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John Barnard (shipbuilder)
John Barnard (1705–1784) was an 18th century English shipbuilder serving the Royal Navy. Life He was born in 1705 the son of John Barnard a shipwright in Ipswich (1665-1716) and his wife Mary (1668-1734). His father died before he began his apprenticeship but would standardly have joined a ship as a carpenter's apprentice at age 14 and served 7 years on ship before beginning shipbuilding on shore. From 1733 he was employed at St Clement's Yard in Ipswich, but is only formally listed as a Royal Navy employee from April 1740 when as a Master Shipwright he launched HMS Bideford. In October 1742 he relocated to Harwich Dockyard. In 1773 he opened a secondary yard known as Barnard's Thames Yard at Deptford. also dabbled in design, creating the Zephyr class in 1778/9. Barnard appears to have gone bankrupt in 1781. This could be the result of under-pricing on a single ship. Inflation in Great Britain was unusually high (at around 13%) in 1780, and this would also cause problem ... [...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 Lichfield (1746)
HMS ''Lichfield'' was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at King's Yard in Harwich by John Barnard to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 26 June 1746. She was wrecked on the Barbary Coast of North Africa on 28 November 1758.Ships of the Old Navy, ''Lichfield''. Career ''Lichfield'' was built as a replacement to the previous HMS ''Lichfield'' which had been broken up in 1744, and used some of the timbers from that vessel. In June 1756, under Captain Matthew Barton, ''Lichfield'' captured the French ship of the line ''Arc-en-Ciel'' off Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the Seven Years' War. In November 1758 ''Lichfield'', was assigned to a squadron under the command of Commodore Augustus Keppel, with orders to transport troops to West Africa to capture the island of Gorée from the French.Beatson 1804, p.183 The ship left Cork Harbour, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Ambuscade (1773)
HMS ''Ambuscade'' was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built in the Grove Street shipyard of Adams & Barnard at Depford in 1773. The French captured her in 1798 but the British recaptured her in 1803. She was broken up in 1810. American Revolution On 19 May 1778 she recaptured brig Mary. On 31 May 1778 she captured American brig "Charming Sally" near Cape Sambro. On 22 June 1779, after a short action, ''Ambuscade'' captured the French brig ''Hélene'', which was the former Royal Navy 14-gun sloop . The Royal Navy took her back into service under her original name. Six days later ''Ambuscade'' captured the French privateer ''Prince de Montbray''. The privateer was possibly out of Granville and under the command of Captain Boisnard-Maisonneuve. captured the "private man of war" ''Américaine'' on 26 January 1781. She was armed with 32 guns and carried a crew of 245. ''Ambuscade'' shared in the proceeds of the capture. French Revolutionary Wars Circa June 1797, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Orpheus (1773)
HMS ''Orpheus'' was a British Modified fifth-rate frigate, ordered on 25 December 1770 as one of five fifth-rate frigates of 32 guns each contained in the emergency frigate-building programme inaugurated when the likelihood of war with Spain arose over the ownership of the Falkland Islands (eight sixth-rate frigates of 28 guns each were ordered at the same time). Sir Thomas Slade's design for was approved, but was revised to produce a more rounded midships section; the amended design was approved on 3 January 1771 by Edward Hawke's outgoing Admiralty Board, just before it was replaced. The contract to build the ''Orpheus'' was awarded to John Barnard at Harwich, the keel being laid in May 1771, and the frigate was launched 7 May 1773, at a cost of £12,654.16.11d. She sailed from Harwich on 24 May for Sheerness Dockyard, where she was completed and fitted out to the Navy Board's needs (for £835.7.7d) by 11 June. ''Orpheus'' measured on the gun deck and on the keel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Robust (1764)
HMS ''Robust'' was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Barnard and launched on 25 October 1764 at Harwich. She was the first vessel of the Royal Navy to bear the name. Service history In 1778 she was at the Battle of Ushant in Palliser's division of the fleet. Her captain, Alexander Hood, took Palliser's side in the subsequent court martial known as "the Keppel affair". ''Robust'' was part of the fleet under Lord Hood that occupied Toulon in August 1793. With , , and , she covered the landing, on 27 August, of 1500 troops sent to remove the republicans occupying the forts guarding the port. Once the forts were secure, the remainder of Hood's fleet, accompanied by 17 Spanish ships-of-the-line which had just arrived, sailed into the harbour.James (Vol.I) p. 69 On 12 October 1798 she captured the French ship ''Hoche'' while under the command of Sir John Warren at the Battle of Tory Island. On 21 July 1801, the boats of ''Robust'', , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Terrible (1762)
HMS ''Terrible'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Barnard and launched on 4 September 1762 at King's Yard in Harwich, as a sister ship to HMS Arrogant. In the English Channel, in 1777, under Captain Richard Bickerton, she took an American privateer brig called the Rising States, Capt Thompson. In 1778 she fought at the First Battle of Ushant, and in 1781 ''Terrible'' (Capt. Finch) was part of Sir Thomas Graves' fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake. During the course of the battle, she took heavy damage, and was scuttled, or deliberately sunk, after the battle had ended. Notable Commanders *Mariot Arbuthnot 1770 to 1773 *Sir Richard Bickerton, 1st Baronet 1776 to 1779 * John Leigh Douglas 1779 to 1780 *John Thomas Duckworth 1780 to 1781 *Henry Edwyn Stanhope Admiral Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, 1st Baronet (1754 – 20 December 1814) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Early life After initial education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Arrogant (1761)
HMS ''Arrogant'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built of Suffolk oak by John Barnard and launched on 22 January 1761 at King's Yard Harwich. She was the first of the ships of the line, designed by Sir Thomas Slade.Winfield 2007, pp. 6364 Service Her first captain was John Amherst. Francis Light, founder of Penang, was a midshipman on ''Arrogant'' in 1761. In 1770 she was a guard ship at Portsmouth. Captain Taylor Penny took command in January 1779. On 12 April 1782 she was recently re-equipped and was second in line in the main wave of attack on the French fleet at 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 ... under captaincy of Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet, Samuel Cornish and under the overall command of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Quebec (1760)
Three ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Quebec'', after the city of Quebec in Canada: Ships * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1760 and blown up in action with French in 1779. * was a schooner purchased in 1775 and wrecked later that year. * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1781 and broken up in 1816. Shore establishments * was a combined training centre (No 1 CTC) at Inveraray between 1940 and 1946. Now Argyll Caravan Site. * HMS ''Quebec II'' was the headquarters of the commanding officer of the northern patrol and Combined Operations Staff Officer Training Centre at Hollywood Hotel in Largs Largs ( gd, An Leargaidh Ghallda) is a town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about from Glasgow. The original name means "the slopes" (''An Leargaidh'') in Scottish Gaelic. A popular seaside resort with a pier, the town mark ... between 1941 and 1942. See also * * * , subsequently , originally MV ''Port Quebec' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Conqueror (1758)
HMS ''Conqueror'' was a 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Barnard and launched on 24 May 1758 at Harwich initially under command of Captain Robert Harland. Commanded by Captain William Lloyd in the Battle of Lagos. While under the command of Lloyd, she was wrecked on the rocks of St Nicholas Island off Plymouth Sound Plymouth Sound, or locally just The Sound, is a deep inlet or sound in the English Channel near Plymouth in England. Description Its southwest and southeast corners are Penlee Point in Cornwall and Wembury Point in Devon, a distance of abo ... on 26 October 1760. Notes References *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 1758 ships Ships built in Harwich Temple-class ships of the line Maritime incidents in 1760 {{UK-line-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Vestal (1757)
HMS ''Vestal'' was one of the four 32-gun ''Southampton''-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was built at King's Yard in Harwich by John Barnard and launched in 1757. She was broken up in 1775. Service history During the Seven Years' War, on 21 February 1759, ''Vestal'', under the command of Captain Samuel Hood, was part of a squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Charles Holmes bound for North America. ''Vestal'' was in advance of the squadron when she sighted a sail ahead, and set off in pursuit. ''Vestal'' came up to the enemy ship, the 32-gun ''Bellone'', at 2 p.m. After a fierce engagement lasting four hours, ''Bellone'' surrendered, having forty men killed, and being totally dismasted. ''Vestal'' had only her lower masts standing, and had five killed and twenty wounded. She returned to Spithead with her prize, which was bought into the Navy and renamed . The prize money for the capture of the ''Bellone'' was paid out at Portsmouth from May 1760. In J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Achilles (1757)
HMS ''Achilles'' was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Barnard and Turner at Harwich to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched in 1757. She was ordered in November 1755. HMS ''Achilles'' was a ''Dunkirk''-class fourth rate, along with and . Career HMS ''Achilles'' was launched on 6 February 1757 at Harwich. At the action of 29 April 1758, she was detached along with in pursuit of the 64-gun French ship . ''Dorsetshire'' engaged ''Raisonnable'' first, followed by ''Achilles''. After sustaining 35 casualties, ''Raisonnable'' was taken and later purchased for the Navy as HMS ''Raisonnable''. On 4 April 1759 ''Achilles'' under Samuel Barrington"VII. The Venus: Letters." ''The Barrington Papers'', Vol. 77. Ed. D Bonner-Smith. London: Navy Record Society, 1937. 391-411British History OnlineRetrieved 30 December 2022. engaged and captured the 60-gun French coastguard vessel in a two-hour battle. ''Achilles' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Mercury (1756)
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Mercury'', or HMS ''Mercure'', after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology: * was a 6-gun galley launched in 1592 and sold in 1611. * was a ship launched in 1620. Her fate is unknown. * was a ship purchased in 1622. Her fate is unknown. * was a 6-gun advice boat launched in 1694 and captured by a French privateer in 1697. * was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1739 and foundered in 1744. * was a 16-gun brigantine launched in 1744 and captured in 1745. * was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1745 and broken up in 1753. * was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1756 and wrecked in 1777. * was an unrated schooner in service 1760–65. * was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1779 and broken up in 1814. * was an 18-gun sloop. She was formerly a French privateer that and captured in 1798. She was renamed HMS ''Trompeuse'' in 1799 and foundered in 1800. * was a tender launched in 1807 and broken up in 1835. * was a 46-gun f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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