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James Andrew Thomas Bruce
Admiral Sir James Andrew Thomas Bruce, KCMG (15 July 1846 – 25 May 1921) was an officer in the Royal Navy, who was second in command of the British fleet on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion. Background Bruce was born on 15 July 1846, the son of Rt. Hon. Sir Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Baronet and Marianne Margaret Clifton. Naval career He served in the Niger Campaign in 1871. During the Boxer Rebellion, Rear-Admiral Bruce was second in command of British fleet on the China Station. His flagship was the battleship ''Barfleur'', and his flag captain was George Warrender. ''Barfleur'' took part in Allied operations in north China in 1899 and 1900, and between 31 May 1900 and September 1900 supported the storming of the Peking forts and the relief of the foreign legations at Tientsin. The British fleet during the Boxer rebellion The British fleet on the China Station in March 1901 was commanded by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour, G.C.B. in the ''Centuri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admiral
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, or fleet admiral. Etymology The word in Middle English comes from Anglo-French , "commander", from Medieval Latin , . These evolved from the Arabic () – (), “king, prince, chief, leader, nobleman, lord, a governor, commander, or person who rules over a number of people,” and (), the Arabic article answering to “the.” In Arabic, admiral is also represented as (), where () means the sea. The 1818 edition of Samuel Johnson's '' A Dictionary of the English Language'', edited and revised by the Rev. Henry John Todd, states that the term “has been traced to the Arab. emir or amir, lord or commander, and the Gr. , the sea, q. d. ''prince of the sea''. The word is written both with and without the d, in other languages, as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Blenheim (1890)
HMS ''Blenheim'' was a first class protected cruiser that served in the Royal Navy from 1890 to 1926. She was built by Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company at Leamouth, London. The ship was named after the Battle of Blenheim. Description She displaced 9,150 tons and her steel hull measured (length) and (beam) with turning 2 propellers giving a top speed of . Her main armament was two BL 9.2 inch Mk VI guns (234 mm) and six QF 6 inch guns (152 mm) on the upper deck, and four QF 6 inch guns in 150 mm compound armoured casemates on the main deck. She also carried sixteen 3-pounders, and four 14 inch torpedo tubes (two submerged and two above water).''Jane's Fighting Ships 1900'', page 91.''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905'', page 66.Note that Jane's suggests that the 6 inch guns were probably the older 26 calibre BL guns converted to QF. However Conways confirms that the guns were 6 inch QF. Service history Having been launched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Wallaroo (1890)
HMS ''Wallaroo'' was a built for the Royal Navy, originally named HMS ''Persian'', built by Armstrong, Mitchell, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne and launched on 5 February 1890.Bastock 1988, pp. 103–104. Renamed on 2 April 1890, as ''Wallaroo'' as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She was placed into reserve upon arrival until 9 May 1894. She was sent to serve in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. On 6 January 1904 while sailing off Montague Island, one of her boilers exploded killing four and wounding three. She left the Australia Station on 11 January 1906. She was attached to as a training ship for mechanics at Devonport. She became a guard ship at Chatham Chatham may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Canada * Chatham Islands (British Columbia) * Chatham Sound, British Columbia * Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi * Chatham (electoral dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Alacrity (1885)
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Alacrity'': * was an 18-gun launched in 1806 and captured by the French in 1811. * was a 10-gun brig-sloop launched in 1818 and sold in 1835. * was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1856 and sold in 1864. * was the former civilian vessel ''Ethel'', purchased in 1872 and sold in 1882. * was a third class cruiser, launched in 1885 and sold in 1913. *the original third class cruiser launched in 1885 was renamed HMS ''Alacrity'' in 1913 and sold in 1919. * was a yacht and despatch vessel launched as ''Margarita'' in 1900, renamed ''Semiramis'' in 1910 and ''Mlada'' in 1913. She was requisitioned in 1918 and commissioned in 1919 as HMS ''Alacrity''. She was paid off in 1922, sold in 1923 and broken up in 1936. * was a Modified ''Black Swan''-class sloop launched in 1944 and broken up in 1956. * was a Type 21 frigate launched in 1974. She served in the Falklands War and was sold to Pakistan in 1994 and renamed ''Badr''. Battle hono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Pique (1890)
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Pique'': * was formerly the French ship ''Pique'', a 38-gun fifth rate captured by in 1795. HMS ''Pique'' was wrecked in action with the French ship in 1798. * HMS ''Pique'' was formerly the French ship ''Pallas'', a 36-gun fifth rate, captured in 1800 by a squadron off the coast of France. She was initially named HMS ''Aeolus'' but renamed to ''Pique'' in 1801. Because ''Pique'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (2 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants. She was sold for breaking up in 1819. * HMS ''Pique'' was a 46-gun fifth rate ordered in 1825, but cancelled in 1832. * was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1834, and sent to the eastern Mediterranean in 1840 as part of a squadron under . She was converted to a receiving ship in 1872, lent as a hospital hulk in 1882 and sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Hermione (1893)
HMS ''Hermione'' was an Royal Navy protected cruiser launched at Devonport in 1893. She served in World War I and was sold in 1921. She was renamed training ship ''Warspite'' in 1922, and broken up in 1940. ''Hermione'' was a 10-gun twin-screw cruiser of 4360 tons, , and capable of . The vessel was in length, had a beam of , and a draught of . Service history In 1896 ''Hermione'', commanded by Captain Charles R. Arbuthnot, was one six ships which was specially commissioned as part of a new squadron in reply to a congratulatory telegram from the German Emperor to President Paul Kruger on the repulse of Dr. Jameson's Raid. The squadron, known as the Particular Service Squadron, was commanded by Rear-Admiral Alfred Taylor Dale with his flag in . ''Hermione'' was assigned to the China Station in 1898. In 1900 she played a minor part in the third China war or Boxer Rebellion. In December 1899 and April 1900, Marines from ''Hermione'' served as an honour guard and pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Dido (1896)
HMS ''Dido'' was an protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. Design Eclipse-class second-class protected cruisers were preceded by the shorter Astraea-class cruisers. ''Dido'' had a displacement of when at normal load. It had a total length of , a beam of , a metacentric height of around , and a draught of . It was powered by two inverted triple-expansion steam engines which used steam from eight cylindrical boilers. Using normal draught, the boilers were intended to provide the engines with enough steam to generate and to reach a speed of ; using forced draft, the equivalent figures were and a speed of . Eclipse-class cruisers carried a maximum of of coal and achieved maximum speed of in sea trials. It carried five 40-calibre quick-firing (QF) guns in single mounts protected by gun shields. One gun was mounted on the forecastle, two on the quarterdeck and one pair was abreast the bridge. They fired shells at a muzzle velocity of . The seconda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Bonaventure (1892)
HMS ''Bonaventure'' was an second class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship ''Astraea'' class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889. She was commissioned for service in 1895, and survived to serve in the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... History ''Bonaventure'' served in the Pacific Squadron, including service in the 3rd China War, under command of Captain Robert Montgomerie RN.Robert Archibald Montgomerie Service record, The National Archives, ADM 196/19 She returned in May 1906 to Devonport to be paid off. She then went to Haulbowline Dockyard, Cork, Ireland to be converted into a depot ship for submarines. This work was completed in April 1907 and she continued to serve during the First World War as a submarine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Astraea (1893)
HMS ''Astraea'' was an second class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built towards the end of the nineteenth century, and survived to serve in the First World War. Construction and commissioning ''Astraea'' was ordered as part of the eight-ship ''Astraea'' class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889. She was laid down at Devonport Dockyard in August 1890 and launched from there on 17 March 1893. She was completed and commissioned for service in November 1895. Career ''Astraea'' served in the Mediterranean Sea in early 1900 under the command of Captain Alfred Paget, and was in China the following year under the command of Captain Casper Joseph Baker. She left Hong Kong on 27 March 1902, homeward bound, arriving in Singapore on 2 April, Colombo on 10 April, Suez on 27 April, Malta on 2 May, and in Plymouth on 14 May, having convoyed the destroyer from the Mediterranean. She paid off at Chatham on 12 June 1902, and was placed in the B Division of the Fleet Reserve. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Arethusa (1882)
HMS ''Arethusa'' was a second-class cruiser of the , which served with the Royal Navy. She was built at Napier, Glasgow, being laid down in 1880, launched in 1882 and completed in financial year 1886–87. She remained in ordinary reserve at Chatham, being commissioned for the 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, and 1892 annual manoeuvres. She served in the Mediterranean from 1893 to 1896, was commissioned for the 1899 annual manoeuvres, then recommissioned for the Pacific, and later sent as a reinforcement to the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion until she came home for the last time in 1903. Construction ''Arethusa'' was built at Napier, Glasgow, and completed in financial year 1886–87. The December 1885 Navy List listed her as at Chatham, with her commissioned and warrant officers borne in ''Pembroke'' as follows:''Navy List, December 1885'', page 195 Sea-going career She lay in ordinary at Chatham after completion. 1887 annual manoeuvres ''Arethusa'' was commissioned f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Undaunted (1886)
HMS ''Undaunted'' was one of seven armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1880s. Design and description ''Undaunted'' had a length between perpendiculars of , a beam of and a draught of . Designed to displace , all of the ''Orlando''-class ships proved to be overweight and displaced approximately . The ship was powered by a pair of three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, which were designed to produce a total of and a maximum speed of using steam provided by four boilers with forced draught. During her sea trials, ''Undaunted'' reached . The ship carried a maximum of of coal which was designed to give her a range of at a speed of . The ship's complement was 484 officers and ratings.Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 65 ''Undaunted''s main armament consisted of two breech-loading (BL) Mk V guns, one gun fore and aft of the superstructure on pivot mounts. Her secondary armament was ten BL guns, five on each broadside. Protection a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
