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Peirson Lock
Peirson Lock (c.1690–1755) was a shipbuilder and designer for the Royal Navy who was Master Shipwright of Plymouth Dockyard from 1726 to 1742, and of Portsmouth Dockyard from 1742 to 1755. History He was born around 1690. In 1716 he was as Assistant Master Shipwright at Plymouth Dockyard under John Phillips, Master Shipwright. In 1718 he transferred to Portsmouth Dockyard before returning to Plymouth in December 1726 to replace Phillips as Master Shipwright. Thereafter the Royal Navy records his works. In July 1742 he transferred from Plymouth to Portsmouth Dockyard. In 1749 he designed the Wasp-class sloop and in 1752 designed the Fly-class sloop. He died on 15 December 1755 at Portsmouth Dockyard. His will was read on 22 January 1756 and is now held at the National Archive in Kew. Ships built *HMS Mary Galley (rebuilt in 1726) 40-gun ship at Plymouth *Drake (1727), 2-gun yacht at Plymouth *HMS Experiment (1689), HMS Experiment (rebuilt 1727) 20-gun frigate at Plymo ... [...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 St Albans (1737)
HMS ''St Albans'' was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe and launched on 10 December 1706. ''St Albans'' underwent her first rebuild at Plymouth Dockyard, where she was reconstructed to the dimensions laid out in the 1706 Establishment, and relaunched on 6 March 1718. On 10 September 1734 orders were issued for her to be taken to pieces and rebuilt for a second time at Plymouth, though on this occasion according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment The 1719 Establishment was a set of mandatory requirements governing the construction of all Royal Navy warships capable of carrying more than 20 naval long guns. It was designed to bring economies of scale through uniform vessel design, and ens .... She was relaunched on 30 August 1737. ''St Albans'' was wrecked in 1744. 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] |
1755 Deaths
Events January–March * January 23 (O. S. January 12, Tatiana Day, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – Moscow University is established. * February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the sultanate of Yogyakarta and the sunanate of Surakarta. * March 12 – A steam engine is used in the American colonies for the first time as New Jersey copper mine owner Arent Schuyler installs a Newcomen atmospheric engine to pump water out of a mineshaft. * March 22 – Britain's House of Commons votes in favor of £1,000,000 of appropriations to expand the British Army and Royal Navy operations in North America. * March 26 – General Edward Braddock and 1,600 British sailors and soldiers arrive at Alexandria, Virginia on transport ships that have sailed up the Potomac River. Braddock, sent to take command of the British forces against the French in North America, commandeers taverns and private homes to feed and house the tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Gibraltar (1754)
Seven ships of the United Kingdom, British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Gibraltar'', after the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. * The first was a 20-gun sixth rate built in 1711, rebuilt in 1727, and sold in 1748. It was the first command of John Byng, who was afterwards to be court-martialled and Execution (legal), executed in the opening stages of the Seven Years' War. * The second was a 20-gun sixth rate in service from 1754 to 1773. * The third was an American 14-gun brig captured in 1779, then in turn captured by the Spanish in 1781. * The fourth was the 80-gun Spain, Spanish captured at the battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780), Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780, used as a powder hulk in 1813 and broken up in 1836. * The fifth Duncan-class ship of the line (1859)#Career HMS Gibraltar, HMS ''Gibraltar'' was a 101-gun screw first rate launched in 1860, on loan as a training ship in 1872, renamed ''Grampian'' in 1889, and sold in 1899. * The sixth was an launche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Chichester (1753)
HMS ''Chichester'' was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir Joseph Allin and built by Peirson Lock at Portsmouth Dockyard to the standard draught for 70-gun ships as specified in the 1745 Establishment amended in 1750, and launched on 4 June 1753. In late 1757 or early 1758 ''Chichester'', Captain William Saltern Willett, captured the French privateer snow ''Actiffe'', of Dunkirk. ''Actiffe'', of about 140 tons (bm), was pierced for 12 guns but had nine mounted, plus eight swivel guns. She was to be sold by the candle at Lloyd's Coffee House on 11 April 1758. Because ''Chichester'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty Admiralty most often refers to: *Admiralty, Hong Kong *Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964 *The rank of admiral *Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Newcastle (1750)
HMS ''Newcastle'' was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Peirson Lock at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1750 for active service during the Seven Years' War against France. Principally engaged in defending British settlements in India, she was wrecked in a storm off Pondicherry in January 1761. Fate On 1 January 1761, a cyclone off Pondicherry, drove ''Newcastle'', , and onshore, where they wrecked. ''Newcastle'' was able to leave harbour, but the wind shifted, impeding her and eventually driving her ashore two miles south of Pondicherry. The same storm also caught and . They tried to get out to open water, but were unable to. When they anchored the sea overwhelmed them and they both foundered, each with the loss of almost all on board. The former Captain, Sir Digby Dent Rear Admiral Sir Digby Dent (1739–1817) was a Royal Navy commander. Life He was from a long line of "Digby Dents" who served in the Royal Navy including his gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Grafton (1750)
HMS ''Grafton'' was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 29 March 1750. The ship served in the failed Louisbourg Expedition (1757). Naval career ''Grafton'' was commissioned in February 1755 under Captain Charles Holmes, in the months immediately before the commencement of the Seven Years' War. On 11 May 1755 she was assigned as a reinforcement for the British fleet commanded by Admiral Edward Boscawen Admiral of the Blue Edward Boscawen, PC (19 August 171110 January 1761) was a British admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for the borough of Truro, Cornwall, England. He is known principally for his various naval commands during ..., and sailed for North America when war was formally declared in 1756.Winfield 2007, p.53 ''Grafton'' served until 1767, when she was sold out of the Navy. References Bibliography * External links * Ships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Tilbury (1745)
HMS ''Tilbury'' was a 58-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered from Portsmouth Dockyard on 17 December 1742 and built by Peirson Lock to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was launched on 20 July 1745. In 1757 ''Tilbury'' was under the command of Captain Henry Barnsley, and formed part of Vice Admiral Francis Holburne's expedition to capture Louisbourg Louisbourg is an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. History The French military founded the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1713 and its fortified seaport on the southwest part of the harbour, .... The squadron was dispersed by a storm on 24 September, and ''Tilbury'' was driven onto the rocks. Captain Barnsley and 120 of his crew were drowned, and the survivors became French prisoners, though they were treated well by their captors.Ships of the Old Navy, ''Tilbury''. Notes References *Lavery, Brian (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Mediator (1745)
HMS ''Mediator'' was a 10-gun single-masted sloop of war of the Royal Navy, in service in American in 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession. Built in Chesapeake Bay in 1741, she was purchased by the Navy four years later and sailed to Portsmouth for fitting out by Peirson Lock. She was captured by a French privateer in June 1745, but recaptured the following day.Winfield 2007, p.306 ''Mediator'' sprang a leak and foundered in Ostend harbor on 29 July 1745. Construction ''Mediator'' was built as a private merchant vessel in early 1741, on the shore of Chesapeake Bay in the British colony of Virginia. She was a single-masted sloop with sloop-rigged sails, a keel and a substantial beam Beam may refer to: Streams of particles or energy *Light beam, or beam of light, a directional projection of light energy **Laser beam *Particle beam, a stream of charged or neutral particles **Charged particle beam, a spatially localized grou .... References Bibliography * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Sunderland (1744)
HMS ''Sunderland'' was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1719 Establishment at Chatham Dockyard, and launched on 30 April 1724. On 25 December 1742 ''Sunderland'' was ordered to be taken to pieces for rebuilding as a 58-gun fourth rate to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 4 April 1744. ''Sunderland'' sailed from Portsmouth on 6 May 1758, bound for Madras. She sailed in convoy with the 74-gun and the East Indiaman ''Pitt''. On 1 January 1761, ''Sunderland'' was caught in a cyclone off Pondicherry, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ..., and foundered. She had been anchored and attempted to go out to sea, but was unable to and so reanchored. The storm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Princess Mary (1742)
HMS ''Mary'' was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 12 May 1704. In 1724, ''Mary'' fought in battle against the Spanish ''Catalán''. todoababor.es Orders were issued on 15 December 1736 for ''Mary'' to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the at Portsmouth
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HMS Solebay (1742)
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Solebay'' after the battle of Solebay on 7 June 1672, the first battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War. * was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1694. She was wrecked in 1709 on Boston Rock, Lyme Regis. * was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1711. She was converted to a 6-gun bomb vessel in 1726, an 8-gun fireship in 1734 and a 20-gun sixth rate in 1735. She became a guard ship in 1736, a hospital ship in 1742 and was sold in 1748. * was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1742. She was captured by the French in 1744, recaptured by the British in 1746 and was sold into mercantile service in 1763. * was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1763. She was wrecked in 1782. * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1785 and wrecked in 1809. Along with , they were the first ships in the West Africa Squadron that the British government had established to interdict and end the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. * HMS ''Solebay'' was a 32-gun fifth rate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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