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William Fanshawe Martin
Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin, 4th Baronet, (5 December 180124 March 1895), was a Royal Navy officer. As a commander, he provided valuable support to British merchants at Callao in Peru in the early 1820s during the Peruvian War of Independence. He became First Naval Lord in the Second Derby–Disraeli ministry in March 1858 and in that capacity acted as a strong advocate for the procurement of Britain's first ironclad warship. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet and in that role provided important assistance during the Italian disturbances in 1860 and 1861, reformed the system of discipline in his fleet and developed a comprehensive system of manoeuvres for steam ships. Early career Born the eldest son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Martin (a former Controller of the Navy) and Catherine Martin (daughter of Captain Robert Fanshawe RN), Martin joined the Royal Navy in June 1813. He had two brothers, one of whom became Admiral Sir Henry Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winchfield
Winchfield is a small village in the Hart (district), Hart District of Hampshire in the South-East of England. It is situated south-west of Hartley Wintney, east of Basingstoke, north-east of Odiham and west of London. It is connected to London Waterloo railway station, London Waterloo and Basingstoke railway station, Basingstoke by the South West Main Line. Winchfield consists of a recently rebuilt village hall (in 1998), a Church (building), church, a 17th-century inn called the Winchfield Inn and a combination of old residential properties and new ones. Winchfield parish currently has a population of 581 people, which was projected to rise to just over 600 in 2008. The population is scattered across this wide parish, which includes Potbridge, settlement around Winchfield church, Winchfield Hurst and Shapley Heath. History There was a Stone Age settlement at Bagwell Green, a few hundred yards past the church in the direction of Odiham Common. Winchfield also has a few exa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callao
Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and Regions of Peru, region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists of the whole Callao Region, which is also coterminous with the Province of Callao. Founded in 1537 by the Spaniards, the city has a long naval history as one of the main ports in Latin America and the Pacific, as it was one of vital Spanish towns during the Spanish America, colonial era. Central Callao is about west of the Historic Centre of Lima. History El Callao was founded by Spanish colonists in 1537, just two years after Lima (1535). It soon became the main port for Spanish commerce in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific. The origin of its name is unknown; both Amerindian (particularly Yunga language (Peru), Yunga, or Coastal Peruvian) and Spanish sources are credited, but it is certain that it was known by that name since 1550. Other sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Forte (1814)
HMS ''Forte'' may refer to more than one ship of the British Royal Navy: * , a French Navy 42-gun frigate launched in 1794, captured by the Royal Navy in 1799, and wrecked in 1801. * HMS ''Forte'', a 5th rate ordered in 1801 but subsequently canceled. * , a 74-gun 3rd rate renamed HMS ''Forte'' when she became a receiving hulk in 1890. * , a 38-gun 5th rate launched in 1814 and broken up in 1844. * , a 51-gun screw frigate launched in 1858, hulked in the 1870s, and destroyed by fire in 1905. * , a protected cruiser Protected cruisers, a type of naval cruiser of the late-19th century, gained their description because an armoured deck offered protection for vital machine-spaces from fragments caused by shells exploding above them. Protected cruisers re ... launched in 1893 and decommissioned in 1913. * , a protected cruiser renamed HMS ''Forte'' after being hulked in 1915. {{DEFAULTSORT:Forte, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Glasgow (1814)
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Glasgow'' after the Scottish city of Glasgow: *The first was a 20-gun sixth rate, previously the Scottish ship ''Royal Mary''. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1707 and was sold in 1719. *The second was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1745 and sold in 1756. *The third was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1757 and accidentally burnt in 1779. *The fourth was a 40-gun fifth-rate launched in 1814 and broken up by 1829. *The fifth was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1861 and sold in 1884. *The sixth was a light cruiser launched in 1909 and sold in 1927. *The seventh was a light cruiser launched in 1936 and scrapped in 1958. *The eighth was a Type 42 destroyer launched in 1976. She was decommissioned in 2005 and scrapped in 2009. *The ninth is lead ship of the Royal Navy's Type 26 frigates, to be operational in 2026. Battle honours *Lagos 1759 *Havana 1762 * Algiers 1816 *Navarino 1827 * Coronel 1914 *Falkland Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Prince Regent (1820)
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Prince Regent'', after numerous holders of the position of prince regent: * was a 56-gun fourth rate launched in 1814. She was renamed HMS ''Kingston'' later in 1814 and was sold in 1832. * was a yacht launched in 1820 and presented to Oman in 1836. * was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line launched in 1823. She was converted to screw propulsion and rearmed to 78 guns in 1861 and was broken up in 1873. In addition, a Canadian ship launched as ''Prince Regent'' in 1812 later acquired the HMS prefix under a different name: * was a 16-gun schooner launched in 1812 for Canada's Provincial Marine Provincial Marine was a coastal protection service in charge of the waters in the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River and parts of Lake Champlain under British control. While ships of the Provincial Marine were designated HMS, they were .... Commissioned into the Royal Navy and renamed ''Beresford'' (or ''Lord Beresford'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Indies Station
The East Indies Station was a formation and command of the British Royal Navy. Created in 1744 by the Admiralty, it was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies. Even in official documents, the term ''East Indies Station'' was often used. In 1941 the ships of the China Squadron and East Indies Squadron were merged to form the Eastern Fleet under the control of the Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet. The China Station then ceased as a separate command. The East Indies Station was disbanded in 1958. It encompassed Royal Navy Dockyards and bases in East Africa, Middle East, India and Ceylon, and other ships not attached to other fleets. For many years under rear admirals, from the 1930s the Commander-in-Chief was often an Admiral or a Vice-Admiral. History The East Indies Station was established as a Royal Navy command in 1744. From 1831 to 1865, the East Indies and the China Station were a single command known as the East Indies and China Station. The East Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Alceste (1806)
HMS ''Alceste'' was built at Rochefort in 1804 for the French Navy as ''Minerve'', an . In the spring of 1806, prior to her capture, she engaged , then under Lord Cochrane. During the duel she ran aground but Cochrane had to abort his attack when French reinforcements appeared. The British captured her in an action on 25 September 1806, and the Royal Navy took ''Minerve'' into service as ''Alceste'' in March 1807; ''Alceste'' then continued to serve throughout the Napoleonic Wars. On 29 November 1811, ''Alceste'' led a British squadron that captured a French military convoy carrying more than 200 cannon to Trieste in the Balkans. After this loss, Napoleon changed the direction of his planned eastward expansion in 1812 from the Balkans to Russia. The British historian James Henderson has suggested that the two events were linked, and may have changed the course of the war. In 1814, ''Alceste'' was converted to a troopship and used to transport British soldiers to North Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Byam Martin
Sir Henry Byam Martin KCB (25 June 1803 – 9 February 1865) was a senior Royal Navy officer, and a watercolour artist. Naval career Martin was born in 1803, the second son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin, comptroller of the navy (1815–1831). Educated at the Royal Naval Academy, Martin first went to sea in October 1818. By 1840 he was captain of off the coast of Syria during the Egyptian–Ottoman War. Martin took part in actions off Tartus, and the capture of Acre on 3 November 1840. His actions earned him an appointment as a Commander of the Order of the Bath. From 1846 to 1847, in command of , Martin was sent to the Society Islands in the South Pacific to report on the Franco-Tahitian War and investigate the sovereignty claim of Queen Pōmare IV over the Leeward Islands. Martin was promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1854 and was appointed as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath for his work during Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fanshawe (Royal Navy Officer)
Robert Fanshawe (4 January 1740 – 4 February 1823) was a British officer of the Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament. Family and early life Robert Fanshawe was born in British America on 4 January 1740, the second son of Rear-Admiral Charles Fanshawe and Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet. Robert Fanshawe was a member of the Parsloes branch of the Fanshawe family, being a descendant of William Fanshawe, an M.P. that lived during the early 17th century. He joined the navy in 1753, serving as a midshipman aboard the 50-gun . He went to the East Indies during the Seven Years' War with the squadron commanded by Vice-Admiral Charles Watson. Fanshawe saw action at the capture of the fortress of Geriah, the recapture of Calcutta, and the Battle of Chandannagar in 1757. He also took part in the three general actions between Vice-Admiral George Pocock and Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché, in 1758 and 1759; the battles of Cuddalore, Negapatam and Pondicherry. Fanshaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Sea Lord
The post of Controller of the Navy (abbreviated as CofN) was originally created in 1859 when the Surveyor of the Navy's title changed to Controller of the Navy. In 1869 the controller's office was abolished and its duties were assumed by that of the Third Naval Lord whose title then changed to Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy. In 1904 the title was changed again to Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy. In 1965 the office of the Third Sea Lord was abolished. The post-holder is responsible for procurement and matériel in the United Kingdom, British Royal Navy. Originally the post-holder was a member of the Board of Admiralty and later a member of the Admiralty Board (United Kingdom), Admiralty Board. History The original office of Comptroller of the Navy (Navy Board), Comptroller of the Navy was established in 1561 during the reign of Elizabeth I of England which was a very different function from what became known later as the ''Controller of the Navy''. They pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Byam Martin
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin, (25 July 1773 – 25 October 1854) was a Royal Navy officer. As captain of fifth-rate HMS ''Fisgard'' he took part in a duel with the French ship ''Immortalité'' and captured her at the Battle of Tory Island during the French Revolutionary Wars. Then while in command of the third-rate HMS ''Implacable'' in the Baltic Sea and attached to the Swedish Navy he took part in the capture the Russian ship ''Sewolod'' (''Vsevolod'') during the Napoleonic Wars. During his many years of service as Comptroller of the Navy, Martin was credited with reducing the fleet from the enormous size deployed against the French to a much more streamlined service geared toward protecting merchant trade and the British Empire. He also focused heavily on employing highly trained dockyard staff capable of responding rapidly to any international emergency. Martin also sat in Parliament for 14 years and was an outspoken critic of government attempts to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
