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South East Coast Of America Station
The South East Coast of America Station was a formation of the Royal Navy which existed from 1838 until just after the end of the 19th century. History The station was separated from the Pacific Station in 1838 in order to combat the slave trade in Brazil. In its early years it was often referred to as the " and River Plate Station". In the mid-1840s Rear Admiral Samuel Inglefield took decisive action to keep the Paraná River open so ensuring continuity of trade during the Uruguayan Civil War. The station suffered significant ship reductions between 1869 and 1874. From 1870 it was commanded by a captain, designated the "senior officer", and comprised just three gunboats although it had responsibility for the Western Atlantic from Brazil South. The squadron's only permanent base was a coal station at Stanley on the Falkland Islands. It was disbanded altogether in 1905. Its area of operation, along with that of the Pacific Station, was ultimately absorbed into that of the North Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Ensign Of The United Kingdom
The White Ensign, at one time called the St George's Ensign due to the simultaneous existence of a cross-less version of the flag, is an ensign worn on British Royal Navy ships and shore establishments. It consists of a red St George's Cross on a white field, identical to the flag of England except with the Union Flag in the upper canton. The White Ensign is also worn by yachts of members of the Royal Yacht Squadron and by ships of Trinity House escorting the reigning monarch. In addition to the United Kingdom, several other nations have variants of the White Ensign with their own national flags in the canton, with the St George's Cross sometimes being replaced by a naval badge omitting the cross altogether. Yachts of the Royal Irish Yacht Club wear a white ensign with an Irish tricolour in the first quadrant and defaced by the crowned harp from the Heraldic Badge of Ireland. The Flag of the British Antarctic Territory and the Commissioners' flag of the Northern Lighthouse Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Purvis (Royal Navy Officer)
Vice Admiral John Brett Purvis (12 August 1787 – 1 October 1857) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station. Naval career Born the son of Admiral John Child Purvis, Purvis joined the Royal Navy in 1799. Promoted to commodore, he became Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station in March 1842. Promoted to rear admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ... on 9 November 1846, he went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in June 1852 and was promoted to vice admiral on 4 July 1853. References , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Purvis, John 1787 births 1857 deaths Royal Navy vice admirals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Finnis (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Frank Finnis (8 November 1851 – 17 November 1918FINNIS, Adm. Frank’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014) was a British Royal Navy admiral before the First World War. Early life Finnis was born in 1851, the son of Steriker Finnis, of Dover. He was educated at Highgate School from 1862 and entered the Royal Navy in 1864. Navy career Finnis was promoted to lieutenant in 1874, commander in 1886, and to captain on 1 January 1893. He was appointed in command of the second class cruiser HMS ''Amphion'' on 7 January 1897, and served on the Pacific Station until the ship paid off at Devonport on 13 February 1900. In early February 1900 it was announced that Finnis would be appointed in command of the battleship ''Collingwood'', but the appointment was cancelled, and he was appointed in command of the battleship ''Illustrious'' until early 1902. On 20 June 1902 he was appointed Commodore, 2nd class in command of the protected crui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Leonard Groome
Admiral Robert Leonard Groome CVO (10 September 1848 – 22 November 1917) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the South East Coast of America Station. Naval career Promoted to captain on 4 August 1890, Groome became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS ''Tribune'' in July 1893, of the protected cruiser HMS ''Aeolus'' in January 1894 and of the protected cruiser HMS ''Terrible'' in June 1897. He went on to be commanding officer of the battleship HMS ''Repulse'' in December 1897, of the cruiser HMS ''Flora'' in June 1899 and of the protected cruiser HMS ''Cambrian'' in May 1901. After that he became Commander-in-Chief of the South East Coast of America Station in June 1899, Rear-Admiral, Portsmouth Division in January 1905 and Rear-Admiral, Channel Fleet in November 1905. He served as Director of Transports at the Admiralty Admiralty most often refers to: *Admiralty, Hong Kong * Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles James Norcock
Vice Admiral Charles James Norcock (30 September 1847 – April 1933) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the South East Coast of America Station. Naval career Educated at the Royal Naval School at New Cross, Norcock joined the Royal Navy in June 1861 and saw action at the Bombardment of Alexandria in July 1882 during the Anglo-Egyptian War. He became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS ''Iris'' in July 1892, of the corvette HMS ''Caroline'' in November 1892 and of the protected cruiser HMS ''Phaeton'' in July 1896. He went on to be commanding officer of the protected cruiser HMS ''Retribution'' in September 1896 and of the cruiser HMS ''Flora'' in February 1898. After that he became Commodore on the South East Coast of America Station The South East Coast of America Station was a formation of the Royal Navy which existed from 1838 until just after the end of the 19th century. History The station was separated from the Pacific Station in 1838 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ramsay, 12th Earl Of Dalhousie
Admiral George Ramsay, 12th Earl of Dalhousie (26 April 1806 – 20 July 1880), known as George Ramsay until 1874, was a British naval officer. Career Ramsay was the son of Lieutenant-General the Honourable John Ramsay (1775–1842), fourth son of George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie. He served in the Royal Navy from 1820 and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1856. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the South East Coast of America Station from 1866 to 1869 and was promoted to the rank of admiral in 1875. He succeeded his cousin, Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, in the earldom in 1874. In 1875, he was created Baron Ramsay, of Glenmark in the County of Forfar, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Dalhousie's fourth son the Honourable Charles Maule Ramsay was a soldier and politician. Dalhousie died in July 1880, aged 74, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John. See also * References * External links * , - 1806 births 1880 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Elliot (1818–1895)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot (12 December 1818 – 21 May 1895) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he was involved in the bombardment of Acre during the Egyptian–Ottoman War. During the Second Opium War Eliott led a unit of 300 sailors and marines that successfully breached the walls of Canton and then led another unit that destroyed 23 Chinese war-junks in the estuary South of the city. After that, he led a small squadron of British ships which pursued a fleet of 41 Chinese war-junks at the Battle of Escape Creek: his squadron chased the war-junks upriver and then, once the British ships were grounded as the river narrowed, they chased them in the ships' boats until all the war-junks had been overhauled. He also took part in the larger action, under Commodore Henry Keppel, involving around 100 war-junks at the Battle of Fatshan Creek. Elliot went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station, then Commander-in- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Warren (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Richard Laird Warren (1806 – 29 July 1875) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Naval career Born the son of Admiral Frederick Warren, Warren joined the Royal Navy in 1822. Promoted to Captain in 1839, he commanded HMS ''Magicienne'' and then HMS ''Trincomalee''. The ''Trincomalee'' was assigned to provide hurricane relief and to search vessels for slave-trade activities on the North American Station. He also commanded HMS ''Cressy'' in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He was appointed Commander-in-chief, South East Coast of America Station in 1861 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore The Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, was an operational commander of the Royal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally known as the Nore Station or Nore Command. The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the Th ... in 1869 and retired in 1870. Family In 1844 he married Eleanor Charlotte Warren; they had six son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Keppel
Admiral of the Fleet The Honourable Sir Henry Keppel (14 June 1809 – 17 January 1904) was a Royal Navy officer. His first command was largely spent off the coast of Spain, which was then in the midst of the First Carlist War. As commanding officer of the corvette on the East Indies and China Station he was deployed in operations during the First Opium War and in operations against Borneo pirates. He later served as commander of the naval brigade besieging Sebastopol during the Crimean War. After becoming second-in-command of the East Indies and China Station, he commanded the British squadron in the action with Chinese pirates at the Battle of Fatshan Creek when he sank around 100 enemy war-junks. He subsequently took part in the capture of Canton during the Second Opium War. Keppel went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station, then Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station, Commander-in-Chief, China Station and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Lushington (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington GCB (12 December 1803 – 28 May 1877) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the Crimean War. Long and distinguished service in the Mediterranean brought him honours and rewards. Lushington was born into a gentry family, the son of a baronet, while his uncle was a judge and a member of parliament. Stephen entered the navy shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and after serving under a number of officers in far-flung locations like the Mediterranean and the South American coast, rose through the ranks. He was particularly active against pirates in the Aegean Sea and was promoted to lieutenant after a number of boat actions. He returned to the Mediterranean at his new rank and saw action at the Battle of Navarino, where the British were allied with the Russians against the Ottoman forces. Lushington came to the attention of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, the British commander in chief, and was soon promoted to his own comman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provo Wallis
Provo or Provos may refer to: In geography In the United States * Provo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Provo, South Dakota, an unincorporated community * Provo Township, Fall River County, South Dakota * Provo, Utah, a city ** Provo Peak, a mountain within the city limits * Provo Canyon, Utah * Provo River, Utah Elsewhere * Provo, Livno, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Provo, Vladimirci, a village in Serbia * Providenciales, often shortened to Provo locally, an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands People * Saint Provos, another name for Saint Probus of Side (died c. 304 AD), a martyr of the Diocletian persecution * Provo Wallis (1791–1892), British admiral of the fleet * Dwayne Provo (born 1970), retired Canadian Football League player * Fred Provo (1922–1999), America National Football League player in 1948 Transportation * Provo station (Amtrak), Amtrak inter-city rail station * Provo station (Utah Transit Authority), Utah Transit Authority commuter ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William James Hope-Johnstone
Admiral Sir William James Hope-Johnstone KCB (28 July 1798 – 11 July 1878) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Naval career Born the second son of Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope, William James Hope-Johnstone joined the Royal Navy in 1811.William James Hope-Johnstone William Loney RN Promoted to in 1823, he commanded HMS ''Doris'', HMS ''Asia'', HMS ''Britannia''< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
