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List Of Ship Names Of The Royal Navy (U–Z)
This is a list of Royal Navy ship names starting with U, V, W, X, Y, and Z. U * ''U1407'' * ''Ufton'' * * ''Ulex'' * * * * * * * * * * * * * ''Unbridled'' * * * * * ''Unicorn Prize'' * * * * ''Unite'' * * * ''Unity II'' * ''Unity III'' * * * * * * * * * * * ''Upas'' * * ''Uppingham'' * * * * * * ''Upward'' * * ''Uranie'' * * * * * * * ''Urtica'' * * * * * * ''Utopia'' * ''Utrecht'' V * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ''Vanneau'' * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ''Vernon II'' * ''Vernon III'' * ''Vernon IV'' * * * * * * * * ''Vesuve'' * * * * * * * * * ''Victory'' * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ''Vipere'' * * * ''Virginian'' * ''Virginie'' * * * ''Visenda'' * * * * * * ''Vivo'' * * * * * * * * * * * ''Vulcan II'' * W * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...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 Marlborough (1855)
HMS ''Marlborough'' was a first-rate three-decker 131 gun screw ship built for the Royal Navy in 1855. She was begun as a sailing ship of the line (with her sister ships , HMS ''Prince of Wales'' and HMS ''Royal Sovereign''), but was completed to a modified design and converted to steam on the stocks, and launched as a wooden steam battleship. Construction ''Marlborough'' was originally ordered as a pure-sailing first-rate ship of the line to the lines of , but when construction began at Portsmouth Dockyard on 1 September 1850 it was to a modified version of the design. As was policy at the time, to ensure the ship's timbers were well-seasoned and so resistant to rot, the partially-completed ship was held 'in frame'. In this state, her frames had all been raised and bolted to the keel, along with the basic internal structure such as deck beams, but no planking had yet been attached to the hull. On 30 October 1852 ''Marlborough'' was ordered to be converted on the stocks t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Heathfield
RAF Heathfield, sometimes known as RAF Ayr/Heathfield due to its proximity to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which was also used by military flights, is a former Royal Air Force station. Like many other wartime airfields, its runways were of the triangular layout. History Royal Air Force use The following units were posted here at some point: ;Units: Royal Navy use On 6 September 1944 Heathfield was handed over to the Royal Navy and was designated as HMS ''Wagtail''. One runway was redesigned and used by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm to practice aircraft carrier landings. The following units were posted here at some point: The site was used by the United States Air Force between 1951 and 1957 for storage. Current use The site is now a mixture of housing, farmland and a golf club. See also * List of former Royal Air Force stations This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Wagtail
Wagtails are a group of passerine birds that form the genus ''Motacilla'' in the family Motacillidae. The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus ''Dendronanthus'' which is closely related to ''Motacilla'' and sometimes included therein. The common name and genus names are derived from their characteristic tail pumping behaviour. Together with the pipits and longclaws they form the family Motacillidae. The willie wagtail (''Rhipidura leucophrys'') of Australia is an unrelated bird similar in coloration and shape to the Japanese wagtail. It belongs to the fantails. Taxonomy The genus ''Motacilla'' was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. The type species is the white wagtail. ''Motacilla'' is the Latin name for the pied wagtail; although actually a diminutive of ''motare'', "to move about", from medieval times it led to the misunderstanding of ''cilla'' as "tail". At first glance, the wagtai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Vulcan
Eight ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Vulcan'', after the god Vulcan, of Roman mythology: Ships * was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1691 and sunk as a breakwater in 1709. * was an 8-gun fireship, previously the civilian ''Hunter''. She was purchased in 1739 and hulked in 1743. * was an 8-gun fireship, previously the civilian ''Mary''. She was purchased in 1745 and sold in 1749. * was an 8-gun fireship, previously an American merchantman. She was purchased in 1777 and destroyed in 1782 to prevent her capture. * was a 14-gun fireship launched in 1783. She was destroyed in 1793 to prevent her capture. * was a 10-gun bomb vessel, previously the civilian ''Hector''. She was purchased in 1796 and was sold in 1802. * HMS ''Vulcan'' was to have been an iron paddle frigate. She was renamed in 1843 before being launched in 1845. * was an iron screw frigate launched in 1849. She was converted to a troopship in 1851 and was sold in 1867 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Brig Vivo (1794)
The Spanish brig ''Vivo'', of the Spanish Royal Navy, was launched at Cadiz in 1794 (or possibly 1788). On 30 September 1800 captured the Spanish naval brig , of fourteen 18-pounder carronades and with a crew of 100 men. She was two days out of Ferrol and carrying dispatches and orders to America. She threw the dispatches, etc., overboard during the chase. The Spanish brig "''Vida''", from Ferrol and prize to ''Fisgard'', arrived at Plymouth on 9 October. She was immediately laid up in ordinary. The British Royal Navy named and registered her, but never commissioned her. The "Principal officers and commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered ''El Vroo'' for sale on 24 August 1801. She sold on 7 September for £865 or £860. Notes Citations References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vivo 1794 ships Ships built in Spain Ships of the Spanish Navy Captured ships Brigs of the Royal Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Virginie (1794)
''Virginie'' was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of its class. Career French service She took part in the First Battle of Groix and in the Battle of Groix. On 22 April 1796, ''Virginie'' was cruising off Ireland under captain Jacques Bergeret when she encountered a British squadron under Commodore Edward Pellew, comprising the Razee 44 gun and the frigates , , , and their prize ''Unité'', captured on 13 April.''Campagnes, thriomphes, revers, désastres et guerres civiles des Français de 1792 à la paix de 1856'', F. Ladimir et E. Moreau. Librairie Populaire des Villes et des Campagnes, 185Tome 5 pp. 42–43 ''Virginie'' retreated and the British squadron gave chase, joining with the French frigate around 23:00. ''Indefatigable'' closed in and exchanged broadsides, without succeeding in her attempts at raking ''Virginie''. The gunnery exchange lasted for 4 hours, until the British frigates caught up. Bergeret then struck his colours in the face of an over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Virginian
SS ''Drottningholm'' was one of the earliest steam turbine ocean liners. She was designed as a transatlantic liner and mail ship for Allan Line, built in Scotland, and launched in 1904 as RMS ''Virginian''. Her sister ship, , was built in Ireland, launched four months earlier, and was the World's first turbine-powered liner. In the First World War ''Virginian'' spent a few months as a troopship and was then converted into an armed merchant cruiser (AMC). In August 1917 a U-boat damaged her with a torpedo. In 1920 she was sold to the Swedish American Line and remnamed ''Drottningholm''. As a neutral passenger ship during the Second World War she performed notable service repatriating thousands of civilians of various countries on both sides of the war. In 1948 ''Drottningholm'' was then sold to a company in the Italian Home Lines group, who changed her name to ''Brasil''. In 1951 Home Lines chartered her to Hamburg America Line, and the line her name changed again, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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