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HMS Cuckoo (1806)
HMS ''Cuckoo'' was a Royal Navy Cuckoo class schooner, ''Cuckoo''-class schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. She was built by James Lovewell at Great Yarmouth and launched in 1806. Like many of her class and the related Ballahoo class schooner, ''Ballahoo''-class schooners, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career. Service She was commissioned in May 1806 under Lieutenant Silas Hiscutt Paddon for the Channel and the North Sea. On 26 December 1807, ''Cuckoo'' was in company with the frigate HMS Aigle (1801), ''Aigle'', HMS Defiance (1783), ''Defiance'' and HMS Gibraltar (1780), ''Gibraltar'' when ''Aigle'' captured the ''Othello''. In March 1808, ''Cuckoo'' was part of a squadron off Lorient. She was about midway between the island of Groix and the Glénan islands when she sighted enemy vessels in the south-east. She signaled this to the squadron and ''Aigle'' and the 74-gun third rate HMS America (1794), ''Impetueux'' sailed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into one sovereign state, established by the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801. It continued in this form until 1927, when it evolved into the United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, after the Irish Free State gained a degree of independence in 1922. It was commonly known as Great Britain, Britain or England. Economic history of the United Kingdom, Rapid industrialisation that began in the decades prior to the state's formation continued up until the mid-19th century. The Great Famine (Ireland), Great Irish Famine, exacerbated by government inaction in the mid-19th century, led to Societal collapse, demographic collapse in much of Ireland and increased calls for Land Acts (Ireland), Irish land reform. The 19th century was an era of Industrial Revolution, and growth of trade and finance, in which Britain largely dominate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
