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USS Scourge (1804)
Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS ''Scourge'': * Quatre frères (1796 ship), USS ''Scourge'' (1804), was a former French privateer which the British Royal Navy captured and took into service as HMS ''Transfer'', and in 1802 sold to the consul of Ottoman Tripolitania. The U.S. Navy captured her in 1804 and renamed her ''Scourge''; she was declared unfit for service in 1812 and sold. * , was the Canadian schooner ''Lord Nelson'', seized for the US Navy on Lake Ontario in 1812, and that sank in 1813 * , was a steamer, purchased in 1846 for service in the Mexican–American War and sold in 1848. {{DEFAULTSORT:Scourge, Uss United States Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quatre Frères (1796 Ship)
''Quatre frères'' was either an American or Bermudian-built vessel. She was commissioned in 1796 at Bordeaux as a French privateer. The Royal Navy captured her in April 1797 and took her into service as HMS ''Transfer''. The Royal Navy sold her at Malta in 1802 to Ottoman Tripolitania. The U.S. Navy captured her in 1804 and took her into service as USS ''Scourge''. The U.S. Navy sold her in 1812. ''Quatre frères'' ''Quatre frères'' was commissioned in 1796 in Bordeaux under Martial Dupeyrat. Under his command she captured two prizes: ''Résolution'' and ''Frascara'', that she sent into Rochfort. ''Résolution'', of Lisbon and of 500 tons (French, "of load"), Dos Santos (or Roze de Sautort), master, was a Portuguese vessel carrying wheat and almonds from the Barbary Coast. ''Frascara'' was a Danish vessel carrying oranges and lemons.''Bulletin de la Société des sciences & arts de Bayonne'' (1998), p.39. The 74-gun captured ''Quatre frères'' in March 1797 in the Mediterran ... [...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] |
Ottoman Tripolitania
The coastal region of what is today Libya was ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1551 to 1912. First, from 1551 to 1864, as the Eyalet of Tripolitania ( ota, ایالت طرابلس غرب ''Eyālet-i Trâblus Gârb'') or ''Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary'', later, from 1864 to 1912, as the Vilayet of Tripolitania ( ota, ولايت طرابلس غرب, links=no ''Vilâyet-i Trâblus Gârb''). It was also known as the Kingdom of Tripoli, even though it was not technically a kingdom, but an Ottoman province ruled by pashas (governors). The Karamanli dynasty ruled the province as a ''de facto'' hereditary monarchy from 1711 to 1835, despite remaining under nominal Ottoman rule and suzerainty from Constantinople. Besides the core territory of Tripolitania, '' Barca'' was also considered part of the kingdom of Tripoli, because it was ruled by the Pasha of Tripoli, also the nominal Ottoman governor-general. Ottoman name of "Trablus Garb" literally means "Tripoli in the West" sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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