窶 where larger ships could sail only with difficulty. The gun that such boats carried could be quite heavy; a 32-pounder for instance. As such boats were cheap and quick to build, naval forces favoured swarm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schooner
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schooner also has a square topsail on the foremast, to which may be added a topgallant. Differing definitions leave uncertain whether the addition of a fore course would make such a vessel a brigantine. Many schooners are gaff-rigged, but other examples include Bermuda rig and the staysail schooner. The origins of schooner rigged vessels is obscure, but there is good evidence of them from the early 17th century in paintings by Dutch marine artists. The name "schooner" first appeared in eastern North America in the early 1700s. The name may be related to a Scots word meaning to skip over water, or to skip stones. The schooner rig was used in vessels with a wide range of purposes. On a fast hull, good ability to windward was useful for priv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basse-Terre
Basse-Terre (, ; ; gcf, label=Guadeloupean Creole, Bastﾃｨ, ) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the ''prefecture'' (capital city) of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe. Although it is the administrative capital, Basse-Terre is only the second largest city in Guadeloupe behind Pointe-ﾃ-Pitre. Together with its urban area it had 44,864 inhabitants in 2012 (11,534 of whom lived in the city of Basse-Terre proper). Geography Basse-Terre is located in the south-western corner of the Basse-Terre portion of the island of Guadeloupe which is itself located some 100 km north of Dominica and some 450 km south-east of Puerto Rico. The commune is at the foot of the Soufriﾃｨre volcano and is connected to the rest of the island by three main roads: *The which exits the commune in the south on the coast and continues inland to Gourbeyre then all the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grande-Anse, Les Saintes
Grande-Anse is a ''quartier'' of Terre-de-Haut Island, located in ﾃ四es des Saintes archipelago in the Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraﾃｯbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraﾃｯben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se .... It is located in the eastern part of the island. The cemetery and the airport's terminal of Terre-de-Haut Island are located on this village. It is also the largest beach of the island. The fire department station is inside the airport area. Lot of rental cottage are present in Grande-Anse. To See *"Grande Anse" beach: A long gold sand beaches, agitated because of its location exposed to the Trade wind. It is frequented by surfers. *The cemetery: It a catholic cemetery with white graves and black crucifix. Conch shells decorate some of the graves. Notes Populated places in ﾃ四es des Saintes Quartiers of ﾃ四es des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
