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HMS Kent (1652)
The English ship ''Kentish'' (changed to HMS ''Kent'' after Stuart Restoration, the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660) was a 40-gun fourth-rate frigate#Origins, frigate of the Commonwealth of England Navy, built by contract at Deptford (not in the Dockyard) and launched in November 1652. ''Kentish'' was commissioned in early 1653 under Captain Jacob Reynolds and saw active service in the Battle of Portland on 18 February that year, and the Battle of the Gabbard from 2 June. Command was then passed to Captain Edward Witheridge, with ''Kentish'' returned to Chatham Dockyard, Chatham for the winter. In early 1654 she was assigned to the British squadron in the Mediterranean, where she remained until mid-1655. Her most famous action was on 4 April 1655, when she attacked a Squadron (naval), squadron of Tunisian warships lying in Ghar el-Melh, Porto Farina, on the Barbary Coast. She defeated both the ships and the on-shore fort to win her third battle honour. She served in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Of England
The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I. The republic's existence was declared through "An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth", adopted by the Rump Parliament on 19 May 1649. Power in the early Commonwealth was vested primarily in the Parliament and a Council of State. During the period, fighting continued, particularly in Ireland and Scotland, between the parliamentary forces and those opposed to them, in the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland and the Anglo-Scottish war of 1650–1652. In 1653, after dissolution of the Rump Parliament, the Army Council adopted the Instrument of Government which made Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of a united "Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland", inaugurating the period now usually known as the Prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
