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Richard Munden (Royal Navy Officer)
Sir Richard Munden (1640–1680) was a Commodore in the Royal Navy. He was the elder son of Sir Richard Munden (1602–1672) of Chelsea; the younger son was Rear-Admiral Sir John Munden. Richard first appears as commander of the '' Swallow'' ketch in 1666, and afterwards of the ''Portsmouth'' in 1667. In 1672 he was captain of the '' Princess'' of 52 guns; and in 1673, in the ''Assistance'', was commodore of a small squadron sent as convoy to the East India fleet. On 8 February 1673 he surprised a Dutch squadron of three ships under the command of Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest in the bay of Sao Tiago, who were revictualling there in the course of the Dutch Raid on North America. Ironically, the Dutch had the objective of capturing the homeward-bound EIC fleet that Munden intended to protect. As Munden had the larger number of ships, the Dutch fled while slipping their anchors. Munden was unable to catch them, but retrieved the Dutch anchors, before departing for St. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commodore (Royal Navy)
Commodore (Cdre) is a rank of the Royal Navy above captain and below rear admiral. It has a NATO ranking code of OF-6. The rank is equivalent to brigadier in the British Army and Royal Marines and to air commodore in the Royal Air Force. Commodore has only been a substantive rank in the Royal Navy since 1997. Until then the term denoted a functional position rather than a formal rank, being the title bestowed on the senior officer of a fleet of at least two naval vessels comprising an independent (usually ad hoc and short-term) command. (In this case, for instance, a lieutenant in substantive rank could be a commodore for the term of the command.) History The rank of commodore was introduced during the 17th century in November 1674 (though not legally established until 1806). In 1684 the navy introduced two classes of commodore, the first known as a ''Commodore Distinction'' and the other a ''Commodore Ordinary''; these would later evolve into commodores first and second clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Raid On North America
The Dutch Raid on North America took place from December 1672 to February 1674 during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, a related conflict of the Franco-Dutch War. A naval expedition led by Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest and Jacob Binckes attacked Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of France, French possessions in North America. Evertsen originally planned to attack the homeward-bound convoy of the English East India Company, but abandoned the idea when his ships were intercepted by a superior Royal Navy squadron off Cape Verde. After linking up with Binckes, their combined force instead attacked the Americas intending to inflict as much damage as possible. Although they recaptured the former Dutch colony of New Netherland, it was returned to England under the terms of the Treaty of Westminster (1674). The raid marks the end of direct Dutch influence in colonial North America. Background Commercial conflicts between Kingdom of England, England and the Dutch Republic resulted in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
