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Admiral Cornelis Evertsen
THE MAN WHO TOOK BACK NEW NETHERLAND Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest, 1642- 1706 By Peter Douglas Anyone searching for information about Cornelis Evertsen must be careful; there are three seventeenth century Dutch admirals with this name, and they are all related. Our interest lies in Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest (1642-1706). He was the second son of Admiral Cornelis Evertsen the Elder (1610-66), nephew of Admiral Johan Evertsen (1600-66), and cousin of the latter’s son, Admiral Cornelis Evertsen the Younger (1628-79), with whom he is often confused. Cornelis was thus a member of a distinguished dynasty of naval heroes, though evidently one with little imagination when it came to naming babies. His nickname was Keesje de Duivel, or “Little Cornelis the Devil,” both for his bravery and for being ever in the thick of a fight, as well as for his hot-tempered and cantankerous nature. Like a surprising number of Dutch admirals, including De Ruyter, Cornelis was born in Vlissingen, and had already had experience on his father’s ship by age ten. When the Second Anglo-Dutch War broke out in 1665 he became a privateer, and it wasn’t long THE MAN WHO TOOK BACK NEW NETHERLAND Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest, 1642- 1706 before an encounter with three enemy ships led to his capture. Because of his famous father and uncle he received special treatment and came to the attention of the King Charles’ brother James, Duke of York, then Lord High Admiral. Samuel Pepys’ diary records what happened when James met Cornelis on April 17: “And Everson, when he was brought before the Duke of Yorke, and was observed to be shot through the hat, answered, that he wished it had gone through his head, rather than been taken.” Luckily for his country, the ball had only gone through his hat. -
The Colours of the Fleet
THE COLOURS OF THE FLEET TCOF BRITISH & BRITISH DERIVED ENSIGNS ~ THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE WORLDWIDE LIST OF ALL FLAGS AND ENSIGNS, PAST AND PRESENT, WHICH BEAR THE UNION FLAG IN THE CANTON “Build up the highway clear it of stones lift up an ensign over the peoples” Isaiah 62 vv 10 Created and compiled by Malcolm Farrow OBE President of the Flag Institute Edited and updated by David Prothero 15 January 2015 © 1 CONTENTS Chapter 1 Page 3 Introduction Page 5 Definition of an Ensign Page 6 The Development of Modern Ensigns Page 10 Union Flags, Flagstaffs and Crowns Page 13 A Brief Summary Page 13 Reference Sources Page 14 Chronology Page 17 Numerical Summary of Ensigns Chapter 2 British Ensigns and Related Flags in Current Use Page 18 White Ensigns Page 25 Blue Ensigns Page 37 Red Ensigns Page 42 Sky Blue Ensigns Page 43 Ensigns of Other Colours Page 45 Old Flags in Current Use Chapter 3 Special Ensigns of Yacht Clubs and Sailing Associations Page 48 Introduction Page 50 Current Page 62 Obsolete Chapter 4 Obsolete Ensigns and Related Flags Page 68 British Isles Page 81 Commonwealth and Empire Page 112 Unidentified Flags Page 112 Hypothetical Flags Chapter 5 Exclusions. Page 114 Flags similar to Ensigns and Unofficial Ensigns Chapter 6 Proclamations Page 121 A Proclamation Amending Proclamation dated 1st January 1801 declaring what Ensign or Colours shall be borne at sea by Merchant Ships. Page 122 Proclamation dated January 1, 1801 declaring what ensign or colours shall be borne at sea by merchant ships. 2 CHAPTER 1 Introduction The Colours of The Fleet 2013 attempts to fill a gap in the constitutional and historic records of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth by seeking to list all British and British derived ensigns which have ever existed. -
BRAVEBENBOW 2017 R1 Comp
For my wife Petra without whose help this book would not have been possible, and for my children, Carol-Lynn and Sean, and grandchildren, Zachary, Eli and Griffin. Cover by Petra Benbow BRAVE BENBOW By William A. Benbow (Copyright 1987 by William A. Benbow All rights reserved Registration NO. 360746) CANADIAN CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION DATA Benbow, William A. Brave Benbow Bibliography: ISBN 0-9692991-0-9 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 87-670036 e-Edition 2017 www.bravebenbow.com [email protected] Victoria, BC, Canada Preface Once upon a time, my father told me a tale of a renowned ancestor, an Admiral in the British Navy, who was part pirate and part hero, who had fought bravely on the Spanish Main, captured many enemy ships and died in a famous battle in the West Indies, in the midst of a mutiny. This family legend has led me on two quests, to search for my roots and to find Admiral Benbow. William A. Benbow Victoria, B.C. June 1988. ADMIRAL JOHN BENBOW Benbow! On the roll of fame Thine stands forth a honoured name; Britain mourned her gallant son, Wilst recounting trophies won; England’s Queen with pity moved Mourned the hero England loved. Many a year has passed since then, Many a race of gifted men: Heroes, statesmen, princes, kings, Borne on Time’s relentless wings In their turn have passed away, Mingling with their kindred clay. Yet the memory of the brave Dies not with the opening grave, But like some sweet perfume cast Lives, all fragrant, to the last. -
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FLAGS AT THE BATTLE OF THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE 1794 Barbara Tomlinson The battle of the Glorious First of June was the first major fleet action of the Revolutionary wars. A tactical victory for the British, who took six ships and sank a seventh; perhaps a strategic victory for the French, who successfully protected the grain convoy, the safe arrival of which was vital for the survival of the republic during this period of poor harvests. The French commander, Villaret-Joyeuse, discussing the action later with Captain Edward Brenton while a prisoner of war in the Belle-isle, said that: ...he only gave battle when he knew that the convoy was near at hand, and that it would fall a prey to the British fleet unless that fleet was disabled by action, or busied in securing prizes: for he had made up his mind to the loss of a few ships: "What did I care,' he said, for half a dozen rotten old hulks which you took?" Nevertheless the victory boosted British morale and for this reason is very well documented. The National Maritime Museum possibly holds more material relating to this battle than it holds relating to Trafalgar. Nicholas Pocock, a marine artist noted for his painstaking accuracy, was present during the action on board the frigate Pegasus. This was not as dangerous as it sounds, as frigates were not generally fired on during fleet actions. His sketchbook and notes are preserved amongst the Museum's manuscript collections and the Pictures Section holds many loose sketches. In some cases these were the basis for oil paintings executed at a later date and they infiiiHp records of flags and signals. -
The E Dinburgh Gazette
5613 [ 51 The E dinburgh Gazette. fig FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1847. LOBD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, January 25, 1847. FOREIGN-OFFICE, January 25, 1847. BANKRUPTS FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. OTICE is hereby given, that Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased to N will hold Levees, at St. James's Palace, appoint John Hobart Lord Howden to be Her on the following days, at two o'clock: Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister BANKRUPTCIES ANNDI.LED. Friday, 12th February next. Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil. Wednesday, 24th February next. John Cramp, of Garlinge, Saint John's, Margate, Kent, cowkeeper and dairyman. N.B. The Knights of the several Orders are Patrick O'Hamon, of Liverpool, Lancaster, draper. to appear in their Collars at the Levee, on the CROWN-OFFICE, January 26, 1847. James Dale the younger, of Summer Street, faouthwark, 24th February, it being a Collar-day. Surrey, town carman and carrier. MEMBER retured to serve in this present BANKRUPTCIES AWARDED. _ Notice is hereby given, that Her Majesty PARLIAMENT. will hold a Drawing-Room, at St. James's City of New Sarum, ^Frederick Rickette and^Trerenen James, both of No. 8, Palace, on Thursday the 25th of March next, William James Chaplin, of Ewhurst-park, in the county Moorgate Street, London, merchants. of Southampton, Esq. in the room of Ambrose Hussey, Esq. i/Marmaduke Wilkin, of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, lately at two o'clock. who has accepted the office of Steward of Her Majesty's carrying on business at JPhilpot Lane, London, as a ship Chiltem Hundreds. -
Introduction
Introduction In his third Boyer Lecture of November 2009, General Peter Cosgrove, the former Chief of the Australian Defence Force, noted several points on the subject of ‘Leading in Australia’, based on his own forty years of military experience. It was ‘a universal truth’, he said, that leaders ‘are accountable’. ‘Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands’. Furthermore, leadership required a keen understanding of the nature of teamwork, and of the fact that ‘teamwork is adversarial’, whether the team be pitted against another, against the environment or against the standards that the team has set itself. The key to successful leadership is ‘to simply and clearly identify the adversary to the team’ and to overcome the team’s or one’s own shortcomings to forge a cohesive unit united against the adversary. Finally, a leader must be an effective communicator. ‘Communication is the conduit of leadership’, and ‘Leadership uncommunicated is leadership unrequited’. ‘Leadership messages must be direct, simple, [and] fundamentally relevant to each member of the team’.1 While Cosgrove was speaking broadly of contemporary leadership in the military, government and business, his general statements were as applicable to the late eighteenth century as they are today. This thesis examines the subject of leadership in the colony of New South Wales (NSW) for the period 1788 to 1794. The two principal leaders for that period were Captain Arthur Phillip R.N. and Major Francis Grose, the commandant of the New South Wales Corps who assumed command of the colony on Phillip’s departure in December 1792. -
Bedhampton and Havant and the Royal Navy
Bedhampton, Havant and the Royal Navy (and the Lost Admirals of Leigh ) Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Bullen, Sir John Theophilus Lee, circa 1840. 1769-1853. English School. National Maritime Museum, London. Steve Jones 023 9247 3326 March 2017 £6 The Ça Ira being attacked by the Agamemnon and Inconstant, 13 March 1795. Havant History Booklet No. 54 View, comment, and order all booklets at: hhbkt.com Edited by Ralph Cousins 2 Bedhampton, Havant and the Royal Navy (and the Lost Admirals of Leigh Park) Steve Jones Havant, a small coastal town in its own right, has always had close connections with the navy, and its larger neighbour Portsmouth, the home of the Senior Service. From supplying Portsmouth and the navy with cider in the 17th and early 18th centuries through to being the home of several naval establishments during the Second World War, Havant has always played its part in supporting the navy. Even today Portsmouth dockyard, though not with the volume it once was, is a leading employer to the people of the Havant area. With local hi-tec firms such as Lockheed Martin Havant still plays its part in supporting the navy. Because of its close proximity to Portsmouth it is not surprising that many a naval officer chose Havant and its neighbourhood for their homes. Men of the calibre of Admiral Sir John Acworth Ommaney of Warblington House, Emsworth Road, Admiral Sir James Stirling of Belmont Park, Bedhampton, and Vice-Admiral Charles Norcock of Sherwood, East Street, have all at one time chosen to live in Havant. -
Admiral Arthur Phillip.Pdf
Admiral Arthur Phillip, R.N. (1738 – 1814) A brief story by Angus Ross for the Bread Street Ward Club, 2019 One of the famous people born in Bread Street was Admiral Arthur Phillip, R.N, the Founder of Australia and first Governor of New South Wales (1788-1792). His is a fascinating story that only recently has become a major subject of research, especially around his naval exploits, but also his impact in the New Forest where he lived mid-career and also around Bath, where he finally settled and died. I have studied records from the time Phillip sailed to Australia, a work published at the end of the 19c and finally from more recent research. Some events are reported differently by different observes or researchers so I have taken the most likely record for this story. Arthur Phillip in later life His Statue in Watling Street, City of London I have tried to balance the amount of detail without ending up with too long a story. It is important to understand the pre-First Fleet Phillip to best understand how he was chosen and was so well qualified and experienced to undertake the journey and to establish the colony. So, from a range of accounts written in various times, this story aims to identify the important elements of Phillip’s development ending in his success in taking out that First Fleet, made up primarily of convicts and marines, to start the first settlement. I have concluded this story with something about the period after he returned from Australia and what recognition of his life and achievements are available to see today. -
55Th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Crocker, from The
482 55th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Crocker, Reynolds, appointed to the Rifle Brigade. Dated from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice 17th June 1851. Foss, promoted in the 2d Foot. Dated 17th Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Wyatt to be Assist- June 1851. ant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Crocker, appoint- 59th Foot—^Lieutenant Richard Percival Wigmore, ed to the 55th Foot. Dated 17th June 1851. from half-pay Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Peebles, promoted to an Unat- MEMORANDUM. tached Company. Dated 17th June 1851. The names of the Gentleman appointed to an 60th Foot—Captain Charles Hamilton Roddy, from Ensigncy in the 57th Foot, on the l(jth May 1851, half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Alex- are Richard Astley Knatchbull Hugessen. ander Crie Meik, who exchanges. Dated 17th June 1851. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, June 14, 1851. Lieutenant Peter Burton Roe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Roddy, who retires. Dated 17th Royal Regiment of Artillery. June 1851. Captain Edmund Neal Willford to be Lieutenant- Second Lieutenant Thomas Nicholson to be First Colonel, vice Mee, retired upon full-pay. Dated Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Roe. Dated 17th 6th June 1851. June 1851. Second Captain William Manley Hall Dixon to be ,62d Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant Charles Captain, vice Willford. Dated 6th June 1851. Lambert to be Captain, without purchase, vice First Lieutenant Charles Richard Ogden Evans to Pender, deceased. Dated 5th June 1851. be Second Captain, vice Dixon. Dated 6th June Henry John Adeane, gent, to be Ensign, by pur- 1851. chase, vice O'Donnell, promoted. -
English and Irish Naval Officers in the War for Brazilian Independence by Brian Vale
Irish Migration Studies in Latin America Vol. 4, No. 3: July 2006 www.irlandeses.org English and Irish Naval Officers in the War for Brazilian Independence By Brian Vale View of Rio de Janeiro 1799 (Garneray) In the literal sense they were mercenaries, but that word acquired distasteful associations in the twentieth century and is best avoided. These men simply sought to earn a living. Since the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had lasted for a generation, there were plenty of people in Europe who knew of no other occupation or had no other expectations. South American Independence and the Sea The Napoleonic Wars dealt a devastating blow to the Spanish Empire in the Americas. The arrest of the Spanish Royal Family in 1808 and the French occupation of Spain produced a maelstrom of revolution and led to the appointment of local juntas at home and abroad to rule in the name of the absent king. In the Americas, the juntas acquired a taste for self-government and, led by radicals and military strongmen, successively replaced the Royalist administrations with republican regimes. Argentina was in the van- guard of this movement. By 1814 it had formed an independent republic, and in 1818 Argentine troops crossed the Andes and liberated Chile. Peru was then invaded by sea and, in 1821, became an independ- ent republic. When Simón Bolívar secured the territories to the north, in 1825, Spanish South America was free from Spanish rule. Territorial armies and land campaigns played a vital role in securing independence, but command of the sea was also crucial. -
War Medals, Orders and Decorations
War Medals, Orders and Decorations To be sold by auction at: The St George Street Gallery Sotheby’s 34-35 New Bond Street London W1A 2AA Day of Sale: Friday 12th December 2003 10.30 am and 2.00 pm Public viewing: 45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE Monday 8th December 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Tuesday 9th December 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Wednesday 10th December 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 11th December 10.00 am to 2.00 pm Or by previous appointment Catalogue no. 7 Price £10 Enquiries: James Morton or Paul Wood Cover illustrations: Lot 1574 (front); Lot 1523 (inside front); Lot 1573 (inside back); Lot 1571 (back) in association with 45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE Tel.: +44 (0)20 7493 5344 Fax: +44 (0)20 7495 6325 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mortonandeden.com This auction is conducted by Morton & Eden Ltd. in accordance with our Conditions of Business printed at the back of this catalogue. All questions and comments relating to the operation of this sale or to its content should be addressed to Morton & Eden Ltd. and not to Sotheby’s. Important Information for Buyers All lots are offered subject to Morton & Eden Ltd.’s Conditions of Business and to reserves. Estimates are published as a guide only and are subject to review. The actual hammer price of a lot may well be higher or lower than the range of figures given and there are no fixed “starting prices”. A Buyer’s Premium of 15% is applicable to all lots in this sale. -
James Vashon Vashon Island Named for Him May 28, 1792
James Vashon Vashon Island Named for him May 28, 1792 James Vashon was born August 9, 1742 in the village of Eye, near Ludlow, Shropshire, England. He was the son of the Vicar of Eye, the Reverned James Volant Vashon. The family name is of French origins and became English at the time of the Conquest. James Vashon entered the British Navy at age thirteen, in 1855, and first served aboard the frigate HMS Revenge (28 guns) under Captain Cornwall. As a midshipman he served on a number of vessels and saw combat service in the Mediterranian, the coast of North America, and in the Carribbean. In 1763 he passed the Lieutenant’s Exam, but continued top serve as a Midshipman until 1772 for lack of a Lieutenant’s posting. Vashon was serving on HMS Quebec when the Seven year’s War ended and was put on the beach at half-pay until 1774 when the Navy began re-arming for the approaching American Revoultion. Admiral Vashon courtesy Vashon Heritage Museum He was appointed Lieutenant on frigate HMS Maidenstone and was assigned to the West Indies. He was quickly promoted to First Lieutenant when Lieutenat Peter Rainier (for whom Mount Rainier was named) was promoted and transferred off the Maidenstone. He achieved recognition with his action during the capture of the French ship Lion, when he was given command of the prize and over 200 prisioners, and successfully reached the British naval base at Antigua. As a reward, he was returned to England, promoted to Commander, and given command of the brig HMS Alert (14 guns).