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British Channel Fleet
The Channel Fleet and originally known as the Channel Squadron was the Royal Navy formation of warships that defended the waters of the English Channel from 1854 to 1909 and 1914 to 1915. History Throughout the course of Royal Navy's history there had been different squadrons stationed in home waters. One of the earliest known naval formations to be based at Plymouth was called the Western Squadron which was the forerunner of the Channel Squadron that was later known as the Channel Fleet. In 1650 Captain William Penn, Commander-in-Chief, was charged with guarding the Channel from Beachy Head to Lands End with six ships. This system continued following the Restoration. It was the start of what was to become a Western Squadron. From 1690 the squadron operated out of Plymouth Dockyard during wartime periods, which was for most of the 18th century and early 19th century. In 1854 The Channel Squadron, sometimes known as the Particular Service Squadron, was established. The Channel Squ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Minotaur (1863)
HMS ''Minotaur'' was the lead ship of the armoured frigates built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s. ''Minotaur'' took nearly four years between her launching and commissioning because she was used for evaluations of her armament and different sailing rigs. The ship spent the bulk of her active career as flagship of the Channel Squadron, including during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Fleet Review in 1887. She became a training ship in 1893 and was then hulked in 1905 when she became part of the training school at Harwich. ''Minotaur'' was renamed several times before being sold for scrap in 1922 and broken up the following year. Design and description The ''Minotaur''-class armoured frigatesIronclad is the all-encompassing term for armoured warships of this period. Armoured frigates were basically designed for the same role as traditional wooden frigates, but this later changed as the size and expense of these ships forced them to be used in the line of battle. were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north. It is more than long and wide, covering . It hosts key north European shipping lanes and is a major fishery. The coast is a popular destination for recreation and tourism in bordering countries, and a rich source of energy resources, including wind energy, wind and wave power. The North Sea has featured prominently in geopolitical and military affairs, particularly in Northern Europe, from the Middle Ages to the modern era. It was also important globally through the power northern Europeans projected worldwide during much of the Middle Ages and into the modern era. The North Sea was the centre of the Viking Age, Vikings' rise. The Hanseatic League, the Dutch Golden Age, Dutch Republic, and Kingdom of Great Britain, Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Symonds (Royal Navy Officer, Died 1894)
Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, Order of the Bath, GCB (31 October 1811 – 14 November 1894) was a Royal Navy officer. He was commanding officer of that participated in the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), bombardment of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Symonds became Admiral Superintendent at HMNB Devonport, Devonport Dockyard and then Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet, Channel Squadron. In that capacity he invented the scalene triangle naval formation, replacing the older isosceles triangle naval formation, and earned himself a reputation as a tactician. He also carried out an investigation into the design of the turret ships HMS Monarch (1868), HMS ''Monarch'' and HMS Captain (1869), HMS ''Captain'' and concluded that the turret ships were "formidable" and would, by superior armament, destroy any opposing broadside ships. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. Symonds led an active retirement, writing lett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Warden
Rear Admiral Frederick Warden CB (18 November 1807 – 11 November 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron. Naval career Warden joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1820. He served off the coast of Syria during the Oriental Crisis in 1840. Promoted to captain in 1845, he was given command of HMS ''Retribution'' in 1850 and then HMS ''Ajax'' which was used as mobile maritime battery in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War. He later commanded HMS ''Hibernia'' and then HMS ''Redpole''. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron in 1867 and Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in December 1868. He arrived from Lisbon to take command at Queenstown aboard HMS ''Helicon'', despatch vessel, on 28 December 1868. He died in office in Queenstown on 11 November 1869. He lived at Barham Lodge in Weybridge Weybridge () is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge, Elmbridge district in Surrey, England, around southwest of central Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hastings Yelverton
Admiral Sir Hastings Reginald Yelverton, (born Hastings Reginald Henry; 21 March 1808 – 24 July 1878) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in a major action against pirates off Candia in June 1826 and was involved in protecting British interests during the Portuguese Civil War during the early 1830s. He saw action in the Crimean War as Captain of one of the two ships that captured a Russian barque beneath the batteries at Ekenäs in Finland in May 1854. Then in July 1873 he took part in the suppression of the Cantonal Revolution in Cartagena. He became First Naval Lord in September 1876 and in that role implemented a series of economies demanded by the Disraeli ministry but was also involved in ordering the small, cheap and thoroughly unsuccessful ironclad ''Ajax''-class battleships. Early career Born the son of John Joseph Henry (of Straffan) and Lady Emily Elizabeth FitzGerald (daughter of William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster), Hastings Henry, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Dacres
Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, (spelt Sidney in many sources; 9 January 1804 – 8 March 1884) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the Greek War of Independence, when he was involved in an attack on the Turkish forces at Morea, and later during the Crimean War. Born into a substantial naval dynasty during the Napoleonic Wars, he eventually rose to the rank of Admiral and became First Naval Lord. His only significant action as First Naval Lord was to press for the abolition of masts. He went on to be Visitor and Governor of Greenwich Hospital. Early career Dacres was born in 1804, the son of Captain, later Vice-Admiral, Sir Richard Dacres and Martha Phillips Milligan. The Dacres had a long history of naval service, Sydney's uncle, James Richard Dacres, was a vice-admiral, while his cousins Barrington Dacres and James Richard Dacres would both serve in the navy, the former becoming a post-captain, the latter a vice-admiral. His father, Richard Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Smart (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral Sir Robert Smart, Order of the Bath, KCB, Royal Guelphic Order, KH (September 1796 – 10 September 1874) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Mediterranean Fleet, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet. Naval career Smart joined the Royal Navy and was promoted to lieutenant in 1820. Promoted to Captain (naval), captain in 1837, he took command, successively, of HMS Howe (1815), HMS ''Howe'', HMS Impregnable (1810), HMS ''Impregnable'', HMS Collingwood (1841), HMS ''Collingwood'' and HMS Indefatigable (1848), HMS ''Indefatigable''. He became captain superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard in 1854. Promoted to rear admiral in July 1857, he became Channel Fleet, Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron in 1861 and Mediterranean Fleet, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in April 1863. He was promoted to vice admiral in December 1863 and was required to assess the damage caused by the Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic disturbances in the neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fanshawe Stopford
Admiral Robert Fanshawe Stopford (19 December 1811 – 4 January 1891) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron. Naval career Born the son of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, Stopford was appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1830 and, as Commander of HMS ''Zebra'', took part in operations off the coast of Syria during the Oriental Crisis in 1840. Promoted to captain in 1840, he was given command of HMS ''Talbot'' in which he surveyed the Skerki Channel off Sardinia. He later commanded HMS ''Asia'' and then HMS ''Queen''. He was made Captain of the Fleet for the Channel Squadron in June 1860 and Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron in October 1860. In retirement Stopford lived at Mount Ararat a mansion at Richmond Hill. He is buried in Richmond Old Cemetery. Family In 1843 he married Emily Anna Wilbraham; they had five sons and two daughters. Following the death of his first wife in 1862, he married Lucy Hester Hornby, the dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Fremantle
Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle GCB (1 June 1800 – 25 May 1869) was a British Royal Navy officer. The city of Fremantle, Western Australia, is named after him. Early life Fremantle was the second son of Thomas Fremantle, an associate of Horatio Nelson, and of Fremantle's wife Elizabeth, the diarist. His middle name, Howe, is derived from his date of birth: the anniversary of Lord Howe's victory over the French on the Glorious First of June, 1794. Career Fremantle joined the Royal Navy in 1812 and worked his way up the ranks on a number of vessels. From 1818 to 1819 he served on his father's flagship in the Mediterranean Fleet. In 1824 Fremantle received the first gold gallantry medal of the new Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, later the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, for an attempted rescue at Whitepit near Christchurch, Dorset. In April 1826 Fremantle was charged with raping a 15-year-old girl. His family is said to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Seymour (Royal Navy Officer, Born 1802)
Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, GCB (3 December 1802 – 23 February 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Naval career Born the third son of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet,Laughton, J. K.. "Seymour, Sir Michael (1802–1887)". ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (2004 ed.). Oxford University Press. . Michael Seymour entered the Royal Navy in 1813. He was made lieutenant in 1822, commander in 1824 and was posted captain in 1826. From 1833 to 1835 he was captain of the survey ship HMS ''Challenger'', and was wrecked in her off the coast of Chile. In 1841 he was given command of HMS ''Britannia'' and then of HMS ''Powerful''. In 1845 he took over HMS ''Vindictive''. From 1851 to 1854 he was Commodore Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard. In 1854 he served under Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic during the Crimean War. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral that same year and, when the Baltic campaign was resumed in 1855 un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Saunders Dundas
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, (11 April 1802 – 3 June 1861) was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain, he took part in the capture of the Bogue forts in January 1841, during the First Opium War. He was appointed to the command of the Fleet in the Baltic Sea, in succession to Sir Charles Napier, in February 1855 and led the naval support during the latter stages of the Crimean War, enforcing a strict blockade and carrying out the bombardment of Sveaborg in August 1855. He was appointed First Sea Lord, First Naval Lord in the first Palmerston ministry in November 1857 and then, after stepping down to be Second Naval Lord during the second Derby–Disraeli ministry, he stepped up again to become First Naval Lord in the second Palmerston ministry in June 1859, remaining in office until his death. The prime minister Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (Viscount Palmerston) described Dundas as "a most distinguished officer". Early career The son of Robert Dundas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Chads
Admiral Sir Henry Chads (27 October 1819 – 29 June 1906) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Naval career Born the son of Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads, Henry Chads joined the Royal Navy in 1832 and went on to take part in operations against Malay pirates in the Strait of Malacca. Promoted to captain in 1848, he commanded HMS ''Portland'', HMS ''Amphion'', HMS ''Conway'', HMS ''Nile'' and then HMS ''London''. He was appointed Captain-Superintendent of Deptford Dockyard in 1863 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1876 before retiring in 1884. He lived at Portland House in Southsea and there is a memorial to him in St Judes Church in Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En .... References Further reading * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
