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James Lillicrap
Rear Admiral James Lillicrap (died 9 July 1851) was a Royal Navy officer who became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station. Naval career Lillicrap joined the Royal Navy in September 1780.O'Byrne He saw action at the Second Battle of Algeciras in July 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars and commanded the sloop HMS ''Dispatch'' at the Battle of Copenhagen in August 1807 during the Gunboat War. Promoted to captain in October 1810, he was given command of the fifth-rate HMS ''Hyperion'' in January 1815. He became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station, with the rank of Commodore, in September 1821 and, after commanding the third-rate HMS ''Gloucester'' from October 1823 to March 1824, became Captain-Superintendent at Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Hyperion (1807)
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Hyperion'', after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology. A third was planned but never completed: * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1807 and broken up in 1833. * HMS ''Hyperion'' was to have been a wooden screw frigate. She was ordered in 1861 and cancelled in 1863. * was a H-class destroyer launched in 1936. She was scuttled in 1940 after being damaged by a mine Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to: Extraction or digging * Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging *Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine Grammar *Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun .... {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyperion, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy Personnel Of The French Revolutionary Wars
Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a city * Royal, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Royal, Nebraska, a village * Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina, an unincorporated area * Royal, Utah, a ghost town * Royal, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Royal Gorge, on the Arkansas River in Colorado * Royal Township (other) Elsewhere * Mount Royal, a hill in Montreal, Canada * Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland * Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Royal'' (Jesse Royal album), a 2021 reggae album * ''The Royal'', a British medical drama television series * ''The Royal Magazine'', a monthly British literary magazine published between 1898 and 1939 * ''Royal'' (Indian magazine), a men's lifestyle bimonthly * Royal Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1851 Deaths
Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. * January 23 – The flip of a coin, subsequently named Portland Penny, determines whether a new city in the Oregon Territory is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. * January 28 – Northwestern University is founded in Illinois. * February 1 – ''Brandtaucher'', the oldest surviving submersible craft, sinks during acceptance trials in the German port of Kiel, but the designer, Wilhelm Bauer, and the two crew escape successfully. * February 6 – Black Thursday in Australia: Bushfires sweep across the state of Victoria, burning about a quarter of its area. * February 12 – Edward Hargraves claims to have found gold in Australia. * February 15 – In Boston, Massac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy Rear Admirals
Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a city * Royal, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Royal, Nebraska, a village * Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina, an unincorporated area * Royal, Utah, a ghost town * Royal, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Royal Gorge, on the Arkansas River in Colorado * Royal Township (other) Elsewhere * Mount Royal, a hill in Montreal, Canada * Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland * Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Royal'' (Jesse Royal album), a 2021 reggae album * ''The Royal'', a British medical drama television series * ''The Royal Magazine'', a monthly British literary magazine published between 1898 and 1939 * ''Royal'' (Indian magazine), a men's lifestyle bimonthly * Royal Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Nourse (Royal Navy Officer)
Captain Joseph Nourse CB (23 June 1779 – 4 September 1824) was a Royal Navy officer who became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station. Naval career Nourse joined the Royal Navy in 1793 and, having been promoted, to captain, was given command of the frigate HMS ''Fridericksteen''. He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS ''Severn'' and took part in the capture and burning of Washington on 24 August 1814 during the War of 1812. He became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station in 1822, engaged with combating the slave trade, before dying of malaria in Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ... in 1824. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nourse, Joseph Royal Navy officers 1779 births 1824 deaths Companions of the Order of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lambert (Royal Navy Officer)
Vice Admiral Robert Stuart Lambert (2 April 1771 – 16 September 1836) was a Royal Navy officer who became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station. Naval career Lambert joined the Royal Navy in circa 1790 and, having been promoted to captain he was given command of the third-rate HMS ''Duncan'' in 1812. He became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station in 1820. His responsibilities included command of the British garrison on Saint Helena Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constitu ... where Napoleon died in May 1821. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lambert, Robert Royal Navy vice admirals 1771 births 1836 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
