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  HMS Indefatigable (1784) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Indefatigable was originally built as a 64-gun two-decked third-rate ship of the line for the British Royal Navy.
Launched in 1784, she was already nearly obsolete for the main battle line.
In 1794, she was razéed: the upper gun deck was cut away to convert her into a razé, a large and heavily armed frigate of (nominally) 44 guns.
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 HMS Indefatigable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first Indefatigable was a 64-gun two-decked ship of the line (eventually razeed to a frigate) launched in 1784.
The third Indefatigable was to be a 50-gun fourth-rate (2,084 tons, 176 ft long, 53 ft beam), carrying all 32-pounder guns.
The fifth Indefatigable was a 2nd class cruiser launched in 1891, renamed Melpomene in 1910, and sold in 1913.
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 THE
The third ship to bear the name Indefatigable was laid down in Woolwich early in 1833 and was to have been built from the timbers of the Boscawen as a 50 – gun ship, sister to the Vernon.
The Fourth Indefatigable was a 50 – gun frigate, built at the Royal Dockyard at Devonport and launched in 1848.
Sold in October 1913, after her role in the West Indies was taken over by HMS Hermoine, she was one of four Apollo Class cruisers to be associated with the Royal Marines, the others being Intrepid, Iphigenia and Thetis which achieved fame as blockships at Zeebrugge on 23rd April 1918.
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 H. M. S. Indefatigable, Ships of Brawling Battleships Steel
Indefatigable was the name ship of a three-ship class that included the class name ship built for Great Britain and the Australia and the New Zealand, built for those Dominion members.
Indefatigable is an old name in the Royal Navy and the best-known earlier namesake was a small 64-gun wooden ship of the line of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Built in 1784 and modified into a razee frigate of 44 guns in 1795 to match the large new French frigates of the French Revolutionary period, she had an eventful career.
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 William Bainbridge - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Born in Princeton, New Jersey, at the age of fourteen he went to sea in the merchant service, and was in command of a trading schooner (a ship with two or more masts) at an early age.
On another occasion he is said to have taken a man out of a British ship in retaliation for the impressment of an American seaman by HMS Indefatigable, then commanded by Sir Edward Pellew.
On the 29 December 1812 he fell in with HMS Java, a vessel of 1,073 tons, formerly the French frigate Renommée of 40 guns.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/William_Bainbridge   (754 words)

  
 Matthew Flinders: letters and papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Joined HMS 'Reliance' as assistant surgeon on her 1795 voyage to New South Wales and teamed up with Flinders in various explorations of the coastline.
Served on HMS 'Reliance' and along with Henry Waterhouse was the first to bring merino sheep to the new colony in New South Wales in 1796.
Was commander of HMS 'Reliance' with Flinders as master's mate in the 1795 voyage to New South Wales.
www.nmm.ac.uk /flinders/ListPeople.cfm   (3672 words)

  
 Hms anson, anson funderburgh, binh anson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The HMS Duke of York was the major contributor in the sinking of the German.
HMS ANSON The Anson was a twin-screwed 1st class Armoured Battleship originallycommissioned at Portsmouth in 1889.
HMS Anson was a British battleship of the King George V Class built in 1940 asthe Jellicoe and renamed.
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 wooden model ships
HMS Bounty is unquestionably the most famous of all tall ships.
In 1801, she was Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship prior to the Battle of Copenhagen; he transferred his flag to HMS Elephant, whose lighter draft enabled him to sail closer inshore for the bombardment of the Danish capital on April 2.
The British Battleship HMS Warrior never fired a shot in anger and never blockaded a hostile port, yet she played a famous part in naval history.
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 HMS [Ship]
On the 12th of May, 1806, the Pallas, accompanied by the 44-gun rate Indefatigable, Captain John Tremayne Rodd, and 16-gun ship-sloop Kingfisher, Captain George Francis Seymour, again stood in to reconnoitre the French squadron in the road of the Isle of Aix.
Indefatigable: commanded by Lieutenants Thomas Parker, Thomas Arscott, and Ralph Shepperdson, and three from the Iris: the commanding officers of which do not appear to have been named in the official letter.
Meanwhile the prize, having cut her cables, was standing out, exposed, for some time, to a heavy fire from the Teazer and the batteries on both sides of the river.
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 HMS Implacable (R86) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Implacable (R86)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
HMS Implacable (R86) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Implacable (R86).
HMS Implacable (R86) was an Implacable-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.
She was laid down at Fairfields shipyard on Clydeside three months after her sister-ship Indefatigable and was clearly destined for the British Pacific Fleet once worked up.
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 Horatio Hornblower - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
After these exploits commanding a frigate, he is given the command of HMS Sutherland, a ship of the line, and while waiting at his Mediterranean rendezvous for the rest of the squadron - and its commander - to arrive, carries out a series of pinprick raids on the south coast of France.
He later takes his ship into action off Toulon against a French squadron of four sail of the line where it is very badly damaged and, with two-thirds of its crew incapacitated, he has to surrender to the French.
Hornblower's second-in-command in HMS Hotspur, HMS Lydia, and HMS Sutherland and his flag-captain in HMS Nonsuch.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Horatio_Hornblower   (1379 words)

  
 The world's top hms indefatigable websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The first Indefatigable was launched in 1784 as a sixty-four gun two-decked ship of the line, by that time already nearly obsolete for the main battle line.
However, the major claim to fame is that Indefatigable was selected by C.S. Forester as the first ship of his (fictional) hero Horatio Hornblower.
The seventh Indefatigable was an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier.
www.websbiggest.com /wiki-article-tab.cfm/hms_indefatigable   (398 words)

  
 Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy A2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
An ALARM Revenue cutter was stationed at Exeter in 1784 and an ALARM lugger is recorded at Dartmouth in 1803 with a Capt. SEARLE for the impressment of seamen.
She was employed in raising men but, on the afternoon of 24 June 1803, she gave chase to a cutter in the Channel and brought her to close action at 5 o'clock.
BU 1794) On 10 October 1780 AMAZON was one of the many vessels at St. Lucia driven from their anchorage during a hurricane, she was dismasted and left a complete wreck.
www.cronab.demon.co.uk /A2.HTM   (21549 words)

  
 The Blackheath Connection - Article One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The main reason the British government made the investment it did was that its 1784 legislation on convict transportation required it to, since the government had made itself responsible for convicts once felons were transported.
So to speak, there was in the 1784 legislation on convict transportation an "Imperial tone of voice" because the British government would now remain responsible for convicts once they had been transported and landed.
Surprisingly, the crucial legislation, the Act of 1784, Act 24 Geo III, c.56, was not mentioned in the analysis, which seems peculiar indeed.
www.danbyrnes.com.au /blackheath/article1.htm   (19146 words)

  
 SHIPWRECKS ON THE AUSTRALIA RUN
As a subsidiary naval vessel she was known as HMS Bark Endevour, as distinct from another vessel of the same name already in service.
HMS Brisk searched the Chatham Islands for two boats containing Captain Yule and most of the passengers and crew but no trace of them was ever found.
On the way she grounded on the Twin Rocks, in the Irish Sea, and was towed clear and taken to Belfast but as soon as her cargo was unloaded she was handed over to the Irish shipbreakers for £2,500.
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 Richard Opfer Auctioneering Inc.
The HMS Hornet was one of 25 ship-sloops built between 1766 and 1780 of the form now known as the “Swan Class (named after the first sloop launched in 1766) and designed by shipwright (later Sir) John Williams, who became Surveyor of the Navy in 1771.
The HMS Hornet served on the West Indies station during her first commission, taking a number of American vessels, and later served on the North American and European stations.
It was probably done from studies made aboard Admiral Digby’s flagship, HMS Prince George, during her refitting in England after the “Moonlight Battle” of 16 January 1780, in which the prince had participated.
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 Battle of Jutland, the outcome
HMS Indefatigable has the dubious distinction of being the first battlecruiser ever to be sunk and the first ship to be lost at Jutland.
Her class were similar to Invincible but were longer to permit both 'P' and 'Q' turrets to fire on broadside and had 1000shp more, making them fractionally faster.
HMS Warrior and her sisters were a considerable improvement on previous designs.
www.worldwar1.co.uk /outcome.html   (1355 words)

  
 Nelson & The Royal Navy
He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean, and assigned to the HMS Victory
HMS Victory was Lord Nelson's flagship when he died, having won a decisive victory at the battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805.
Victory was launched on the 7th May 1765 and is the only 18th century 'line of battle' ship still in existence.
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 Named Vessels
Britannia (100): Launched in 1762, this 1st rate ship-of-the-line was present at several of the major fleet actions of the Napoleonic wars including Toulon, St Vincent and Trafalgar.
Indefatigable (44): Launched in 1784 as a 64 gun, she was cut down to a frigate in 1795.
Indefatigable was successful in numerous actions including the destruction of the Droits de l'Homme (74).
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 Frigate Commander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Six years later he captured a Spanish Frigate carrying a fortune in treasure and as commander of HMS Indefatigable was involved in the opening stages of the Trafalgar campaign.
This book is based on his private journals written during his time as a Lieutenant through to Captain RN and gives modern historians a valuable insight into the problems associated with turning one of HM Frigates - with it's largely motley crew, into an efficient and effective fighting machine.
Beginning in 1784, the author takes the reader on a fascinating journey through Moore's life in which his own extremely readable narrative style is interspersed with direct extract from Moore's journal.
www.armchairfans.co.uk /books/1844150739   (428 words)

  
 Earls of Galloway
As a husband and father he was exemplary; as a friend, indefatigable; he adored the Supreme Being; he loved his king; his affairs prospered.
He joined the Royal Navy in 1780 and achieved the rank of Rear Admiral of the Blue in 1810 (After 1653, the navy was divided into three squadrons: the red, the white, and the blue, in order of seniority.), and was for a time Lord of the Admiralty.
Colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, a Knight of the Thistle, and HM Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
www.kentuckystewarts.com /Galloway/EarlsofGalloway1.htm   (5629 words)

  
 Ship models from the movies/tv shows. - Scale Models   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A whole bunch of ships were named with similar names: Indefatigable (1916) Inflexible (1879, 1914) Invincible (1914, 1916) apparently not quite invincible.
HMS Indefatigable was a razeed British Ship of the line.
She was cut down from a 64 gun SOL and was one of the few successful Razees.
www.hobbytalk.org /_Ship_models_from_the_moviestv_shows_-25853950-303-a.html   (2611 words)

  
 Dockyards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hardy, indefatigable, of a firm, decided character, but at the same time just and generous; sure of the favour of his master, of whose ideas and plans of reform he also partook, Hussein resolved to bring about a revolution in the department confided to him, and he succeeded.
She was commissioned HMS Excellent in 1891 and bombarded the Belgian coast in WWI.
The submarine HMS Truculent is mentioned in some detail and it is worth noting that following the incident all dockyard personnel going on trial with submarines had to attend escape training at Gosport in the 100 foot ascent tank.
www.hants.gov.uk /navaldockyard/newsl22005.htm   (16659 words)

  
 George Marsh (1722-1800) Commissioner of the Navy
Commissioner HMS Navy born 1722 and of his descendants
He served in various Naval Departments upwards of 64 Years with indefatigable Attention and Fidelity.
In the archive of the National Portrait Gallery there is a record of two large portraits of George Marsh, which came up for auction in the 1980s.
www.jjhc.info /marshgeorge1800.htm   (622 words)

  
 ME7 Posting of Nations - Alternate History Discussion Board
The british sloops of war HMS Indefatigable, India, Liverpool, Labrador, and Honor as well as the Prussian Frigate Brandenberg.
The Sloop of War HMS Honor, fired her guns at the Kagoshima and killed four crewmembers.
Thus, the pre-dreadnoughts are all breechloaders, as are the armored cruisers and the HMS Captain (in TTL built at spec, and therefore remains stable).
www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/showthread.php?t=14260   (8909 words)

  
 Margaret Innes
His intention was to write a history of Devon, but in the end his lasting memorial are the record cards themselves, which spared no effort to point out anything about Devon which was the least bit interesting or of value to researchers.
Other Devon archivists had also been indefatigable before World War II in typing abstracts of old county Wills, and this has also been useful to me and others, since in many cases the wills themselves failed to survive through enemy bombing during World War II.
Because the history of the Collyns family is relatively complete and straight-forward, I shall follow the natural procedure of my previous account of the Gibson family and begin at the earliest period and work my way through to the present day.
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 monarchs
It was to prove of particular importance to English navigators in their constant, unending search for new markets for English products, new trading centers and eventually, new lands to settle her surplus criminals and poor, unemployed citizens.
From then on, the movement, aided by his indefatigable preaching and wide spread travels in the British Isles, spread rapidly.
In the latter part of the century, Arthur Young's tenure as Secretary of the Board of Agriculture ensured that the new farming methods were accepted throughout the nation (though it took many years for English farmers to utilize the iron plow, developed in 1784 by James Small).
ecs.lewisham.gov.uk /youthspace/ca/webpages/monarchs.htm   (22858 words)

  
 Contacts and related websites to HMS Vengeance/Minas Gerais   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
HMS Albion (1962-64)/846 Royal Naval Air Squadron Reunion Association Dave Scowen, 34a Louvain Road, Horns Cross, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9DZ (ref 1998).
HMS Formidable Association, Betty Smith, Secretary, 78 Fosseway, Syston, Leicester, LE7 1NE.
Memorial service to dedicate plaque to those who were lost whilst serving in the ships Glorious, Ardent and Acastra, St Nicholas Church, HMS Drake, Devonport.
www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Vengeance/Contacts.html   (531 words)

  
 Master and Commander [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
HMS Surprise is a Frigate, not a Ship of the Line.
Back around 1784, when the ships built during the American revolution had all finished entering service, we had about 115 Line-of-Battle ships, and 100 Frigates; not to mention who-knows-how-many sloops, brigs, galleys, schooners, etc. So, in other words, a lot of ships.
A lot of them had some rather strange names to modern ears, such as Catherine (44) but some had some recognisable names too, such as Renown (74), Indefatigable (64, later 44), and of course, the famous Victory (100).
kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-56899.html   (552 words)

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