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HMS Powerful was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She took part in the defeat of a Dutch fleet in the Battle of Camperdown in 1797, the capture of a French privateer in the action of 9 July 1806, in operations against the Dutch in the East Indies during the raids on Batavia and Griessie in 1806 and 1807, and finally in the Walcheren Campaign during 1809.
Sep 18, 2011 · Maev Kennedy. Sun 18 Sep 2011 14.32 EDT. The ship that nearly sank Nelson's HMS Victory has been named and shamed. It was not a French man o'war at the battle of Trafalgar but, almost a century ...
HMS Powerful (1783) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1783 and broken up in 1812. HMS Powerful (1826) was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1826. She was used as a target from 1860 and was broken up by 1864. HMS Powerful (1895) was a Powerful -class protected cruiser launched in 1895. She became a training ship in 1919 and was renamed HMS ...
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- Organization
- Pay
- Uniforms
- Below Decks
- Food
- Discipline
Sailors usually had no say in what ship they served aboard. While most were volunteers and served for patriotic or personal reasons, a good number were also pressed into service, especially as the Napoleonic Wars heated up and there was a great demand for men. In 1793, there were 15,000 men in the Royal Navy; by 1813, there were 150,000. Hierarchy ...
Pay was doled out once per lunar month. In 1815, the lowest paid were the inexperienced “landmen” at £1.2.6 on a first-rate vessel. As a sailor gained experience, he was rated up. An ordinary seaman earned £1.5.6 and an able seaman made £1.13.6. Specialists such as a sailmaker made more at £2.5.6. For comparison, a lieutenant of a first-rate ship o...
Compared to the elaborately uniformed officers or the red-coated Royal Marines, sailors had none. The usual kit was a short jacket, loose trousers, and a head covering (often with a ribbon that had the ship’s name written on it). If there was any uniformity among sailor dress, it was due to the insistence of the captain or because the purser was pu...
Sailors and petty officers berthed in the lower decks. There was little light here, and burning flame was highly restricted due to the dangers of fire. There was no privacy. Sea chests were shared. Each man was given a 6-foot by 3-foot hammock, and hammocks were attached with hooks in a layout devised by the first lieutenant. Each sailor had 14 inc...
Mealtimes for the crew were generally respected by the officers as sacrosanct in order to maintain morale. Forty-five minutes were allowed for breakfast and 90 minutes for dinner and supper. Dinner, eaten around midday, was considered to be the main meal. Officers had the same rations as the crew, although they supplemented those rations with a mes...
To maintain order, strict discipline was employed. The Articles of War were read at the commissioning of the ship and once a month thereafter. These laid out the regulations for a crew’s behavior. In 1757 there were 35 articles, and any disciplinary infractions not specifically named in the first 34 were covered by number 35—which gave the captain ...
HMS Powerful was the lead ship of her class of two protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1890s. She was initially assigned to the China Station and then provided landing parties which fought in the Siege of Ladysmith of 1899–1900 during the Second Boer War .
Commanded by Captain the Honorable Hedworth Lambton CB. The Powerful and Terrible were the largest cruisers in the world during the late 1890's. HMS Powerful was built by the Naval Construction and Armaments Company in Barrow-in-Furness and launched on the 24th July 1895. She was built to compete with the newest Russian Cruisers.
A Call to Arms. You are on board HMS Victory, the flagship of the British Navy, commanded by Admiral Lord Nelson. It is 1805 and Britain is engaged in a terrible war with France. The French Emperor, Napoleon, is threatening to invade Britain and seems unstoppable. The British ships are sailing towards the French to fight in what will become a ...
