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have been named HMS Highflyer. The first HMS Highflyer (1813) was an 8-gun schooner operating as an American privateer. In January 1813 HMS Poictiers captured
HMS_Highflyer
HMS Highflyer was originally an American privateer schooner built in 1811. As a privateer she took several British vessels as prizes. The Royal Navy captured
HMS_Highflyer_(1813)
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Highflyer was the lead ship of the Highflyer-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. She spent her early career as flagship
HMS_Highflyer_(1898)
Frigate of the Royal Navy
HMS Highflyer was a 21-gun wooden screw frigate (later re-designated a corvette) of the Royal Navy. She was built on the River Thames by C J Mare and
HMS_Highflyer_(1851)
German ocean liner
before being defeated in the Battle of Río de Oro by the British cruiser HMS Highflyer and scuttled by her crew, just three weeks after the outbreak of war
SS_Kaiser_Wilhelm_der_Grosse
1914 single-ship action
single-ship action fought in August 1914 during the First World War, when HMS Highflyer attacked the German SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off Río de Oro on the
Sinking of SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Sinking_of_SS_Kaiser_Wilhelm_der_Grosse
1899 class of British cruisers
The Highflyer-class cruisers were a group of three second-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1890s. The Highflyer-class cruisers
Highflyer-class_cruiser
Topics referred to by the same term
flyer (fishing), a vertical floating pole used to locate fishing lines HMS Highflyer, various Royal Navy ships Yamhill High Flyers, a first-year International
Highflyer
1917 maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
organized rescue parties ashore. HMS Highflyer, along with the armed merchant cruisers HMS Changuinola, HMS Knight Templar, and HMS Calgarian, sent boats ashore
Halifax_Explosion
United States Navy frigate
as the English Channel and Norway; she captured the armed schooner HMS Highflyer and numerous merchant ships. In January 1815, after having been blockaded
USS_President_(1800)
Former East African slave
coast of Zanzibar on August 24, 1866 by HMS Highflyer. He and several other boys were put to work on HMS Highflyer, with Thomas working as a valet before
Thomas_Highflyer
British warship
included HMS Highflyer, herself a former American privateer, captured the two vessels. The British took both vessels into service, Anaconda as HMS Anaconda
HMS_St_Lawrence_(1813)
Ocean liner with four funnels
scuttled by her own crew following a battle with the British cruiser HMS Highflyer in 1914 off the coast of Western Sahara. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse's
Four-funnel_liner
Royal Navy Admiral (1854–1929)
captain on 30 June 1898, he was given command of the protected cruiser HMS Highflyer in December 1899, when she was part of a Training squadron, including
Frederic_Brock
Merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes
passenger liner that sank two freighters in 1914 before being caught by HMS Highflyer. Her sister ship, Kronprinz Wilhelm, had a legendary journey, sinking
Armed_merchantman
First six ships of the United States Navy
capturing several merchant ships, but the only highlight was the capture of HMS Highflyer in late September. After the ship spent a year blockaded in port, Stephen
Original six frigates of the United States Navy
Original_six_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy
frigate HMS Highflyer in December 1852, commanding officer of the sloop HMS Archer in February 1854 and commanding officer of the frigate HMS Doris in
Edmund_Heathcote
arrival date set for 1 November. On 18 October, 1915, the British ship HMS Highflyer arrived in Monrovia. The ship's commander was ordered to provide assistance
Kru_Coast_Revolt_of_1915–1916
British Second World War admiral
Following promotion to lieutenant Blagrove saw brief service aboard HMS Highflyer, HMS Fox and the battleship Vengeance, before serving at the Royal Naval
Henry_Blagrove
HMS Highflyer, Trincomalee, Ceylon HMS Hornet, Coastal Forces Depot MTB, Gosport, Hampshire HMS Idaho, WWI base at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire HMS Inskip
List of Royal Navy shore establishments
List_of_Royal_Navy_shore_establishments
Royal Navy Admiral (1873-1960)
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO). While under Buller's command, HMS Highflyer chased the German auxiliary cruiser SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse at
Henry_Buller
privateer Yorktown captures the Falmouth packet Ann 1813, May 23 – HMS Highflyer vs. Virginia privateer schooner Roger 1813, May 23 – The American privateer
List_of_single-ship_actions
on the Cape run, presumably in convoy, escorted by cruisers such as HMS Highflyer, on account of the U-boat menace. In 1918 she acted as flagship of a
RMS_Balmoral_Castle
Calendar year
needed] Battle of Río de Oro: British Royal Navy protected cruiser HMS Highflyer forces the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, sailing as an auxiliary cruiser
1914
Royal Navy officer (1841–1920)
midshipman came on 12 July 1856 and Fisher joined a 21-gun steam corvette, HMS Highflyer, part of the China Station. He was to spend the next five years in Chinese
John_Fisher,_1st_Baron_Fisher
Royal Navy Admiral (1874–1960)
served throughout World War I, commanding HMS Hibernia in 1915 and later the cadet training vessel HMS Highflyer. In 1919, the captain received the Croix
Vernon_Haggard
Type of passenger ship
Wilhelm der Grosse was defeated and scuttled after a fierce battle with HMS Highflyer off the coast of west Africa, while her sister ship Kronprinz Wilhelm
Ocean_liner
Portland. Both commanders were killed in battle. USS President versus HMS Highflyer (September 23, 1813): An action off the coast of New England during
Timeline_of_the_War_of_1812
somewhere in Hongkou on April 22, 1858, between a team of officers from HMS Highflyer and a Shanghai XI in 1858. Since then cricket has had a home in Shanghai
Shanghai_Cricket_Club
Chesapeake Bay island in Harford County, Maryland
George Cockburn briefly occupied the island, and passing vessels such as HMS Highflyer engaged in the forced purchase of cattle. The Smith family sold the
Spesutie_Island
Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1893–1959)
battleship HMS Malaya in the Grand Fleet in which he saw action at the Battle of Jutland. McGrigor was posted to the cruiser HMS Highflyer in June 1919
Rhoderick_McGrigor
Sayyida of Zanzibar and Oman
pregnancy had become obvious, she fled on board the British frigate HMS Highflyer commanded by Captain [Thomas] Malcolm Sabine Pasley R.N. and was given
Emily_Ruete
1854 naval bombardment during the Crimean War
Sampson, Terrible and Tiger, supported by the British screw frigate Highflyer, fourth-rate sailing frigate Arethusa, and steam ship Sans Pareil, and
1854_bombardment_of_Odessa
Airport in China Bay, Sri Lanka
books of HMS Lanka, and subsequently re-commissioned on 1 July 1943, on the books of HMS Highflyer, before finally being commissioned as HMS Bambara on
China_Bay_Airport
Royal Navy Captain (1890–1968)
went to sea in a 5,650 ton second class cruiser, HMS Highflyer, and afterwards on the slightly older HMS Isis. These ships were stationed at Bermuda and
Augustus_Agar
North America and West Indies Station. He transferred to the frigate HMS Highflyer, and was with her in China during the Second Opium War (1859–1861) and
Edward Law, 5th Baron Ellenborough
Edward_Law,_5th_Baron_Ellenborough
Area of Glasgow, Scotland
(1893) HMS Venus (1895) HMS Diana (1895) HMS Highflyer (1898) HMS Hermes (1898) HMS Cressy (1899) HMS Aboukir (1900) HMS Good Hope (1901) HMS Bedford
Govan
Military unit
the East Indies, and comprised HMS Highflyer, HMS Caroline, HMS Comus, HMS Southampton (Flagship) until July 1925; HMS Colombo (January 1922-January 1926;
4th_Cruiser_Squadron
Military unit
was lowered over the shore establishment HMS Highflyer, and the next day, 16 October 1957, the last flagship, HMS Ceylon, left Trincomalee. The station was
East_Indies_Station
British author and fascist (1925–2013)
to sea in 1942, and served abroad HMS Renown for two years. He then served on abroad HMS Highflyer, HMS Virago and HMS Rapid. An extreme anti-communist
Peter_Huxley-Blythe
Highflyer-class screw corvette (1854-1870)
HMS Esk was a 21-gun Highflyer-class screw corvette launched on 12 June 1854 from J. Scott Russell & Co., Millwall. She saw action in the Crimean War,
HMS_Esk_(1854)
Sri Lankan naval base
Trincomalee and the joint US/UK training differ. In 1944, a wireless station HMS Highflyer was established in Trincomalee. The Royal Navy presence in Ceylon came
SLN_Dockyard
Coastal suburb in Ajman, UAE
coast' according to the British, it was bombarded by the British ship HMS Highflyer. In 1895, Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan saw in Al Zorah an ideal
Al_Zorah
Royal Navy Admiral (1875–1956)
and in July 1902 posted as a gunnery officer to the protected cruiser HMS Highflyer, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station. He served
Rudolf_Burmester
Military base
storage and support facilities for the Royal Navy's shore establishment, HMS Highflyer. After the fall of Singapore, Trincomalee became the home port of the
Trincomalee_Garrison
Royal Navy Admiral (1814–1886)
became Commander in HMS Sphinx and took part in the Second Anglo-Burmese War. Promoted to captain in 1853, he commanded HMS Highflyer from 1856 and took
Charles Shadwell (Royal Navy officer)
Charles_Shadwell_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Month in 1914
Moritz von Bissing on November 27. British Royal Navy protected cruiser HMS Highflyer forced the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, sailing as an auxiliary cruiser
August_1914
List of ships with the same or similar names
sold for breaking in 1902. HMS Hyacinth (1898), launched in 1898, was a Highflyer-class light cruiser. In 1910 she was responsible for shelling Dubai in
HMS_Hyacinth
German shipping company (1857–1970)
South Atlantic where, on 24 July 1941, it was intercepted off Montevideo by HMS Newcastle and scuttled by her crew. In 1939, NDL had 70 ships in service
Norddeutscher_Lloyd
English painter (1817–1894)
and visited Circassia and Mingrelia with the Duke of Newcastle on HMS Highflyer. After his return, he was commanded by Queen Victoria to take sketches
Oswald_Walters_Brierly
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was a Highflyer-class cruiser launched in 1898, converted into an experimental seaplane tender in 1913 and sunk by a German U-boat in 1914. HMS Hermes (95)
HMS_Hermes
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Sri Lanka
Seaman J.B.S. Cox, H.M.S. 'Wave', age 19 Electrical Artificer J. Hodgson, Royal Navy, age 24 Coder T.B. Woodhead, H.M.S. 'Highflyer', age 20 British Garrison
Trincomalee British War Cemetery
Trincomalee_British_War_Cemetery
Royal Navy Admiral and cricketer (1865–1941)
promotion from commander to captain in 1904. He took charge of the cruiser HMS Highflyer in 1906 and was listed as captain in the Royal Navy List for 1908. In
Cecil_Hickley
The Highflyer-class corvettes were a pair of 21-gun wooden screw corvettes built in the 1850s for the Royal Navy. Highflyer was ordered as a small wooden
Highflyer-class_corvette
Sheikh
rulers, a reservation the British agreed with and so, in January 1866, HMS Highflyer bombarded the fort and destroyed it. Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi died
Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi (ruler)
Khalid_bin_Sultan_Al_Qasimi_(ruler)
Royal Navy Admiral (1875–1971)
and joined the Royal Navy as a cadet aboard HMS Prince of Wales in 1888. He was posted to the sloop HMS Rosario in March 1900, and took part in the response
Lionel_Preston
British Royal Navy officer
cruiser HMS Highflyer, flag ship of the East Indies Station. In the middle of 1902 he was promoted to first lieutenant, still serving on the Highflyer. He
Charles W. Crawford (Royal Navy officer)
Charles_W._Crawford_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Royal Navy Admiral (1863–1926)
In June 1902, he was appointed in command of the protected cruiser HMS Highflyer, and as flag captain to Rear-Admiral Charles Carter Drury on his appointment
Arthur_Christian
German naval officer and judge
against the West African coast. On 26 August 1914, the British cruiser HMS Highflyer attacked the ship in front of Río de Oro. Arps and a large part of the
Theodor_Arps
40-gun Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate
HMS Acasta was a 40-gun Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate. She saw service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as well as the War of 1812. Although
HMS_Acasta_(1797)
Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate
towers, while Hyperion stayed at the port alongside two tenders, HMS Highflyer and HMS Viper. Towards the end of March men from Hyperion seized the sloop
HMS_Hyperion_(1807)
(1803) HMS Hazard's Prize HMS Hermione (1782) HMS Heureux (1800) HMS Highflyer (1813) HMS Hirondelle HMS Hobart HMS Hyaena (1778) HMS Imogen (1800) HMS Isis
Index of piracy–related articles
Index_of_piracy–related_articles
Sheikh
coast' according to the British, it was bombarded by the British ship HMS Highflyer and reduced to rubble. Ajman during Rashid's reign benefited from an
Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi II
Rashid_bin_Humaid_Al_Nuaimi_II
Scottish naval officer, cricketer and rugby union footballer
naval cadet to the cruiser HMS Highflyer, serving on the East Indies Station. The following year, he was posted aboard HMS Hyacinth. In April 1904, under
Cecil_Abercrombie
English cricketer and Royal Navy surgeon
Navy Medical Service (RNMS) and was appointed staff surgeon aboard HMS Highflyer, before being appointed staff surgeon at Eastney Barracks in Portsmouth
Robert_Mornement
Small battle of the War of 1812
(also known as Wade's Point) at Bayside. HMS Conflict remained nearby in the bay. At the same time, HMS Highflyer and three schooners were moving toward
Second_Battle_of_St._Michaels
Dutch ocean liner that a U-boat sank in 1916
for Germany. After she called at Vigo, Spain, the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Highflyer stopped Tubantia, put a boarding party aboard her, and escorted into
SS_Tubantia
(destroyer)". Naval History. Retrieved 2 February 2013. Historic England. "HMS CRATHIE (1002310)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 4 February
List of shipwrecks in August 1914
List_of_shipwrecks_in_August_1914
1947 explosions in Texas City, Texas
allow for later reconstruction of the events. The first explosion had set Highflyer free from its moorings, and it had drifted across the harbor, coming to
Texas_City_disaster
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Hermes was a Highflyer-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. She spent much of her early career as flagship for various foreign
HMS_Hermes_(1898)
British ship
HMS Hyacinth was one of three Highflyer-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. Initially assigned to the Channel Fleet, she spent
HMS_Hyacinth_(1898)
of San Domingo, Marlborough, Maidstone, Statira, Fantome, Mohawk and Highflyer blockaded four schooners in the Rappahannock River. The British sent a
HMS_Mosquidobit
Early 20th-century British naval ship class
HMS Encounter, was later transferred to the Royal Australian Navy. The Challenger-class cruisers were essentially repeats of the previous Highflyer class
Challenger-class_cruiser
1813, boats from Dolphin, together with boats from Fantome, Mohawk and Highflyer and Racer, which had not yet been renamed, went up the Chesapeake Bay
HMS_Dolphin_(1813)
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
San Domingo, and Marlborough, Maidstone, Statira, Fantome, Mohawk, and Highflyer pursued four schooners into the Rappahannock. The British sent boats 15
HMS_San_Domingo_(1809)
comprising Romulus, Fox, Nemesis, and Conflict, and the tenders Cockchafer and Highflyer, anchored off Ocracoke Island, on the North Carolina coast. The next day
HMS_Cockchafer_(1812)
Type of naval warship
"protected" scheme up to 1905, when the last units of the Challenger and Highflyer classes were completed. There was a general hiatus in British cruiser
Protected_cruiser
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
HMS Sceptre was a 74-gun third-rate Repulse-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1803
HMS_Sceptre_(1802)
Vengeur-class ship of the line
Maidstone. More captures followed. Poictiers took the American schooner Highflyer, of five guns and 72 men, on 9 January 1813. She was on her return from
HMS_Poictiers_(1809)
British Pylades-class corvette
in the Victorian Royal Navy. Pylades was a development of the previous Highflyer class with a greater beam. The vessel served under two commanders who
HMS_Pylades_(1854)
Enterprise-class Royal Navy frigate
HMS Nemesis was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The French captured her in 1795 at Smyrna, but in 1796 a squadron led
HMS_Nemesis_(1780)
HMS Fantome was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was originally a French privateer brig named Fantôme, which the British captured in 1810 and
HMS_Fantome_(1810)
Destroyer of the Royal Navy
Mediterranean Fleet. In 1900, she cruised to the East Indies with the cruiser Highflyer and the destroyers Conflict, Coquette and Hornet. Lieutenant Robert G
HMS_Cygnet_(1898)
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Borlase Warren's squadron, consisting of HMS San Domingo, Marlborough, Maidstone, Statira, Fantome, Mohawk and Highflyer pursued four schooners into the Rappahannock
HMS_Shelburne_(1813)
London". uboat.net. Retrieved October 14, 2022. "HMS Safari (P 211)". uboat.net. Retrieved August 13, 2023. "HMS Rainbow (N 16)". uboat.net. Retrieved August
List of shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean
1899 class of British protected cruisers
World War. HMS Pegasus was sunk in combat in 1914, the rest - except for HMS Pioneer - were scrapped between 1919 and 1922. HMS Pactolus and HMS Pomone had
Pelorus-class_cruiser
appearance, and thus did not technically form a single class. A fourth ship (Highflyer) was ordered in 1878 from Portsmouth Dockyard, but was cancelled in 1879
Bacchante-class_corvette
1813, boats from Mohawk, together with boats from Fantome, Dolphin, and Highflyer and Racer, which had not yet been renamed, went up the Chesapeake Bay
USS_Viper_(1806)
(all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) "Le HMS Dafodil ou TF3" (in French). Grieme. Retrieved 26 September 2015. Wikimedia
List_of_shipwrecks_of_France
HMS TB 81, originally named Swift, was a torpedo boat that served with the British Royal Navy. She was built in 1884–1885 by the shipbuilder J Samuel
HMS_TB_81_(1885)
British single-seat WWII fighter aircraft
Britain Museum. Retrieved 19 July 2024.[dead link] "Roundabout is Real Highflyer". Birmingham Evening Mail. 4 January 2006. Archived from the original
Supermarine_Spitfire
Royal Marines officer & VC recipient (1887–1928)
Infantry and served at various times in HMS Bulwark, Magnificent, Britannia, Chester, Royal Sovereign, and Highflyer. Bamford was 30 years old, and a captain
Edward_Bamford
intercepted and sunk at the Battle of Río de Oro by the British cruiser Highflyer. Cap Trafalgar was similarly sunk at the Battle of Trindade by the Armed
German commerce raiders in World War I
German_commerce_raiders_in_World_War_I
Boat Service 1813 1813, April & May 57 Dolphin • Dragon • Fantome • Highflyer • Maidstone • Marlborough • Mohawk • Racer • Statira Attacks on Frenchtown
List of clasps to the Naval General Service Medal (1847)
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Light 47 mm naval gun introduced in 1886
Formidable-class battleships Forward-class cruisers Gorgon-class monitors Highflyer-class cruisers King Edward VII-class battleships King George V-class battleships
QF_3-pounder_Hotchkiss
Maidstone and Statira, two brigs, Mohawk and Fantome and one schooner, Highflyer blockaded the Rappahannock from Lynnhaven Bay. They held several American
Battle_of_Rappahannock_River
Aviso of the Prussian and later British Royal Navy
June. On the night of 16 June, she joined several other vessels—HMS Tribune, Highflyer, Terrible, Miranda, Niger, Arrow, Viper, and Snake—for a night bombardment
SMS_Nix
British Royal Navy commendation
qualified for six clasps and fourteen for five clasps. A baby born on board HMS Tremendous during the battle of the Glorious First of June, christened Daniel
Naval General Service Medal (1847)
Naval_General_Service_Medal_(1847)
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