The changing Royal Navy, 1763-1914: Flashcards
What was original tactic for Naval warfare?
Broadside attacks
When was the Battle of Trafalgar?
1805
How many ships did the British have at the Battle of Trafalgar?
33 Ships
How many ships did the Spanish and French have at the Battle of Trafalgar?
41 ships
How many gun decks did first and second rate ships have?
3 gun decks (80-120 cannons)
What is a famous example of a first/second rate naval ship?
Nelson’s ship, ‘HMS Victory’
How many guns would a fourth rate ship have?
64 or less
How many gun decks would a third rate ship have?
2
How many guns would a third rate ship have?
64-80 cannons
What percentage of the navy was composed of third rate ships in 1794 and 1814?
1794= 76% and 1814=80%
How long was a third rate ship?
52m hull
What were fifth and sixth rate ships called?
Frigates
Between 1800 and 1801 the Frigate called ‘Speedy’ captured how many French ships?
53
How many fast frigates were built by the French between 1777 and 1790?
59
How many British merchant ships were lost in 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars?
619
How many ships did the Royal Navy have in 1815 and 1835?
1815= 1006 ships and 1835= 58 ships (Late 1815= 262 ships)
When did the first experimental steamship, ‘Kent’, set sail?
1794
When was the First Opium War?
1839-1842
When were the first steam-propelled ships launched in Britain and France?
Britain= 1843 and France= 1845
When was the 90 gun French Steamship, ‘Napoleon’ launched?
1850
In the 1850s, how many steam battleships did the British build and convert?
Built 18 and converted 41
In the 1850s, how many steam battleships did the French build and convert?
Built 10 and converted 28
Henri-Joseph Paixhans developed the Paixhan gun in the 1820s but when were they fitted to warships?
From 1841
The first Ironclad warship was the French ship ‘La Gloire’ but when was it built?
1859
The British built there first Ironclad Warship in 1861. What was its name?
HMS Warrior
What were the three main developments in naval technology?
Steam engines; armour plating; naval guns
When was the HMS Devastation launched?
1879
How long was HMS Devastation, how thick was its armour and how many 35 ton guns did it have?
87 metres long; armour was 250-300mm thick and two 35 ton guns
How much coal did the HMS Devastation need to carry?
1,350 tons
What was the name of the act that was passed in 1889 as a result of the two power standard set by the Admiralty?
Naval Defense Act of 1889
How many battleships, cruisers and torpedo gunships were built as a result of the Naval Defense Act of 1889?
10 Battleships, 42 cruisers and 18 torpedo gunships (all between 1889-1894)
The joint production of France and Russia increased by how much between 1889-1894?
12 Battleships were built
How much did HMS Dreadnought cost?
£1.8 million
When did John Fisher become the First Sea Lord of the Admiralty?
1904
When was HMS Dreadnought built?
1906
In 1794, what was the average seaman’s wage?
£14 per year
How many French merchant ships were captured by the British in the Seven Years’ War?
1,165
The abolitionist Thomas Clarkson in 1788 said how many of the 5,000 men leaving on slaving voyages in 1785 returned?
2,329
How many ships were sent in 1821, 1831 and 1847 to enforce the abolition of the slave trade on British ships?
1821= 6 ships; 1831= 7 ships and 1847=32 ships
How many slaves were shipped across the Atlantic in 1800 and 1830?
1800= 80,000 and 1830= 135,000
The West Africa squadron for the enforcement of the abolition of the slave trade on British ships had 792 men. How many of these men died in 1829 alone?
204 men
How many slaves did the Spanish Slaver ships Regulo and Rapido throw overboard in 1831 to avoid being caught by the British Navy?
150 chained slaves
How many slave ships did the Paddle steamer HMS Hydra capture between 1844 and 1846?
4 slave ships
How many ships was the ship ‘Black Joke’ able to capture in a year?
11
Between 1810 and 1860, how many slaves were freed by the Royal Navy?
150,000 slaves
When did the British capture the Isle de France due to the issue of piracy on British ships?
1810
In which area of sea were Arab pirates most prominent?
Red Sea to Bombay
Between which years did the Royal Navy charter the Red Sea?
1800 and 1809
When was a commercial treaty agreed for Mocha?
1820
Between which years was Berbera blockaded?
1827 to 1832
How much the American Government pay to the Barbary states in 1795 in ransom money?
$1 million
When was the attack on the Algiers that fired over 50,000 cannonballs and sinking 40 vessels?
1816 (and later in 1820, later to be conquered by the French in 1830)
Between 1803 and 1815, how ships from the Royal Navy ran aground or sank at sea?
223 ships
When was the Longitude Act passed?
1714
When was Captain Cook’s expedition?
1768-1771
When did the British Admiralty establish the Hydrographic Office?
1795
When was the first Admiralty chart published?
1801
