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Die Royal Navy, engl. für Königliche Marine, ist die Kriegs marine des Vereinigten Königreichs . Bedingt durch die Insellage spielte die Marine in der Geschichte der Staaten auf den britischen Inseln immer eine große Rolle. Das gilt sowohl für die Verteidigung als auch für die imperialistische Expansion im Rahmen des Britischen Weltreiches.
Sir William Booth (fl. 1673–1689), captain in the Royal Navy, was promoted to that rank in June 1673. Later military career [ edit ] After the peace with the Dutch he was for several years employed in the Mediterranean, and more especially against the Algerine pirates.
Post-captain, post captain, or postcaptain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of captain in the Royal Navy . The term served to distinguish those who were captains by rank from: Officers in command of a naval vessel, who were (and still are) addressed as captain regardless of rank; Commanders, who received the title of captain as a ...
During the First World War, Lieutenant D'Oyly-Hughes was a submariner and second in command of HMS E11, which was highly successful in the Dardanelles Campaign. [2] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in June 1915 after a patrol in which his captain, Lieutenant Commander Martin Nasmith, was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Oliver Gordon (Royal Navy officer) Captain Oliver Loudon Gordon MVO RN (26 Jan 1896 – 30 Jan 1973) [1] was in command of the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter from 11 March 1941 [2] until she was sunk in the Second Battle of the Java Sea on 1 March 1942. [3]
Samuel Brown (Royal Navy officer) Samuel Brown 1823. Captain Sir Samuel Brown of Netherbyres KH FRSE (1776 – 13 March 1852) was an early pioneer of chain design and manufacture and of suspension bridge design and construction. He is best known for the Union Bridge of 1820, the first vehicular suspension bridge in Britain.
Queen Charlotte. George Dixon (1748 – 11 November 1795) was an English sea captain, explorer, and maritime fur trader. [1] George Dixon was "born in Leath Ward, a native of Kirkoswald ". [2] The son of Thomas Dixon, he was baptised in Kirkoswald on 8 July 1748. He served under Captain Cook in his third voyage, on HMS Resolution, as armourer.
