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English Ship Sovereign Of The Seas
''Sovereign of the Seas'' was a 17th-century warship of the History of the Royal Navy (before 1707), English Navy. She was ordered as a 90-gun first-rate ship of the line,Royal Navy, ''Sovereign of the Seas''. but at launch was armed with 102 bronze guns at the insistence of the king. She was later renamed ''Sovereign'' under the republican Commonwealth of England, Commonwealth, and then ''HMS Royal Sovereign'' at the Restoration of Charles II. The elaborately gilded stern ordered by Charles I of England meant enemy ships knew her as the "Golden Devil".Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.200 She was launched on 13 October 1637, and served from 1638 until 1697, when a fire burnt the ship to the waterline at Chatham, Kent, Chatham. History The planning of a new First Rate was asked for in June 1634 on the personal initiative of Charles I of England, as a prestige project. The decision provoked much opposition from the Brethren of Trinity House, who pointed ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of England
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the late 9th century, when it was unified from various Heptarchy, Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom. The Kingdom of England was among the most powerful states in Europe during the Middle Ages, medieval and Early modern period, early modern periods. Beginning in the year 886 Alfred the Great reoccupied London from the Danish Vikings and after this event he declared himself King of the Anglo-Saxons, until his death in 899. During the course of the early tenth century, the various Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united by Alfred's descendants Edward the Elder (reigned 899–924) and Æthelstan (reigned 924–939) to form the Kingdom of the English. In 927, Æthelstan conquered the last remaining Viking kingdom, Scandinavian York, York, making him the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatham, Kent
Chatham ( ) is a town within the Medway unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Gillingham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham. In 2020 it had a population of 80,596. The town developed around Chatham Dockyard and several barracks for the British Army and the Royal Navy, together with 19th-century forts which provided a defensive shield for Chatham Dockyard. The Corps of Royal Engineers is still based in Chatham at Brompton Barracks. Chatham Dockyard closed on 31 March 1984, but the remaining naval buildings are an attraction for a flourishing tourist industry. Following closure, part of the site was developed as a commercial port, other parts were redeveloped for business and residential use, and part was used as the Chatham Historic Dockyard museum. Its attractions include the submarine . The town has important road links and the railway and bus stations are the main interchanges for the area. It i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Money
Ship money was a tax of medieval origin levied intermittently in the Kingdom of England until the middle of the 17th century. Assessed typically on the inhabitants of coastal areas of England, it was one of several taxes that English monarchs could levy by prerogative without the approval of Parliament. Queen Elizabeth I levied this tax to pay for a navy. The attempt of King Charles I from 1634 onwards to levy ship money during peacetime and extend it to the inland counties of England without parliamentary approval provoked fierce resistance, and was one of the grievances of the English propertied class in the lead-up to the English Civil War. Traditional practice The Plantagenet kings of England had exercised the right of requiring the maritime towns and counties to furnish ships in time of war, and this duty was sometimes commuted for a money payment. Although several statutes of Edward I and Edward III, notably their confirmations of Magna Carta, had made it illegal for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Christmas
Mathias, a given name and a surname which is a variant of Matthew (name), may refer to: Places * Mathias, West Virginia * Mathias Township, Michigan People with the given name or surname ''Mathias'' In music * Mathias Eick, Norwegian Jazz Musician * Mathias Färm, the guitarist of Millencolin * Mathias Lillmåns, Finnish lead singer of folk/black metal band Finntroll * William Mathias, Welsh composer * Mathias Nygård a.k.a. Warlord, Finnish folk metal singer In sports * Mathias Bourgue, French tennis player * Mathias Fischer (basketball), German basketball coach * Mathias Fullerton (born 2003), Danish archer * Mathias Hove Johansen (born 1998), Norwegian sprinter * Mathias Jørgensen, nicknamed ''Zanka'', Danish football player * Mathias Kiwanuka, American football player * Mathias Olsson (born 1973), Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman * Mathias Pogba (born 1990), Guinean professional footballer * Mathias Svensson, Swedish professional footballer * Bob Mathia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Christmas (carver)
John Christmas may refer to: * John Christmas (sea captain) (1753–1822), English-born Danish sea captain * John Christmas (1799–1873), Danish naval officer, son of the above, and governor general of the Danish West Indies in 1871 * John Christmas (banker) (born 1969), United States banker and head of the Latvian Parex Bank's International Relations in the early 2000s * John Christmas Beckwith (1759–1809), English organist and composer * John Christmas Møller (1894–1948), Danish politician, leader of The Conservative People's Party between 1928 and 1947 * Johnny Christmas John Christmas (born August 16, 1982 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania) is an American retired lacrosse player. He played for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League and for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse. Christmas played ... (born 1982), American lacrosse player See also * '' Finding John Christmas'', 2003 American film directed by Andy Wolk * {{hndis, name=Christmas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck (; ; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealthy silk merchant in Antwerp, Anthony painted from an early age. He was successful as an independent painter in his late teens and became a master in the Guild of Saint Luke, Antwerp Guild on 18 October 1617.Davies, Justin. 'A new date for Anthony van Dyck's free mastership'. ''The Burlington Magazine'' 165 (February 2023), pp. 162–165. By this time, he was working in the studio of the leading northern painter of the day, Peter Paul Rubens, who became a major influence on his work. Van Dyck worked in London for some months in 1621, then returned to Flanders for a brief time, before travelling to Italy, where he stayed until 1627, mostly in Genoa. In the late 1620s he completed his greatly admired ''Iconography'' se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathew Baker (shipwright)
Mathew Baker (1530–1613) was one of the most renowned Tudor shipwrights, and the first to put the practice of shipbuilding down on paper. The first list of 'Master Shipwrights' appointed 'by Patent' by Henry VIII of England included 'John Smyth, Robert Holborn, Richard Bull and James Baker,' in 1537. James Baker was responsible for many of the designs and the construction of King Henry's fleet. James designed the means of mounting cannon in a ship's lower levels, rather than on the top deck, an idea credited to King Henry. Having been apprenticed to his father James, and having grown up in the surroundings of the dockyard, Mathew was appointed 'Master Shipwright' in 1572. As [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Ship Revenge (1577)
''Revenge'' was an English race-built galleon of 46 guns, built in 1577 and captured by the Spanish in 1591, sinking soon afterwards. She was the first of 13 English and Royal Navy ships to bear the name.Since she was built and served prior to the English Restoration of 1660, she did not carry the 'HMS' prefix. Construction ''Revenge'' was built at a cost of £4,000 at the Deptford Dockyard, Royal Dockyard, Deptford in 1577 by master shipwright Mathew Baker (shipwright), Mathew Baker, under direction of Sir John Hawkins (naval commander), John Hawkins, in his role as Treasurer of the Navy. His race-built design was inspired by a new design in Portugal, the caravel, and was to usher in a new style of ship building that would revolutionise naval warfare for the next three hundred years. A comparatively small vessel, weighing 471 tons, being about half the size of ''Henry Grace à Dieu'', ''Revenge'' was rated as a galleon. Armament The armament of ships of this period was fluid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Victory
HMS ''Victory'' is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With years of service as of , she is the world's List of oldest surviving ships, oldest naval vessel still in Ship commissioning, commission. She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War and laid down in 1759. That year saw British victories at Battle of Quebec (1759), Quebec, Battle of Minden, Minden, Battle of Lagos (1759), Lagos and Battle of Quiberon Bay, Quiberon Bay and these may have influenced the choice of name when it was selected in October the following year. In particular, the action in Quiberon Bay had a profound effect on the course of the war; severely weakening the French Navy and shifting its focus away from the sea. There was therefore no urgency to complete the ship and the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1763), Treaty of Paris in February 1763 meant that when ''Victory'' was finally float out, floated out in 1765, she was placed in ordinary. Her construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte ( – 21 October 1805) was a Royal Navy officer whose leadership, grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in history. Nelson was born into a moderately prosperous Norfolk family and joined the navy through the influence of his uncle, Maurice Suckling, a high-ranking naval officer. Nelson rose rapidly through the ranks and served with leading naval commanders of the period before obtaining his own command at the age of 20, in 1778. He developed a reputation for personal valour and a firm grasp of tactics, but suffered periods of illness and unemployment after the end of the American War of Independence. The outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars allowed Nelson to return to service, where he was particularly active in the Mediterranean Sea. He f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Ship Prince Royal (1610)
The ''Prince Royal'' was a 55-gun First rate warship of the navy of England. It was later rebuilt in 1639-41, and was renamed ''Resolution''in 1649 under the Commonwealth of England. In 1660 at the Stuart Restoration she was renamed again as ''Royal Prince'', and underwent a second rebuilding from 1661 to 1663. She was burnt in action on 3 June 1666 in the Four Days Battle during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Design The ''Prince Royal'' was built by Phineas Pett I at Woolwich and launched in 1610. The ship's fittings were carved by Sebastian Vicars, and painted and gilded by Robert Peake and Paul Isackson between Easter and Michaelmas 1611. Prince Henry took his cousin Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg to see the ship being built. Princess Elizabeth sailed on ''The Prince Royal'' from Margate to Ostend in April 1613.Mary Anne Everett Green and S. C. Lomas, ''Elizabeth, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia'' (London, 1909), pp. 66-7. She was the first ship o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipwright
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. In modern times, it normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history. Until recently, with the development of complex non-maritime technologies, a ship has often represented the most advanced structure that the society building it could produce. Some key industrial advances were developed to support shipbuilding, for instance the sawing of timbers by mechanical saws propelled by windmills in Dutch shipyards during the first half of the 17th century. The design process saw the early adoption of the logarithm (invented in 1615) to generate the curves used to produce the shape of a hull, especially when scaling up these curves accurately in the mould loft. Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both commercial and military, are referred to as naval engineering. The construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
