Greenwich Hospital – incorporating what was built of Charles’ palace – was constructed on the site as a home for retired sailors from the Royal Navy. From 1869, it was used as the Royal
Britannia Ruled the Waves - with Help from North East; an Exhibition about the History of the Royal Navy from the 17th Century to the Defeat of Napoleon Has Nelson at Its Centre. but North East Legend Admiral Lord Collingwood and Another 400 Local Trafalgar Heroes Get a Mention. Mike Kelly...
” the last day on which the British Royal Navy issued sailors with a daily rum ration (the daily tot). In the 17th century, the ration had been beer– one gallon per day– but the the switch was meade the following century to rum in order to cut down on the weight and ...
For students of uniforms or dress in Elizabethan and early 17th Century dress, this is a fascinating document, though a little challenging to read. It is first known warrant or General Order on Royal Navy uniforms or "liveries" from Lord High Admiral Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham, dated ...
Tag 17th century, 333399, Administrative History, Admiralty Courts, Archives, Graham Moore, High Court of Admiralty, Judicial, Kew, National Archives, Royal Navy The Admiralty Manuals Project: Next Steps 0 So, just a few updates on what’s going on with this project. This has been pushed the...
The small but dignified Royal Danish Naval Museum contains hundreds of exquisitely detailed wooden model ships, commissioned by or related to the Royal Danish Navy, dating back to the mid-17th century. The building housing the collection originally served as part of the Naval Hospital and is known...
These abuses had become so flagrant that during the latter part of the 17th century the government at Madrid determined that something must be done to remedy this state of affairs, and it was decided that all occupants of royal lands, and all persons claiming lands on their own account shoul...
She believes the wreck is the most important maritime discoverysince the Mary Rose, the warship from the Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. The Mary Rose capsized with a crew of around 500 in 1545 in the Solent, a strait between the Isle of Wight and the British mainland. A huge salvage o...
3.CavalierOf or relating to a group of 17th-century English poets associated with the court of Charles I. [French,horseman, from Old Italiancavaliere, from Late Latincaballārius, from Latincaballus,horse; akin to Greekkaballēs,work horse, both Greek and Latin probably ultimately from an Irani...
On 3 March 1942, Douglas DC-3 PH-ALP "Pelikaan", then registered as PK-AFV, was shot down over Western Australia by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Mitsubishi A6M Zeros during the Attack on Broome while carrying a package of diamonds. The DC-3 crash landed at Carnot Bay, 80 kilomete...