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Thomas Staines
Captain Sir Thomas Staines (1776 – 13 July 1830) was an officer in the Royal Navy. French Revolutionary Wars Staines joined on 3 July 1796 on his promotion to Lieutenant. Commander Philip Wodehouse had taken command of ''Peterel'' by December 1796, when ''Peterel'' landed a small party under Lieutenant Thomas Staines on the coast of Corsica. The landing party attacked a Martello tower, which they captured, and threw its gun, a long 32-pounder, over the cliff.''The Gentleman's magazine'', (September 1830), pp.277-80. ''Peterel''s next captain was Commander William Proby, Lord Proby, who took over in March 1797. In June 1797, Wodehouse authorised Staines to take 20 men in two of the ship's boats to cut out a French privateer that had been preying on merchant vessels off the coast of Tuscany. After a skirmish in which the British had five men wounded and the French lost several dead and wounded, the British took the privateer, which had a crew of 45 men and was armed with ... [...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] |
Francis Austen
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Francis William Austen, (23 April 1774 – 10 August 1865) was a Royal Navy officer and an elder brother of the novelist Jane Austen. As commanding officer of the sloop HMS ''Peterel'', he captured some 40 ships, was present at the capture of a French squadron, and led an operation when the French brig ''Ligurienne'' was captured and two others were driven ashore off Marseille during the French Revolutionary Wars. On the outbreak of Napoleonic Wars Austen was appointed to raise and organise a corps of Sea Fencibles at Ramsgate to defend a strip of the Kentish coast. He went on to be commanding officer of the third-rate , in which he took part in the pursuit of the French Fleet to the West Indies and back and then fought at the Battle of San Domingo, leading the lee line of ships into the battle. He later commanded the third-rate and observed the Battle of Vimeiro from the deck of his ship before embarking British troops retreating after the Battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitcairn Islands
The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four islands—Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno—are scattered across several hundred miles of ocean and have a combined land area of about . Henderson Island accounts for 86% of the land area, but only Pitcairn Island is inhabited. The islands nearest to the Pitcairn Islands are Mangareva (of French Polynesia) at 688 km to the west and Easter Island at 1,929 km to the east. The Pitcairn Islanders are a biracial ethnic group descended mostly from nine ''Bounty'' mutineers and a handful of Tahitian consorts—as is still apparent from the surnames of many of the islanders. The mutiny and its aftermath have been the subject of many books and films. As of January 2020, the territory had only 47 permanent inhabitants. History Polynesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Briton (1812)
HMS ''Briton'' was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the British Royal Navy's ''Leda'' class. She was ordered on 28 September 1808 and her keel laid down at Chatham Dockyard Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent. Established in Chatham in the mid-16th century, the dockyard subsequently expanded into neighbouring Gillingham (at its most extensive, in the early 20th century, ... in February 1810. Navy veteran Sir Thomas Staines was appointed her first captain on 7 May 1812 but did not join the ship until 17 June 1813 owing to his being at sea aboard HMS Hamadryad (1804), HMS ''Hamadryad''.''The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ...'', Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1831, Volume 15 "Chapter X Sir Thomas Stainespp. 348–374/ref> After a period of cruising in the Bay of Biscay, the vessel set sail for South America where during the course of several missions she unexpectedly encountered the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Naples served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Cyane (1806)
HMS ''Cyane'' was a Royal Navy sixth-rate post ship of nominally 22 guns, built in 1806 at Topsham, near Exeter, England. She was ordered in January 1805 as HMS ''Columbine'' but renamed ''Cyane'' on 6 December of that year. ''Cyane'' had a distinguished career in British service that included the award in 1847 of a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal to any still surviving crew members of either of two actions. On 20 February 1815, she and engaged ; outgunned, both had to surrender. She then served as , including a stint on anti-slavery duties, until she was broken up in 1836. Commissioning and early service ''Cyane'' was originally named ''Columbine'', but was renamed on 6 December 1805. She initially mounted 22 long 9-pounder cannon on her main deck and also eight 24-pounder carronades and two long 6-pounders on her quarter-deck and forecastle. Captain Thomas Staines commissioned her in March 1807. At his request the Navy Board exchanged her 9-pounders for 32-pounder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Brig Infante (1787)
''Salamine'' was originally the Spanish Navy's ''Infante'' 18-gun brig, built in 1787 at Cadiz. The French Navy captured her at Toulon in December 1793 and recommissioned her; they renamed her on 10 May 1798 as ''Salamine'', for the battle of Salamis. On 18 June 1799, captured her and she was brought into Royal Navy service as HMS ''Salamine''. She served briefly in the Mediterranean, where she captured two French privateers and several merchant vessels before the Royal Navy sold her at Malta in 1802, after the Treaty of Amiens ended the war with France. French service The French navy captured the Spanish brig ''Infante'' in December 1793, and brought into French service under her existing name. In January 1794, she was recommissioned in Toulon under Lieutenant Girardias,Fonds Marine, p.184 and renamed ''Liberté''. In May 1795, she was returned to her original name of ''Infante''. In June 1797, ''Infante'' sailed together with the frigates ''Sensible'' and ''Artémise'' to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Brig Alerte (1787)
The French brig ''Alerte'' was launched in April 1787. The Royal Navy captured her at Toulon in August 1793, and renamed her HMS ''Vigilante''. The British set her on fire when they evacuated Toulon in December of that year. After the French rebuilt her as ''Alerte'', she served at the Battle of Aboukir Bay. The British recaptured her in June 1799 and took her into service as HMS ''Minorca''. ''Minorca'' was sold in 1802. French brig ''Alerte'' (I) ''Alerte'' was built at Rochefort Dockyard and designed as an ''aviso'', under the designation ''Aviso No. 1''. Hubert Pennevert completed her as a ''bric'' of 10 guns. In 1790 she was under the command of ''Sous-lieutenant de vaisseau'' D'Aujard in the Levant. In November 1791, still under the command of D'Aujard, she was cruising off the coast of Syria. In 1793 she cruised along the Ligurian coast, escorted a convoy from Villefranche to Toulon, and sailed from Tunis to Marseilles. Between 4 April and 17 May she was under the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Princess Charlotte (1799)
''Junon'' was a 40-gun of the French Navy. French service ''Junon'' was commissioned in the French Navy under Captain d'Ettry on 2 May 1786. In 1786, ''Junon'' served as division flagship for Chef d'escadre Charles de Charritte, Charritte in the 12-ship Escadre d'évolution. She was at Cherbourg on 24 June when a naval review and a simulated naval battle took place as Louis XVI of France, Louis XVI visited the harbour. Later that year, she became the flagship for the French division off Western Africa, under Chef de Division Joseph de Flotte. In late 1790, under Lieutenant Villeneuve d'Esclapon, she prepared to sail from Toulon, but never departed. In June 1792, ''Junon'' escorted merchantmen from Toulon into the Atlantic Ocean under Lieutenant Terras de Rodeillac. In December 1792, she ferried Ambassador Charles Louis Huguet, marquis de Sémonville, Sémonville to Constantinople, before returning to cruise off Sardinia, notably supporting the landing of French troops on 14 Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Alceste (1780)
''Alceste'' was a ''Magicienne'' class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1780, that the British seized at the Siege of Toulon. They transferred her to the Kingdom of Sardinia, but the French recaptured her a year later in the action of 8 June 1794. The British captured her again at the action of 18 June 1799 and took her into service as HMS ''Alceste''. In 1801 she became a floating battery and she was sold the next year. Career At the outbreak of the French Revolution, ''Alceste'' served in the Mediterranean until she was put in the reserved and disarmed in Toulon. The royalist insurrection found her there; the British, who supported the royalists, seized her and transferred her to the Kingdom of Sardinia before the conclusion of the Siege of Toulon. The 32-gun ''Boudeuse'' recaptured her in the action of 8 June 1794. The French then took her back into French service. On 4 August 1794 ''Alceste'' and ''Vestale'' were off Cape Bon when they encountered and captured the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Courageuse (1799)
''Courageuse'' was a 12-pounder ''Concorde'' class frigate of the French Navy. She was launched in 1778. The British captured her in 1799 and thereafter used her as a receiving ship or prison hulk at Malta before breaking her up in 1802. Career In 1790, under Captain"''Major de vaisseau''"; Fonds Marine, p.22 de Grasse-Briançon, ''Courageuse'' was part of the Toulon squadron under Poute de Nieuil.Fonds Marine, p.22 From 2 August, she ferried troops and civil commissioners to Corsica, and cruised in the area before making a port call to Ajaccio and eventually returning to Toulon on 30 October.Fonds Marine, p.26 In 1792, under Captain de La Croix de Saint-Vallier, ''Courageuse'' sailed off Smyrna, Saloniki and Tripoli, returning to Smyrna on 6 December.Fonds Marine, p.33 In January 1793, she escorted a convoy to Marseille, and from there returned to Toulon, arriving on 12 May.Fonds Marine, p.52 ''Courageuse'' took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver in the winter of 1794-1795 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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