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HMS Regent
Three vessels bearing the name ''Regent'' or HMS ''Regent'' have served England or the Royal Navy: * '' Grace Dieu'' (or ''Grace à Dieu''), was a 600 or 1000 tons ( bm) vessel launched at Chatham in 1488. She was renamed ''Regent'' the next year. In 1512, she was the flagship of English admiral Sir Thomas Knyvett. On 10 August 1512, she was destroyed during the Battle of St. Mathieu when Hervé de Portzmoguer Hervé de Portzmoguer (c1470–1512), known as "Primauguet", was a Breton people, Breton naval commander, renowned for his raids on the English and his death in the Battle of St. Mathieu. Raids Portzmoguer participated in armed convoys, protecting ..., captain of ''Cordelière'', sacrificed his vessel to sink ''Regent''. The English were boarding ''Cordelière'' when her powder magazine blew up (some say it was deliberately ignited). Knyvett and Hervé both perished, along with more than 1,700 men, both French and English. * HMS ''Regent'' was a French 16 to 18-gun brig o ... [...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] |
Grace Dieu (1488 Ship) '', a Tudor-era warship
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Grace Dieu can refer to: * ''Grace Dieu'' (ship), an English fifteenth century ship *Grace Dieu Abbey, Augustinian abbey, County Dublin *Grace Dieu Abbey, Monmouth in Monmouthshire, Wales *Grace-Dieu, Leicestershire place **Grace Dieu Priory, Augustinian abbey at Grace Dieu, Leicestershire **Grace Dieu Manor School, a former preparatory school in Leicestershire **Grace Dieu Manor, nineteenth century Grade II* country house *''Grâce à Dieu'', also known as '' By the Grace of God'', a 2019 French film by François Ozon See also *''Henry Grace à Dieu ''Henry Grace à Dieu'' ("Henry, Thanks be to God"), also known as ''Great Harry'', was an English carrack or "great ship" of the King's Fleet in the 16th century, and in her day the largest warship in the world. Contemporary with ''Mary Rose'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Builder's Old Measurement
Builder's Old Measurement (BOM, bm, OM, and o.m.) is the method used in England from approximately 1650 to 1849 for calculating the cargo capacity of a ship. It is a volumetric measurement of cubic capacity. It estimated the tonnage of a ship based on length and maximum beam (nautical), beam. It is expressed in "tons burden" ( en-em , burthen , enm , byrthen ), and abbreviated "tons bm". The formula is: : \text = \frac where: * ''Length'' is the length, in foot (length), feet, from the stem (ship), stem to the sternpost; * ''Beam (nautical), Beam'' is the maximum beam, in feet. The Builder's Old Measurement formula remained in effect until the advent of steam propulsion. Steamships required a different method of estimating tonnage, because the ratio of length to beam was larger and a significant volume of internal space was used for boilers and machinery. In 1849, the Moorsom System was created in the United Kingdom. The Moorsom system calculates the cargo-carrying capaci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Knyvett
Sir Thomas Knyvett (also Knevitt or Knivet or Knevet), of Buckenham, Norfolk (c. 1485 – 10 August 1512) was a young English nobleman who was a close associate of King Henry VIII shortly after that monarch came to the throne. According to Hall's ''Chronicle'', Knyvett was a frequent participant in the jousts and pageants of the new king's glittering court and was made Henry's Master of the Horse in 1510. Family Sir Thomas Knyvett was the son of Sir Edmund Knyvett (d.1504Sir Edmund Knyvett married Eleanor Tyrrell (died 1514), the daughter of Sir William Tyrrell of Gipping, Suffolk, and sister of Sir James Tyrrell. They had six sons and three daughters, including Edmund Knyvett (died 1 May 1539), esquire, who married Joan Bourchier, the only surviving child of John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners. Sir Edmund Knyvett was drowned at sea in 1504; .) of Buckenham by his wife Eleanor Tyrrell, the daughter of Sir William Tyrrell of Gipping, Suffolk by Margaret, daughter of Robert Darc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of St
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and Battle of Stalingrad, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervé De Portzmoguer
Hervé de Portzmoguer (c1470–1512), known as "Primauguet", was a Breton people, Breton naval commander, renowned for his raids on the English and his death in the Battle of St. Mathieu. Raids Portzmoguer participated in armed convoys, protecting merchant ships from pirates and enemy warships at a time when France was often in conflict with England. He also looted foreign ships. In 1506 he was convicted of looting a Scottish ship. From Morlaix he harassed English ships, which earned complaints from the Ambassador of England who wrote to the King of France that "more than thirty vessels" had been captured and looted by Portzmoguer. In retaliation, the troops of Edward Howard (admiral), Admiral Edward Howard looted and burned Portzmoguer's mansion in the spring of 1512. His motto is said to have been «War vor ha war zouar» (Breton language, Breton for "On sea and on land"). Death On 10 August 1512 he went down with his ship ''Marie de la Cordelière'' in the Battle of St. Mathie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Brig Sphinx (1813)
''Sphinx '' (or ''Sphynx''), was a French ''Sylphe''-class brig launched at Genoa in 1813. She was handed over to naval suppliers at Genoa on 17 April 1814 when nearly completed as part-payment for debts. The next day the British occupied Genoa. ''Sphinx'' appears to have become the Royal Navy brig ''Regent'', and then a Customs and Excise cruizer. ''Regent'' was sold in 1824, and then appeared as the Colombian government vessel ''Victoria'', which is no longer traceable in online resources after 1828. Design A draught signed by Mathurin Boucher at Genoa on 20 January 1813 is for a brig with sixteen 24-pounder and two 8-pounder guns. Unfortunately, the draught does not provide dimensions. Sané signed the draught on 5 February 1813 and Decrès later approved it. This draught may have been used for ''Sphinx'', but any differences from Sané's standard design for the ''Sylphe''-class were probably minor. Capture Admiral Edward Pellew Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
