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Israel Pownoll
Israel Pownoll (c.1710–1779) was an English shipbuilder for the Royal Navy. History In 1741, he was Foreman and Master Mastmaker of Deptford Dockyard. In March 1743 he was appointed Master Caulker. In 1752 he moved to Portsmouth Dockyard as Assistant Shipwright but was only briefly there before moving to the same role at Chatham Dockyard. In May 1755 he became Master Shipwright at Sheerness and in December 1755 moved to Woolwich Dockyard and from then the Navy lists his works. In May 1772 he took over Plymouth Dockyard and in February 1775 became Master of the Navy's main yard at Chatham Dockyard. He died at Chatham in April 1779. His will was read on 8 May and is now held at the National Archive at Kew. Ships built *HMS Plymouth (1755) 8-gun yacht launched at Plymouth Dockyard *HMS Coventry (1757) launched at Chatham * HMS Princess Amelia (1757) 80-gun ship of the line launched at Woolwich *HMS Boreas (1757) 28-gun frigate launched at Woolwich *HMS Rippon (1758) 60-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] |
HMS Defence (1763)
HMS ''Defence'' was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 31 March 1763 at Plymouth Dockyard. She was one of the most famous ships of the period, taking part in several of the most important naval battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. In 1811 she was wrecked off the coast of Jutland with the loss of almost her entire crew. Career During the American War of Independence, ''Defence'' served with the Channel Fleet, seeing action at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780. She was sent out to India in early 1782 as part of a squadron of five ships under Commodore Sir Richard Bickerton, arriving too late for the battles of that year. But in 1783 she took part in the last battle of the war, at Cuddalore. She returned to England at the end of 1785. She was then laid up during the years of peace until the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. Recommissioned into the Channel Fleet under Captain James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1779 Deaths
Events January–March * January 11 – British troops surrender to the Marathas in Wadgaon, India, and are forced to return all territories acquired since 1773. * January 11 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur. * January 22 – American Revolutionary War – Claudius Smith is hanged at Goshen, Orange County, New York for supposed acts of terrorism upon the people of the surrounding communities. * January 29 – After a second petition for partition from its residents, the North Carolina General Assembly abolishes Bute County, North Carolina (established 1764) by dividing it and naming the northern portion Warren County (for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren), the southern portion Franklin County (for Benjamin Franklin). The General Assembly also establishes Warrenton (also named for Joseph Warren) to be the seat of Warren County, and Louisburg (named for Louis XVI of France) to be the seat of Franklin County. * Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philemon Pownoll
Philemon Pownoll (c. 1734 – 15 June 1780) of Sharpham in the parish of Ashprington in Devon, England, was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of post-captain. Pownoll was born the son of a leading shipwright, and entered the navy in the last year of the War of the Austrian Succession. After several years service he rose through the ranks to his own command in time for the outbreak of the Seven Years' War. Commanding a sloop he took part in the capture of one of the most valuable prizes taken in the entire conflict, and became immensely wealthy overnight from his success. He married and settled on his estate, but despite his riches, chose to return to active service on the outbreak of the American War of Independence. During his time as a frigate captain he acted as a mentor to future star captains Edward Pellew and John Borlase Warren. His service i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Nymph (1778)
HMS ''Nymph'' was a 14-gun ''Swan''-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched at Chatham Dockyard on 27 May 1778. She was accidentally burnt and sank in the British Virgin Islands in 1783. Construction and commissioning ''Nymph'' was ordered from Chatham Dockyard on 8 January 1777 and laid down there in April that year under master shipwright Israel Pownoll. She was launched on 27 May 1778 and completed by 27 July 1778. She cost a total of £8,640.13.4d to build, including money spent on fitting and coppering her. She was later fitted to carry 16 6 pounder guns by Admiralty orders of 1779 and 1780. Career ''Nymph'' was commissioned in May 1778 under Commander William Denne, and served in the English Channel. She came under Commander John Blankett in January 1779 and sailed for the East Indies on 8 March that year to join Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes' East India fleet. Her role was to protect English interests and island inhabitants from Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Stirling Castle (1775)
HMS ''Stirling Castle'' was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 28 June 1775 at Chatham Dockyard, Chatham. She was wrecked on 5 October 1780 on the Silver Keys, off Cap François, off the coast of Captaincy General of Cuba, Cuba with the loss of most of her crew. As the Massachusetts ship HMS Mentor (1781), ''Aurora'' was sailing from Boston to Port-au-Prince she came upon the wreckage of ''Stirling Castle'' and was able to save a midshipman and four seamen.Hepper (1994), p.59. Citations References *Hepper, David J. (1994) ''British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859''. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). * Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Worcester-class ships of the line 1775 ships Shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea Maritime incidents in 1780 {{UK-line-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Camilla (1775)
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Camilla'': * was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1776, used for harbour service from 1814 and sold in 1831. * was a 16-gun sloop A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ... launched in 1847. She was lost in a typhoon in 1860. {{DEFAULTSORT:Camilla, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Nonsuch (1774)
HMS ''Nonsuch'' was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 17 December 1774 at Plymouth. She was broken up in 1802. Career ''Nonsuch'' was commissioned in August 1775 as a guardship at Plymouth. She was fitted for the role in December 1776, but sailed for North America on 23 March 1777. American War of Independence On 25 May 1778 ''Nonsuch''s boats captured the galley of the Rhode Island Navy at Fall River, Massachusetts during the Mount Hope Bay raids. ''Nonsuch'' participated in the battle of St. Lucia on 15 December 1778. On 7 July 1780 ''Nonsuch'', under the command of James Wallace (Royal Navy officer), Sir James Wallace, captured the brig-rigged Cutter (ship), cutter ''Hussard'' of Saint Malo. ''Hussard'' was armed with eighteen 6-pounder guns. The Royal Navy took her into service as . On 14 July ''Nonsuch'' captured the 26-gun sailing frigate, frigate French ship Belle Poule (1765), ''Belle Poule'' off the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Conqueror (1773)
HMS ''Conqueror'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 10 October 1773 at Plymouth. May, 1778 under command of Capt. Thomas Graves. She was commanded by Captain George Balfour in the Battle of the Saintes The Battle of the Saintes (known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique), also known as the Battle of Dominica, was an important naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place 9–12 April 1782. The Brit ..., 1782. Here she was fifth in line in the attack on the French fleet.Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.106 She was broken up in 1794. Citations and notes References *Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . *Winfield, Rif (2007) ''British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Seaforth. . Ships of the lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Monmouth (1772)
HMS ''Monmouth'' was an 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 18 April 1772 at Plymouth. Being relatively compact in relation to her gun power, she was affectionately known as the "Little Black Ship". She was not immediately commissioned for service, but went on to serve during the American War of Independence in a number of theatres. May, 1778 under command of Capt. Thomas Collingwood. She was initially in the Caribbean, where she fought at the Battle of Grenada, before returning to Britain to join a special expedition under Commodore George Johnstone, to capture the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope. The expedition was surprised by a French fleet at the Battle of Porto Praya and though Johnstone was able to go on and capture several Dutch merchants in the Battle of Saldanha Bay, he did not attempt to attack the Cape. ''Monmouth'', under her Captain James Alms, was sent on with several other warships to reinforce t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Royal Oak (1769)
HMS ''Royal Oak'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 13 November 1769 at Plymouth. She was commissioned for the Falklands Crisis of 1770. She was not fully commissioned until November 1770 and her first commander was Captain Molyneux Shuldham. Other notable commanders include Sir Peter Parker from November 1775 until October 1776. Johnathon Faulknor from October 176 until January 1778. Henry Francis Evans April/May 1778. Sir George Home July/August 1779. Sir Digby Dent August to December 1779. She spent all of her first years in Plymouth and in 1773 formed part of the Spithead Review where the strength of the Navy was displayed to King George III. Not until December 1778 did she begin to partake in meaningful duties, when she then sailed over the Atlantic to the West Indies. In 1779 she was posted to the Leeward Islands. On 6 July 1779 she took part in the Battle of Grenada. From January to April 1780 she wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Swan (1767)
HMS ''Swan'' was launched on 21 November 1767 at Plymouth as the lead ship of the 24 ships in the 14-gun ''Swan''-class of ship-sloops built in the 1760s and 1770s. She served during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War. She bore the name HMS ''Explosion'' between 1779 and 1783; at the time she was classed as a fireship. She was laid up in 1801 and finally sold in 1814. ''Swan'' then became a whaler in the Whaling in the United Kingdom#The northern whale fishery, northern whale fishery, sailing out of Kingston-on-Hull. She also made one voyage to the Whaling in the United Kingdom#The southern whale fishery, southern whale fishery (1819–1821) and one merchant voyage to Brazil and Hamburg, before returning to the northern whale fishery. She was ship breaking, broken up circa. 1841. Royal Navy December, 1774 under command of Capt. James Ayscough serving in British North America. ''Swan'' took ''Europe'' and sent her to Cowes around 17 July 1793. Whal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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