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Edward Harvey (1658–1736)
Admiral Sir Edward Harvey, (1783 – 4 May 1865) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and continued in the service during the first half of the nineteenth century during which he participated in the bombardment of Acre in 1840. Harvey was the son of John Harvey an officer killed in action at the Glorious First of June and was related to several senior officers of the period in the distinguished Harvey family. A great-grandson, Francis Harvey won the Victoria Cross in 1916, sacrificing himself to save over 1,000 lives. Early career Edward Harvey was born at the family home in Eastry, Kent to Captain John Harvey and his wife Judith. the second brother of a large family, Harvey was educated at home before joining his father on his ship HMS ''Brunswick'' as a "gentleman volunteer" aged only ten at the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793. Gaining experience of the service under his father and accompanied by his cous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastry
Eastry is a village and civil parish in the Dover district, in Kent, England, around southwest of Sandwich. It was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005". The parish includes the hamlets of Heronden and Selson. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2492. The name is derived from the Old English ''Ēast-rige'', meaning "eastern province" (cf. '' Sūþ-rige'' "southern province"), also recorded as ''Ēastregē'', from ''ēasterra gē'' (lit. "more easterly area"). Poison Cross is a location with an unusual name at the north end of the village. A railway halt there had a short life. Historical legends Eastry lies on the Roman road north from Dover to Richborough Castle. In the Early Middle Ages, Eastry was part of the Kingdom of Kent and was an important administrative centre. It was here that a royal palace of the Saxon kings of Kent stood. One of Kent's oldest legends concerns King Ecgberht of Kent and the murder of his young cousins, Æthelred and Æthelberht, within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Brunswick (1790)
HMS ''Brunswick'' was a 74-gun third rate ship-of-the-line of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 April 1790 at Deptford. She was first commissioned in the following month under Hyde Parker (admiral), Sir Hyde Parker for the Spanish Armament but was not called into action. When the Russian Armament was resolved without conflict in August 1791, ''Brunswick'' took up service as a guardship in Portsmouth Harbour. She joined Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Richard Howe's Channel Fleet at the outbreak of the French Revolutionary War and was present at the battle on Glorious First of June where she fought a hard action against the French 74-gun ''French ship Vengeur du Peuple, Vengeur du Peuple''. ''Brunswick'' was in a small squadron under William Cornwallis that Cornwallis's Retreat, encountered a large French fleet in June 1795. The British ships successfully retreated into the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic through a combination of good seamanship, good fortune and Military deception, deceivin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midshipman
A midshipman is an officer of the lowest Military rank#Subordinate/student officer, rank in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth navies. Commonwealth countries which use the rank include Royal Canadian Navy, Canada (Naval Cadet), Royal Australian Navy, Australia, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh, Namibian Navy, Namibia, Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand, South African Navy, South Africa, Indian Navy, India, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan, Republic of Singapore Navy, Singapore, Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka, and Kenya Navy, Kenya. In the 17th century, a midshipman was a Naval rating, rating for an experienced seaman, and the word derives from the area aboard a ship, amidships, either where he worked on the ship, or where he was Berth (sleeping), berthed. Beginning in the 18th century, a commissioned officer candidate was rated as a midshipman, and the seaman rating began to slowly die out. By the Napoleonic era (1793–1815), a midshipman was an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Beaulieu
HMS ''Beaulieu'' ( ) was a 40-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The ship was laid down in 1790 as a speculative build by the shipwright Henry Adams (shipbuilder), Henry Adams and purchased by the Royal Navy in June of the same year. Built to the dimensions of a merchant ship, ''Beaulieu'' was broader, with more storage capacity, than a standard frigate; though may not have had good sailing qualities. The frigate was Ship commissioning, commissioned in January 1793 by William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Lord Northesk and sent to serve on the Leeward Islands Station. She participated in the Battle of Martinique (1794), capture of Martinique in February 1794, and then was similarly present at the capture of the island of Saint Lucia in April. The frigate also took part in the initial stages of the Invasion of Guadeloupe (1794), invasion of Guadeloupe. Later in the year the ship's crew was beset by yellow fever and much depleted. ''Beaulieu'' was sent to serve on the No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
