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Sambas Expeditions
In 1812 and 1813, the French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies#British interregnum (1811–1816), British colonial government in Java sent two military expeditions against the Sultanate of Sambas in modern West Borneo, with the first expedition being forced to retreat while the second expedition succeeded in capturing the town of Sambas (town), Sambas. The expeditions were launched with the intent of suppressing pirate activity operating from Sambas, led by son of the sultan Pangeran Anom. Although defeated, the Sultan of Sambas would reach a settlement with the British shortly after, with the Sultanate retaining its status. Pangeran Anom would also be pardoned by the British and later became Sultan. Background Following the Invasion of Java (1811), 1811 British invasion of Java, the status of Dutch East Indies, Dutch colonies in the East Indies became tenuous. While the British militarily occupied Java, other islands were not under immediate control, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sambas Regency
Sambas Regency is the most northerly regency in West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. The regency is one of the original regencies in West Kalimantan, but on 20 April 1999 the southern districts were removed from Sambas Regency to form a new Bengkayang Regency (then including the town of Singkawang). The residual regency now covers 5,938.48 km2, and had a population of 496,120 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 629,905 at the 2020 census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 654,912 (comprising 330,813 males and 317,368 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Sambas Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6101) The administrative centre is at the town of Sambas. History The famous Sambas Treasure, a collection of 9th century Buddhist sculptures, was found near Sambas Town. It is now part of the British Museum's collection. In the Sambas riots in 1999, Malays and Dayaks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Hecate (1809)
HMS ''Hecate'' was a Royal Navy 18-gun , built by John King at Upnor and launched in 1809. After serving in the British Navy, essentially entirely in the East Indies, she served in the Chilean Navy as ''Galvarino'' from 1818 until she was broken up in 1828. Royal Navy service ''Hecate'' was commissioned in 1809 under Commander William Buchanan. Commander Edward Wallis Hoare replaced him in October and sailed for the East Indies on 31 October. In 1810, Lieutenant George Rennie became acting commander and ''Hecate'' was detailed for service with the squadron under Admiral Albemarle Bertie engaged in the Invasion of Île de France. In 1811 ''Hecate'' was under Commander Thomas Graham until July, when Commander Henry John Peachey assumed command. From 3 August she was part of the fleet involved in the invasion of Java, which ended with the surrender of Dutch and French forces on 16 September. For this service all of her crew who had survived to 1847 and chose to were entitled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Malacca (1809)
HMS ''Malacca'' was an of the Royal Navy that the Admiralty ordered from the British East India Company to be built at Prince of Wales Island (Penang), under the name ''Penang''. Prior to her launch in 1809 the Admiralty changed her name to ''Malacca'', but she sailed to England in 1810 as ''Penang''. The Navy commissioned her as ''Malacca'' in 1810 and sent her out to the East Indies. She had a brief career there, participating in one small punitive expedition, before she was paid-off in 1815 and broken up in 1816. ''Penang'' The Royal Navy ordered 36 vessels to the same design, with ''Malacca'' the only one being built outside Great Britain. She was built of a variety of timbers and her dimensions deviate noticeably from those of the design and her class-mates. One could argue that she is only nominally a member of the ''Apollo'' class. The dockyard at Prince of Wales's Island built fewer than a handful of vessels before ceasing operations, and apparently ''Malacca'' was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Hussar (1807)
HMS Hussar was a 38-gun Lively-class frigate serving the Royal Navy launched in 1807 from Buckler's Hard. She was later upgraded to 46 guns. History She was part of a class designed by William Rule in 1799, and was built by Balthazar Adams at Buckler's Hard, launched on 23 April 1807 for £18,199. Buckler's Hard was not equipped to arm the vessel or to equip her to Royal Navy standards and she spent a further two months at Portsmouth Dockyard being equipped at a further cost of £16,127. She was launched under the command of Captain Robert Lloyd with a crew of 285 men who took her to the Leeward Islands in the West Indies. In April 1809 command transferred to Captain Alexander Skene who escorted a convoy from Jamaica to Britain before being reassigned to the Baltic Sea on patrol duties in 1810. In December 1810 command passed to Captain James Coutts Crawford who sailed her to the East Indies in February 1811 where she was part of the invasion of Java. She later took part in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollo-class Frigate
The ''Apollo''-class sailing frigates were a series of twenty-seven ships that the British Admiralty commissioned be built to a 1798 design by Sir William Rule. Twenty-five served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, two being launched too late. Of the 25 ships that served during the Napoleonic Wars, only one was lost to enemy action. Of the entire class of 27 ships, only two were lost to wrecking, and none to foundering. The Admiralty ordered three frigates in 1798–1800. Following the Peace of Amiens, it ordered a further twenty-four sister-ships to the same design between 1803 and 1812. The last was ordered to a fresh 38-gun design. Initially, the Admiralty split the order for the 24 vessels equally between its yards and commercial yards, but two commercial yards failed to perform and the Admiralty transferred these orders to its own dockyards, making the split 14–10 as between the Admiralty and commercial yards. Ships in class * ** Builder: John Dudman, Deptfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early Middle Ages, medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Kingdom of France, France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the English Navy of the early 16th century; the oldest of the British Armed Forces, UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the early 18th century until the World War II, Second World War, it was the world's most powerful navy. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Hussar 46 Guns PU6068 (cropped)
HMS or hms may refer to: Education * Habib Medical School, of the Islamic University in Uganda * Hartley–Melvin–Sanborn Community School District of Iowa, United States * Harvard Medical School of Harvard University * Heidelberg Middle School, a former American school in Heidelberg, Germany * Hongwanji Mission School, in Hawaii, United States * Horley Methodist School, Teluk Intan, in Malaysia Medicine and science * Hartford Medical Society, an American professional association based in Hartford, Connecticut *Health management system * Hexose monophosphate shunt, an alternative name for the pentose phosphate pathway * Highly migratory species, a classification of fish * Hypermobility spectrum disorder, formerly hypermobility syndrome or HMS * HMS, a brand name of medrysone Technology *Huawei Mobile Services, proprietary apps and services from Huawei bundled with Android devices * HMS Networks, a company in the field of industrial communications * Heavy melting ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sambas River
Sambas River, or specifically referred to Big Sambas River (Indonesian: ''Sungai Sambas Besar''), is a river in Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The upriver part is located in Kabupaten Bengkayang, and flows through the town of Sambas, continuing to Pemangkat where it discharges into South China Sea. Hydrology The river is considered deep. In its mouth area, the depth reaches 30 m, whereas in the upriver part it is about 10 m. The width of the river is 400 m on average, while only 150 m in upstream part. The length of river is about 233 km. ''Pemerintah Provinsi Kalimantan Barat''. Diakses pada 27 Juni 2018. Geography The river flows in the western area of |
HCS Aurora (1809)
HCS Aurora was a 14-gun sloop-of-war of the Bombay Marine launched in 1809 at the Bombay Dockyard. Intended to protect East India Company (EIC) trade routes in the Indian Ocean from piracy, the French Imperial Navy captured ''Aurora'' in the action of 13 September 1810, only to have the British recapture her in early December of that year. ''Aurora'' returned to the service of the Bombay Marine, assisting the British military in various campaigns in the East Indies and Persian Gulf. The last mention of ''Aurora'' in EIC records was 1828, when she was listed on the rolls of the Bombay Marine on 1 January of that year. Career ''Aurora'' went into active service shortly after she was launched. Under the command of Lieutenant Conyers, she participated the Persian Gulf campaign of 1809. The Royal Navy and the EIC sent a large force to the Persian Gulf to force the Qawasim - a tribal confederation at war with Britain's ally, Oman - to cease their attacks on local shipping, particularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia. The company gained Company rule in India, control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent and British Hong Kong, Hong Kong. At its peak, the company was the largest corporation in the world by various measures and had its own armed forces in the form of the company's three presidency armies, totalling about 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British Army at certain times. Originally Chartered company, chartered as the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies," the company rose to account for half of the world's trade during the mid-1700s and early 1800s, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, sugar, salt, spices, Potass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
78th (Highlanders) Regiment Of Foot
The 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish regiment, Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with 72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders to form the Seaforth Highlanders in 1881. History Early history The regiment was raised by Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, Francis Humberston MacKenzie, Chiefs of Clan Mackenzie, Chief of the Clan Mackenzie and later Earl of Seaforth, Lord Seaforth, as the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs) on 8 March 1793. First assembled at Fort George, Highland, Fort George in July 1793, the regiment moved to the Channel Islands in August 1793, and embarked for Holland in September 1794 for service in the French Revolutionary Wars. It saw action at the defence of Nijmegen in November 1794. In a bayonet attack there the regiment lost one officer and seven men; a further four officers and 60 men were wounded. The regiment moved to England in Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Procris (1806)
HMS ''Procris'' was a brig-sloop launched in 1807. She served at the second battle of Copenhagen. She then went out to the East Indies where she spent the rest of her active service, including participating in the 1811 invasion of Java. She returned to Britain in 1814 and was sold the next year. She then became a merchantman, while retaining her name. She traded primarily with North America but on a voyage in the Mediterranean an armed Greek brig captured her. However, her master was able to regain control. She was wrecked on 25 August 1839. Career Commander Francis Beauman commissioned ''Procris'' in March 1807 for service in the North Sea. She is listed among the vessels qualifying for prize money arising out of the battle of Copenhagen. On the way, ''Procris'' and detained the Danish ship ''Neptunus'' on 30 August. Commander James M. Gordon replaced Beauman in October. He then sailed ''Procris'' for the East Indies on 18 December 1807. In February 1808 Commander Robert Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
