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Nicholas Diddams
Nicholas Diddams (c.1760–1823) was a Master Shipwright mainly building for the Royal Navy. Life He was born around 1760 the son of Nicholas Diddams (b.1731) and grandson of John Diddams (1687-1766) and his wife Mary Rolfe (1702-1777). He appears to have been involved in the design of HMS Experiment (1784). This would place him in Boston, Lincolnshire for the period 1782 to 1784. The Experiment was a cutter employed by HM Revenue services, guarding against smuggling. He appears in a document of August 1797 has a shipwright concluding the apprenticeship of a John Lane. In November 1802 he was appointed Chief Shipwright at Sheerness Dockyard. Given that all ships he built were truly huge he must have had considerable experience prior to 1802 to be given such major responsibility. He worked with John Henslow (Surveyor of the Navy), Sir John Henslow building HMS Antelope (1802), HMS Antelope. The Royal Navy were so impressed that they moved him to be Chief Shipwright of the far ... [...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 Zephyr (1809)
HMS ''Zephyr'' was a 14-gun ''Crocus''-class brig of the Royal Navy built by Nicholas Diddams at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched there in 1809. During her service she captured two armed vessels. The Navy sold her in 1818 for breaking up. Career Commander Francis George Dickins, commissioned ''Zephyr'' for the Downs and Channel station in June 1809. Shortly after midnight on 15 November 1810 captured the French privateer lugger ''Barbier de Seville''. At daylight ''Zephyr'', came up. ''Zephyr'' assisted with the removal of the prisoners. ''Zephyr'' was in sight on 3 February 1811 when and captured the privateer lugger ''Braconnier''. On 8 February 1811 ''Zephyr'' captured the French lugger privateer ''Victoire'', of 16 guns and 68 men. ''Lloyd's List'' reported ''Victoire'' of 16 guns and 80 men, was from Dieppe, and that ''Zephyr'' had taken her into the Downs. ''Victoire'' had captured ''Mary'', which had been returning to London from Surinam prior to herself bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Minerva (1820)
Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Minerva'', after the goddess Minerva of Roman mythology. * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1759, captured by the French in 1778, recaptured in 1781 and renamed HMS ''Recovery''. She was sold in 1784. * was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1780, converted to troopship ''Pallas'' in 1798, and broken up 1803. * was a 29-gun storeship purchased in 1781 and sold 1783. * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1805 and broken up 1815. * was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1820, sent to harbour service 1861, and sold 1895. * was an protected cruiser launched in 1895 and sold in 1920. * was the monitor converted to a coastal minelayer and renamed in 1925, renamed as a boom defence workshop C23(M), and as hulk C23 in 1946, and later known as RMAS ''Minerva''. * was a launched in 1964 and sold for scrap in 1993. See also * Minerva (other) Minerva is the Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom. The name ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Waterloo (1818)
HMS ''Waterloo'' was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line, launched on 16 October 1818 at Portsmouth. She was designed by Henry Peake, and built by Nicholas Diddams at Portsmouth Dockyard and was the only ship built to her draught. She had originally been ordered as HMS ''Talavera'', but was renamed on the stocks after the Battle of Waterloo. In 1824 ''Waterloo'' was renamed HMS ''Bellerophon''. She formed part of an experimental squadron, which were groups of ships sent out in the 1830s and 1840s to test new techniques of ship design, armament, building and propulsion. She served as flagship to Rear Admiral Sir Charles Paget from 1836 to 1838. Her only meaningful military activity was the bombardment of Sebastopol in June 1854 during the Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Royal George (1788)
HMS ''Royal George'' was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Chatham Dockyard on 16 September 1788. She was designed by Sir Edward Hunt (naval architect), Edward Hunt, and was the only other ship built to her draught.Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p119. She was the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. ''Royal George'' served as the flagship at the Battle of Groix and wore the flag of Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, Admiral Alexander Hood at the Glorious First of June. In 1807 she served as the flagship of Admiral John Thomas Duckworth, Sir John DuckworthGeorge Thom, Paget & Taylor. during the Alexandria expedition of 1807. She was broken up in 1822. Citations and notes References *Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. .George Thom Paget & Taylor Family Tree. Retrieved 9 August 2008. Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Indivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Of The Line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two columns of opposing warships maneuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides. In conflicts where opposing ships were both able to fire from their broadsides, the opponent with more cannons firingand therefore more firepowertypically had an advantage. Since these engagements were almost invariably won by the heaviest ships carrying more of the most powerful guns, the natural progression was to build sailing vessels that were the largest and most powerful of their time. From the end of the 1840s, the introduction of steam power brought less dependence on the wind in battle and led to the construction of screw-driven wooden-hulled ships of the line; a number of purely sail-powered ships were converted to this propulsion mech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Pitt (1816)
HMS ''Pitt'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ... of the Royal Navy, built by Nicholas Diddams and launched on 13 April 1816 at Portsmouth Dockyard. Intended for use in the Napoleonic Wars the end of the wars rendered her obsolete even before she was launched. Her huge crew of 590 men was a huge burden on the state during peace time. She never served any military function. ''Pitt'' was sold for use as a "coal depot" in 1860, sitting In Portsmouth Docks but purely to hold coal brought in by sea from the north to serve the south of England. She was broken up in 1877. Notes References *Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Pallas (1816)
HMS ''Pallas'' was a 36-gun fifth-rate ''Apollo''-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Placed in ordinary when completed in 1816, ''Pallas'' was commissioned for the first time in 1828. Under Captain Adolphus FitzClarence the frigate spent time blockading the Azores before making trips to India and then Nova Scotia, conveying important passengers. The ship sailed to the Mediterranean in 1830 under the command of Captain Manley Hall Dixon, and returned early the following year with the survivors of the wreck of the ''Countess of Harcourt''. Later in the year ''Pallas'' joined the West Indies Station, where she served until 1834 when she was paid off. In 1836 the frigate was converted into a coal hulk, in which role she served at Plymouth Dockyard until being sold in 1862. Design ''Pallas'' was a 36-gun, 18-pounder ''Apollo''-class frigate. Designed by Surveyor of the Navy Sir William Rule, the ''Apollo'' class originally consisted of three ships constructed between 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Icarus (1814)
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Icarus'', after the Icarus of Greek mythology. * , an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1814, on coast guard duty in 1839, and sold 1861. * , a screw sloop in service from 1858 to 1875. * , a composite screw sloop in service from 1885 to 1904. * , an laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Mil ... in Scotland on 9 March 1936, launched on 26 November 1936. {{DEFAULTSORT:Icarus Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Vindictive (1813)
HMS ''Vindictive'' was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Nicholas Diddams at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 30 November 1813 at Portsmouth. This huge ship had a crew of 590 men under command of Captain John Toup Nicolas as flagship to Admiral Francis William Austen. ''Vindictive'' was the lead ship of the 40-vessel , indeed she was ordered prior to the design for this class being finalised; however, she was delayed in construction and was not finished until December 1813. With the winding up of the Napoleonic War in prospect, she was not required for active service and was immediately placed in ordinary. Between 1828 and 1833, ''Vindictive'' – still in ordinary – was reduced to a 50-gun fourth rate. ''Vindictive'' finally was recommissioned September 1841. On 26 January 1842, she ran aground on The Dean, in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight; she was refloated the next day. She was laid up in ordinary again in June 1848 at Ports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Grasshopper (1813)
HMS ''Grasshopper'' was a Royal Navy 18-gun built at Portsmouth Dockyard by Nicholas Diddams and launched in 1813. She was the second ship of the class to bear the name; the first had been stranded at Texel and surrendered to the Batavian Republic on Christmas Day 1811. The present ''Grasshopper'' remained in service until sold in 1832. She then became a whaler in the Southern Whale Fisheries, making four voyages between 1832 and 1847. Service ''Grasshopper'' was commissioned in May 1813 under Commander Henry Battersby. On 6 October 1813, ''Grasshopper'' recaptured the ''Dryades'', Humphries, Master. ''Dryades'' had been sailing from Dublin to London when she was captured. After ''Grasshopper'' recaptured ''Dryades'', ''Dryades'' arrived at Portsmouth on 7 October. In January 1814 ''Grasshopper'' sailed to the Mediterranean. On 29 April and 18 May 1815, she captured the ''Maruccia'', ''Madonna del Montalleggro'', and the ''Immaculata Concezione''. Another report expands on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Childers (1812)
HMS ''Childers'' was a Royal Navy 18-gun ''Cruizer''-class brig-sloop that Nicholas Diddams built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1812. She was broken up in 1822. Royal Navy service Commander Buckland Bluett commissioned ''Childers'' in July 1812. When news of the outbreak of the War of 1812 reached Britain, the Royal Navy seized all American vessels then in British ports. ''Childers'' was among the 42 Royal Navy vessels then lying at Spithead or Portsmouth and so entitled to share in the grant for the American ships ''Belleville'', ''Janus'', ''Aeos'', ''Ganges'' and ''Leonidas'' seized there on 31 July 1812. Commander John Bedford replaced Bluett in August and sailed for the Leeward Islands on 29 September. On 3 November she captured the American schooner ''Snapper'', along with , and . ''Snapper'' was a privateer of 172 tons, out of Philadelphia. She carried 11 guns and had a crew of 90 men under the command of Captain J. Green. That same day ''Childers'' capture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
