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USS Firefly (1814)
The USS ''Firefly'' was a brig with two masts, square-rigged, formerly named ''Volant'' and originally built as a schooner for use as a privateer. The U.S. Navy purchased ''Volant'' on 8 December 1814 at New York by and was fitted her out as US naval 14-gun brig. She served during the War of 1812 and the Second Barbary War of 1815. ''Firefly'' was purchased because of the several US blockade efforts where smaller ships with better maneuverability were needed for the task. The Navy sold her in 1816 and she became a Portuguese slave ship. History In 1814, during the War of 1812, ''Firefly'' became the flagship of a squadron of five small ships which, under the command of Captain David Porter, were preparing for a mission to the West Indies to capture or destroy enemy commerce. However the mission was canceled when a peace treaty with Britain was signed on 24 December. Leiner, 2007 p.74 On 20 May 1815, during the Second Barbary War, command of the ''Firefly'' was given to Lieutenan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brig
A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square rig, square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the latter part of the 19th century. In commercial use, they were gradually replaced by Fore-and-aft rig, fore-and-aft rigged vessels such as Schooner, schooners, as owners sought to reduce crew costs by having rigs that could be handled by fewer men. In Royal Navy use, brigs were retained for training use when the battle fleets consisted almost entirely of iron-hulled steamships. Brigs were prominent in the coastal coal trade of British waters. 4,395 voyages to London with coal were recorded in 1795. With an average of eight or nine trips per year for one vessel, that is a fleet of over 500 Collier (ship), colliers trading to London alone. Other ports and coastal communities were also served by colliers trading to Britain's coal ports. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border. The Mediterranean Sea covers an area of about , representing 0.7% of the global ocean surface, but its connection to the Atlantic via the Strait of Gibraltar—the narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa—is only wide. Geological evidence indicates that around 5.9 million years ago, the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic and was partly or completely desiccation, desiccated over a period of some 600,000 years during the Messinian salinity crisis before being refilled by the Zanclean flood about 5.3 million years ago. The sea was an important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piracy In The Caribbean
]The Piracy of the Caribbean refers to the historical period of widespread piracy that occurred in the Caribbean Sea. Primarily between the 1650s and 1730s, where pirates frequently attacked and robbed merchant ships sailing through the region, often using bases or islands like Port Royal. The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and phased out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with colonies in the Caribbean began hunting and prosecuting pirates. The period during which Golden Age of Piracy, pirates were most successful was from the 1650s to the 1730s. Piracy flourished in the Caribbean because of the existence of pirate seaports such as Fort Saint Louis (Martinique), Fort Saint Louis in Martinique, Port Royal in Jamaica,Campo-Flores/ Arian, "Yar, Mate! Swashbuckler Tours!," Newsweek 180, no. 6 (2002): 58. Castillo de la Real Fuerza in Cuba, Tortuga (Haiti), Tortuga in Haiti, and Nassau, Bahamas, Nassau in the Bahamas.Smit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Schooners
__TOC__ The following are notable schooner-rigged vessels. Active schooners Historical schooners * '' A. W. Greely'', originally named ''Donald II'' * '' Ada K. Damon'' * ''Albatross'' * * '' Alvin Clark'' * ''America'' * '' American Spirit'' * '' La Amistad'' * '' Annie Larsen'' * '' Arbuthnot'' * '' ''Atlantic'''' * '' Benjamin C. Cromwell'' * '' Bertha L. Downs'' * '' Bethune Blackwater Schooner'' * '' Bluenose'' * '' Booya'' * '' Texan schooner Brutus'', First Texas Navy * ''Casuarina'' * ''Chasseur'' * '' Carroll A. Deering'' * '' City of New York (1885 ship)'' * '' Clipper City'' * '' Columbia'' * '' Cora F. Cressey'' * '' Coverack'' * * '' Cymric'' * '' Delawana'' * * '' Diosa del Mar'' * * '' Dorothea Weber'' * '' Dorothea Weber'' * '' Edward M Reed'' * '' Edward J. Lawrence'' * '' Empire Contamar'' * * '' Endymion'' * '' Enterprize'' * ''Equator'' * ''Esperanto'' * ''Fantome'' * ''Forester'' * '' Fort Chesterfield'' * * '' Gertrude L. Thebaud'' * '' Golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canney
Canney is a surname. Some notable persons with the surname include: * Don Canney (1930–2011), American politician and civil engineer * Marian Canney (1921–2019), American academic * Richard Canney (1852–1887), English-born cricketer and doctor in New Zealand and Australia * Seán Canney (born 1960), Irish politician {{surname, Canney Surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucker
Tucker may refer to: Places United States * Tucker, Arkansas * Tucker, Georgia * Tucker, Mississippi * Tucker, Missouri * Tucker, Utah, ghost town * Tucker County, West Virginia Outer space * Tucker (crater), a small lunar impact crater in the southern part of the Mare Smythii People * Tucker (given name), a page for people with the given name "Tucker" * Tucker (surname), a page for people with the last name "Tucker" * Tucker (American wrestler) * Tucker (Northern Irish wrestler) Art, entertainment, and media Fictional entities *Tucker, a Shetland pony in the film, '' Racing Stripes'' *Tucker's, the club in the ''Black Mirror'' episode, "San Junipero", where Yorkie and Kelly first meet Film and television * '' Tucker: The Man and His Dream'', film about Preston Tucker * ''Tucker'' (2000 TV series), a 2000–2001 American television series that aired on NBC * ''Tucker'' (2005 TV program), a 2005–2008 American television program, previously called ''The Situation with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shaler
William Shaler (1773 – March 29, 1833) was an American writer, ethnographer, diplomat and confidential agent, assigned to Algiers, Mexico and Cuba. Life and career William Shaler was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1773. His mother, Sibbel Warner Shaler, died when he was eight years old, and his father Timothy, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, died when William was 12. The trustee of Timothy Shaler's estate either embezzled or mismanaged it, leaving William, two brothers and a sister to fend for themselves. The Shaler Family was of English descent, with origins from Warwickshire, England. Shaler was apprenticed to Phoenix, Ingraham & Nixen, a New York City mercantile firm, where he learned bookkeeping and other business skills. He then became a commercial agent for the firm, sailing to France and back to oversee the acquisition and shipment of goods for sale in the United States. Shaler learned to speak French, and commenced a period of dedicated self ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dey Of Algiers
This is a list of the Beylerbeys, Pashas and Deys of the Regency of Algiers: Beylerbeys of the Regency of Algiers (1517–1588) Pashas (1577–1659) * Dely Ahmed 1586–1589 * Hızır Pasha 1589–1591 * Hadji Shaban Pasha 1591–1593 * Mustapha Pasha 1593–1594 *Kader Pasha (second time) 1594–1595 * Mustapha II Pasha 1596–1599 * Daly Hassan Pasha 1599–1601 * Somiman Pasha 1601–1603 * Muhammad II the eunuch 1605–1607 * Mustapha III Pasha 1607 * Redwan Pasha 1607–1610 * Kussa Mustapha 1610–1614 * Hasan IV 1614–1616 * Mustapha IV Pasha 1616–1619 * Kassan Kaid Kussa 1619–1621 * Kader Pasha 1621–1626 * Hassan Khodja 1626–1634 * Yusuf II 1634–1645 * * Mahmud Brusali Pasha 1645–1647 * Yusef Pasha 1647–1650 * Mehmed Pasha 1650–1653 * Ahmed Pasha (first period of rule) 1653–1655 * Ibrahim Pasha (first period) 1655–1656 * Ahmed Pasha (second period) 1656–1657 * Ibrahim Pasha (second period) 1657–1659 * Ahmed Pasha (third period) 1658–1659 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algiers
Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques de l'Algérie (web). and an estimated 3,004,130 residents in 2025 in an area of , Algiers is the largest city in List of cities in Algeria, Algeria, List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, the third largest city on the Mediterranean, List of largest cities in the Arab world, sixth in the Arab World, and List of cities in Africa by population, 11th in Africa. Located in the north-central portion of the country, it extends along the Bay of Algiers surrounded by the Mitidja Plain and major mountain ranges. Its favorable location made it the center of Regency of Algiers, Ottoman and French Algeria, French cultural, political, and architectural influences for the region, shaping it to be the diverse met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartagena, Spain
Cartagena () is a Spanish city belonging to the Region of Murcia. As of January 2018, it has a population of 218,943 inhabitants. The city lies in a natural harbor of the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Cartagena is the region's second-largest municipality. The wider urban or metropolitan area of Cartagena, known as Campo de Cartagena, has a population of 409,586 inhabitants. Cartagena has been inhabited for over two millennia, being founded around 227 BC by the Carthaginians, Carthaginian military leader Hasdrubal the Fair, Hasdrubal. The city reached its peak under the Hispania, Roman Empire, when it was known as , capital of the province of . Cartagena was temporarily held over by the Byzantine Empire in late antiquity, before being raided by Visigoths circa 620–625. The Islamic city rebuilt around the Concepción Hill, mentioned as , was noted by the 11th century as a great harbor. Unsubmissive to the terms of the Treaty of Alcaraz, Carta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
