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Gun-brig
A gun-brig was a small brig-rigged warship that enjoyed popularity in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, during which large numbers were purchased or built. In general these were vessels of under 200 tons burthen, and thus smaller than the more common s or the even larger s. The gun-brigs generally carried 12 guns, comprising two long guns in the chase position and ten carronades on the broadsides. For brig-rigged sloops, see List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. For gunboats, see List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy. Development The earliest gun-brigs were shallow-draught vessels. Initially they were not brigs at all, but were classed as 'gunvessels' and carried a schooner or brigantine rig. They were re-rigged as brigs about 1796 and re-classed under the new term 'gun-brig'. They were designed as much to row as to sail, and carried their primary armament firing forward - a pair of long 18-pounders or 24-pounders, weapons which in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henslow (Surveyor Of The Navy)
Sir John Henslow (9 October 1730 – 22 September 1815) was Surveyor to the Navy (Royal Navy) a post he held jointly or solely from 1784 to 1806. Career He was 7th child of John Henslow a master carpenter in the dockyard at Woolwich S. M. Walters and E. A. Stow CUP * 1745 Apprenticed to * 1762 Master Boat Builder at Woolwich * 1771 Assistant Surveyor to the Navy * 1784 Surveyor to the Navy * 1793 Knighted * 1806 retired to |
Gunboat War
The Gunboat War (, ; 1807–1814) was a naval conflict between Denmark–Norway and the British during the Napoleonic Wars. The war's name is derived from the Danish tactic of employing small gunboats against the materially superior Royal Navy. In Scandinavia it is seen as the later stage of the English Wars, whose commencement is accounted as the First Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. Background The naval conflict between Britain and Denmark-Norway commenced with the First Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 when Horatio Nelson's squadron of Admiral Parker's fleet attacked the Danish capital. This came as a basis of Denmark-Norway's policy of armed neutrality during the latter stages of the French Revolutionary Wars, where Denmark used its naval forces to protect trade flowing within, into and out of the Danish-Norwegian waters. Hostilities between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom broke out again by the Second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807, when the British attacked the Danish c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Swinger (1794)
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Swinger'': *, a 14-gun (later 12-gun) ''Conquest''-class gun brig launched at Limehouse in 1794 and sold in 1802. *, a 6-gun gunvessel purchased locally in Honduras in 1798, and whose fate in unknown. *, a 12-gun ''Archer''-class gun brig launched at Topsham in 1804 and broken up in June 1812. *, a 12-gun ''Bold''-class gun brig launched at Bridport in 1813, converted to a mooring lighter in 1829 and broken up in 1877. *, a 4-gun launched at Northfleet in 1855 and broken up in 1864. *, a 4-gun launched at Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Dockyard, originally called Pater Yard, is a former Royal Navy Dockyard in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales. History It was founded in 1814, although not formally authorized until the Prince Regent signed the necessary Order in Cou ... in 1872, hulked in 1895 and sold in 1924. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swinger, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Corvette And Sloop Classes Of The Royal Navy
This is a list of sixth rate, corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. In the Age of Sail ships were divided into six ranks in 1626 to govern pay rates for officers in 1626. Until the 1840s when steam power was being introduced this system was in place, The vessels classed as six rates were used in trade protection and at times could be used as scouts for the fleet (a task normally associated with Fifth rates). The rules governing the classification of Six rates would change until the mid 18th Century when it was formally established based on ship size armament and crew size. In 1626 a sixth rate was categorized as a ship having a crew size of 40 to 50 men. In 1653 the was changed to at least 40 up to a maximum of 79 men. By the end of the 1600s crew size had grown to over 100 men with a flush deck battery of guns firing six pound projectiles. A sixth rate after the Restoration in 1660 would carry up to 24 guns, though 18 to 20 was more of a standard. By the 1750s sixth r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Gunboat And Gunvessel Classes Of The Royal Navy
This is a list of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy. For gun-brigs see List of gun-brigs of the Royal Navy. Steam gunboats Wooden paddle gunboats (Indian service) * Wooden paddle gunboats (Great Lakes) Iron paddle gunboat (Great Lakes) * ''Mowhawk'' (1843) Iron paddle despatch vessels/gunboats * (1855) Wooden screw gunboats * ''Gleaner'' (or ''Pelter'') class ** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * (1855) ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** (or ''Bruizer'') ** (cancelled) ** (can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Plumper (1794)
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Plumper'': * was a 12-gun gunvessel launched in 1794 and sold in 1802. * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804 and captured in the action of 15 July 1805. The French Navy took ''Plumper'' into service, renaming her ''Argus'' in 1814, ''Plumper'' again in 1815, and ''Argus'' again later that year. She was condemned in 1822 at Saint-Louis, Senegal, and struck in 1827, * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1807 and wrecked in 1812 in the Bay of Fundy while en route to Halifax with £70,000 in specie for the purchase of arms for the military in St John. She sank immediately with the loss of the specie and 42 of 60 people on board, consisting both of crew and passengers. * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1813 and sold in 1833. * was a unique wooden screw sloop A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. In the 19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine, ships driven by propellers were differentiated fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Tickler (1794)
HMS ''Tickler'' was launched in 1794 as a ''Conquest''-class gunbrig. She was sold in 1802. Career Lieutenant James Gomm commissioned ''Teazer'' in February 1795. She then joined Sir Sidney Smith's squadron. In July Lieutenant Gomm, Lieutenant Titus Allardyce of and Lieutenant Henry Hicks of faced mutinous conduct by seamen at the Îles Saint-Marcouf. This escalated into a situation that involved counter-charges and the confinement of Hicks, Allardyce, and Gomm. Smith was dissatisfied with the officers' conduct but would later write that he had treated the officers with great leniency. Lieutenant John Johnson recommissioned ''Tickler'' in August 1797. Lieutenant Thomas Williams commanded ''Tickler'' from August 1797. Between March and June 1798 ''Tickler'' was at Portsmouth undergoing coppering and conversion to a brig. On 7 August 1799 ''Carolina'' capsized in the English Channel off Poole, Dorset. ''Tickler'', under the command of Lieutenant Williams, rescued her crew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Teazer (1794)
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Teazer'' : * ''Teazer'' was a gunboat purchased in the West Indies that participated in the capture of Martinique, St Lucia, and Guadeloupe in 1794 * was a 14-gun gunvessel launched in 1794 and sold in 1802. * was a 6-gun schooner purchased in 1798 for local use off Honduras. Her fate is unknown. * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804; the French captured her in 1805, but the British recaptured her in 1811 and sold her in 1815. * was a launched in 1846 and broken up in 1862. * was a composite gunboat launched in 1868 and broken up in 1887. * was a launched in 1895 and sold in 1912. * was an launched in 1917 and sold in 1931. * was a T-class destroyer launched in 1943. She was converted to a Type 16 frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brig
A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square rig, square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the latter part of the 19th century. In commercial use, they were gradually replaced by fore-and-aft rigged vessels such as schooners, as owners sought to reduce crew costs by having rigs that could be handled by fewer men. In Royal Navy use, brigs were retained for training use when the battle fleets consisted almost entirely of iron-hulled steamships. Brigs were prominent in the coasting coal trade of British waters. 4,395 voyages to London with coal were recorded in 1795. With an average of eight or nine trips per year for one vessel, that is a fleet of over 500 colliers trading to London alone. Other ports and coastal communities were also be served by colliers trading to Britain's coal ports. In the first half of the 19th century, the va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Randall (shipbuilder)
John Randall (1755–1802) was an English shipbuilder. Life The son of John Randall, shipbuilder of Rotherhithe, he had a liberal education, and on the death of his father, around 1776, continued the shipbuilding business under his own management. He also worked on mathematics, and naval construction. In addition to many ships which he built for the mercantile marine and for the East India Company, Randall built over 50 naval vessels. They included 74-gun ships and large frigates, among them being HMS ''Audacious'', HMS ''Ramillies'', and HMS ''Culloden'', noted in the French Revolutionary Wars. He took a prominent part in founding the Society of Naval Architects. On the Peace of Amiens, Randall lowered his rates of pay from the wartime level, and his men went out on strike. The Admiralty permitted him to take on workmen from the Deptford dockyard, and offered a military force to protect them, which was turned down. The Deptford men were prevented from working in his yard; an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deptford
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Dockyards. This was a major shipbuilding dock and attracted Peter the Great to come and study shipbuilding. Deptford and the docks are associated with the knighting of Sir Francis Drake by Queen Elizabeth I aboard the ''Golden Hind'', the legend of Sir Walter Raleigh laying down his cape for Elizabeth, Captain James Cook's third voyage aboard HMS ''Resolution'', and the mysterious apparent murder of Christopher Marlowe in a house along Deptford Strand. Though Deptford began as two small communities, one at the ford, and the other a fishing village on the Thames, Deptford's history and population has been mainly associated with the docks established by Henry VIII. The two communities grew together and flouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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