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John Brisbane (Royal Navy Officer)
John Brisbane (1735–1807) was a Royal Navy commander who rose to be Admiral of the Fleet. Life and career He was born in Largs, Renfrewshire on 24 September 1735 one of ten children of Thomas Brisbane (b.1688) and his wife, Isabel Nicholson. On 5 August 1757 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. He was created Commander of the 12 gun sloop HMS Virgin at Barbados on 17 October 1760 as an in-field promotion. In March 1762 he was one of seven wounded in a landing party on St Lucia attempting to capture a schooner laden with coffee, but under fire from local fortifications. He was promoted to Captain on 24 September 1761 and given command of the 28-gun HMS Lizard and her crew of 200 men in place of Captain James Doake. On 8 October on passage from Antigua to St Kitts he captured or sank five vessels out of a convoy of 17 en route from St Eustatius to Martinique. In January/February 1762 she was part of the attacks on Martinique. On 7 February 1762 he wa ... [...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] |
English Channel
The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kanaal, "The Channel"; german: Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel" ( French: ''la Manche;'' also called the British Channel or simply the Channel) is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busiest shipping area in the world. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to at its narrowest in the Strait of Dover."English Channel". ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', 2004. It is the smallest of the shallow seas around the continental shelf of Europe, covering an area of some . The Channel was a key factor in Britain becoming a naval superpower and has been utilised by Britain as a natural def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton
Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Portsmouth and the towns of Havant, Waterlooville, Eastleigh, Fareham and Gosport. A major port, and close to the New Forest, it lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south. Southampton is classified as a Medium-Port City . Southampton was the departure point for the and home to 500 of the people who perished on board. The Spitfire was built in the city and Southampton has a strong association with the ''Mayflower'', being the departure point before the vessel was forced to return to Plymouth. In the past century, the city was one of Europe's main ports for ocean liners and more recently, Southampton is known as the home port of some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymouth Dockyard
His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy. The largest naval base in Western Europe, HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, in the west of the city of Plymouth, England. The base began as Royal Navy Dockyard in the late 17th century, but shipbuilding ceased at Devonport in the early 1970s, although ship maintenance work has continued. The now privatised maintenance facilities are operated by Babcock International Group, who took over the previous owner Devonport Management Limited (DML) in 2007. DML had been running the Dockyard since privatisation in 1987. From 1934 until the early 21st century the naval barracks on the site was named HMS ''Drake'' (it had previously been known as HMS ''Vivid'' after the base ship of the same name). The name HMS ''Drake'' and its c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Hercules (1759)
HMS ''Hercules'' was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir Thomas Slade and built at Deptford Dockyard by Adam Hayes and launched on 15 March 1759. Service history On 20 November 1759 she took part in the huge conflict between the British and French fleets at the Battle of Quiberon Bay. The ship took part as part of Admiral Rodney's fleet in the Battle of the Saintes under the command of Captain Henry Savage on 12 April 1782 against a French fleet, where she suffered six killed and 18 wounded. She was the third ship of the second wave in the part of the British line of battle and the first to hit the French flagship the . Savage commanded from an armchair on the main deck due to his suffering from gout. Savage was injured in the chair, but following treatment below deck reappeared in the chair in bandages. She was paid off in July 1783 and sold at Plymouth in March 1784 for £1300. Officers of note *Charles Brisbane midshipman on Hercules 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The center of the city is still ''Catedral'', located near Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Alcide (1779)
HMS ''Alcide'', the French and Italian version of "Alcides", another name for Heracles, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir Thomas Slade and built by Adam Hayes at Deptford Dockyard being launched on 30 July 1779. Service history On launch she was under command of Captain John Brisbane. She had a huge crew of 550 men. Under Brisbane she was part of the major British attack on the Caracas convoy in January 1780. She fought at the battles of Cape St Vincent and Martinique in 1780, and the battles of St. Kitts and the Saintes in 1782. On 12 September 1780 ''Alcide'' captured the letter of marque ''Pocahontas''. The Royal Navy took her into service as . In January 1782 she took part in the Battle of St Kitts (aka the Battle of Frigate Bay). On 12 April 1782 ''Alcide'' was third in line of attack against the French fleet at the Battle of the Saintes, under the command of Captain Charles Thomson. ''Alcide'' took part in operations agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Fox
Sixteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Fox'', after the fox. Ships * was a 22-gun ship captured from the French in 1650 and expended as a fireship in 1656. * was a 14-gun ship captured in 1658 and expended as a fireship in 1666. * was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1690 and expended in 1692 at La Hougue. * was a 6-gun sloop launched in 1699 and wrecked later that year. * was a 24-gun sixth rate captured in 1705 and wrecked the following year. * HMS ''Fox'' was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1702 as . She was captured by the French in 1707, was recaptured later that year and renamed HMS ''Fox'', rebuilt in 1727 and broken up in 1737. * was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and foundered in 1745. * was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1746 and foundered in a hurricane in 1751. * was an 8-gun ketch launched in 1766, and still in the records in 1772. * was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1773, captured by the Americans in 1777, recapture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Boston (1776)
The first USS ''Boston'' was a gundalow built at Skenesborough (present day Whitehall), New York, in 1776, with a crew of 45 for General Benedict Arnold's short-lived Lake Champlain Fleet. She took part in the Battle of Valcour Island that delayed the British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ... invasion. She was probably commissioned sometime early in August 1776, with a Captain Sumner in command. Early in October, she moved north with the other 14 ships of the American squadron. On the 11th, they met the vastly superior British squadron off Valcour Island in the northern reaches of the lake. The British discovered them in a shallow bay south of the island and moved in to begin a bombardment. By 11:00 that morning, the schooner ''Carleton'' and some gunboats ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Hancock (1776)
The second ''Hancock'' was one of the first 13 frigates of the Continental Navy. A resolution of the Continental Congress of British North America 13 December 1775 authorized her construction; she was named for the patriot and Continental congressman John Hancock. In her career she served under the American, British and French flags. As ''Hancock'' ''Hancock'' was built at Newburyport, Massachusetts, and placed under command of Captain John Manley 17 April 1776. After a long delay in fitting out and manning, she departed Boston, Massachusetts, on 21 May 1777 in company with Continental frigate and the Massachusetts privateer ''American Tartar'' for a cruise in the North Atlantic. ''American Tartar'' parted from the two frigates shortly thereafter. On 29 May the frigates captured a small brig loaded with cordage and duck. The next day they encountered a convoy of transports escorted by British 64-gun ship which set sail to close ''Hancock''. Manley was saved by clever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Collier
Vice Admiral Sir George Collier (11 May 1732 – 6 April 1795) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars. As commander of the fourth-rate ship , he was one of the most successful British naval commanders during the opening stages of war with America. He achieved considerable success as one of the senior officers on the North American coast, conducting and organizing several highly effective raids and counter-strikes. He was superseded however, and returned to Britain to play a role in the closing events of the war in European waters, before moving ashore to start a political career. He enjoyed a brief return to service with the resumption of war with France, and achieved flag rank, but died shortly afterwards. Early life George Collier was born on 11 May 1732 in Honiton, Devon, elder son of George Collier and Henrietta unknown. He was baptised Francis Lewis George, son of Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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