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Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson
Admiral Sir Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson, (20 November 1846 – 12 July 1932) was a British Royal Navy officer who was Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard 1899–1902, Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard 1902–1905, and Admiral Commanding, Coastguards and Reserves 1905–1909. Family background Henderson was born in the coastal village of Worth in Kent, the second of four sons born to John Henderson and Laura Catherine (née Hannam). His three brothers also served in the Navy; William Hannam Henderson (1845–1931) became an Admiral, Frank Hannam Henderson (1850–1918) a Vice-Admiral, and John Hannam Henderson retired as a commander. John's son Sir Reginald G. H. Henderson also became an Admiral. Naval career Henderson joined the Royal Navy in the 1860s. He was appointed a Lieutenant in 1869, Commander in 1881. and Captain in 1887. He was in command of the battleships HMS ''Royal Sovereign'' from 1895 and HMS ''Mars'' from 1897. In late June 1899 h ... [...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 Narcissus (1886)
HMS ''Narcissus'' was one of seven armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1880s. Future Admiral Ernest Gaunt served aboard her in 1896 as First Lieutenant. She was sold for scrapping on 11 September 1906. Design and description ''Narcissus'' 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. 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 ''Narcissus''s main armament consisted of two breech-loading (BL) Mk V guns, one gun fore and aft of the superstructure on pivot mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy Admirals
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People From Dover District
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form " people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Deaths
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1846 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom. * January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway's bridge, over the Venetian Lagoon between Mestre and Venice in Italy, opens, the world's longest since 1151. * February 4 – Many Mormons begin their migration west from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake, led by Brigham Young. * February 10 – First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon – British forces defeat the Sikhs. * February 18 – The Galician slaughter, a peasant revolt, begins. * February 19 – United States president James K. Polk's annexation of the Republic of Texas is finalized by Texas president Anson Jones in a formal ceremony of transfer of sovereignty. The newly formed Texas state government is officially installed in Austin. * February 20– 29 – Kraków uprising: Galician slaughter – Polish nationalists stage an uprising in the Free City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Deacon Barry
Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Deacon Barry, KCVO (27 November 1849 – 14 November 1908) was a British Royal Navy officer who was Admiral superintendent at Portsmouth dockyard. Naval career Barry joined the Royal Navy in the early 1870s. He was promoted to Captain on 30 June 1892, and commanded the protected cruiser HMS ''Astraea'', before he was appointed in command of the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS ''Mars'' in September 1900. During his time in command of the ''Mars'', she suffered a serious accident in April 1902 when one of her forward 12-inch (305-mm) guns was fired before the breech was closed, killing two officers and nine enlisted men, injuring seven, and wrecking the forward main battery turret. He later became Director of Naval Ordnance The Naval Ordnance Department, also known as the Department of the Director of Naval Ordnance, was a former department of the Admiralty responsible for the procurement of naval ordnance of the Royal Navy. The department was man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelham Aldrich
Admiral Pelham Aldrich, CVO (8 December 1844 – 12 November 1930) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer, who became Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Docks. Biography He was born in Mildenhall, Suffolk, the son of Dr. Pelham Aldrich and Elizabeth Frances Aldrich, and married Edith Caroline Issacson in 1875. He entered the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in June 1859 and was promoted to sub-lieutenant on 17 September 1864 and lieutenant on 11 September 1866. He served as a lieutenant on the corvette , then from 18 December 1869 on the broadside ironclad and from 15 November 1872 on the as first lieutnant. Whilst on board the ''Challenger'', he took part in the 4-year-long ''Challenger'' expedition of 1872–76 – a scientific expedition that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. In 1875, he transferred to the sloop to take part in the British Arctic Expedition, which was sent by the British Admiralty to attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Soun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham
Admiral Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham (13 October 1849 – August 1931) was a British Royal Navy officer who was Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard from 1902 until 1904. Naval career Graham joined the Royal Navy in the 1860s. He was promoted to the rank of captain on 30 June 1891, and held successive commands of the protected cruiser HMS ''Aeolus'', the cruiser HMS ''Wallaroo'', and the protected cruiser HMS ''Diadem''. In March 1899 he was appointed in command of the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS ''Royal Oak'', serving on the Mediterranean station. After his return to the United Kingdom, in January 1901 he was appointed Captain of the Chatham Dockyard Reserve, and on 20 August 1902 he was appointed Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard, serving as such until December 1904. He was promoted to flag rank as rear-admiral on 10 February 1904, and retired as an admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Bickford
Admiral Andrew Kennedy Bickford CMG (16 July 1844 – 9 October 1927) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station. Early life Bickford was educated at the South Devon Collegiate School and Stubbington House School. Naval career Bickford joined the Royal Navy in 1858 and took part in the action involving the ''Huáscar'' in 1877.Naval & Military Museum He commanded HMS ''Thalia'' during the of 1882 and became Commander-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Birthday Honours
The 1914 Birthday Honours were appointments in the British Empire of King George V to Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms, various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published on 19 June 1914. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate. British Empire Order of the Garter *Right Honourable William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, William, Earl Beauchamp, K.C.M.G. Order of the Thistle *Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, Arthur FitzGerald, Baron Kinnaird The Most Honourable Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) ;Military Division *Admiral Sir Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson, K.C.B., retired. *General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, G.C.V.O., K.C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 Birthday Honours
The 1907 Birthday Honours for the British Empire were announced on 28 June, to celebrate the birthday of Edward VII. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate. The Most Honourable Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) ;Military Division *General Sir George Benjamin Wolseley, K.C.B. *General The Honourable Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, K.C.B., Chief of the General Staff (1st Military Member, Army Council). ;Civil Division Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) ;Military Division *Vice-Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawksworth Fawkes, K.C.V.O. *Vice-Admiral Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson, C.B. *Inspector-General Herbert Mackay Ellis, Honorary Physician to The King. *Major-General The Honourable Savage Mostyn, C.B., Colonel, The Devonshire Regiment. *Major-General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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