On This Day RNさんのイラストまとめ

If you can help a local community to save,by raising up to £160 K,the fabulous Rodney’s Pillar on the Powys borders please contact cllr.lucy.roberts@powys.gov.uk The monument commemorates Admiral Rodney, one of the greatest @royalnavy Commanders of the 18th Century. https://t.co/bsaTLby2ZZ

#OnThisDay 1596 legendary sailor Sir Francis Drake died from yellow fever in W. Indies. Famous as a privateer who rose to Vice Admiral and served in the English Fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada, claimed #California for England and circumnavigated the world.@HMNBDevonport

#OnThisDay 1735 the future Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, was born. He had a full and sometimes controversial @RoyalNavy career but is most famous for defeating 27 Spanish ships with his Fleet of 15 off Cape St Vincent. The action resulted in him being made, Earl St Vincent.

#OnThisDay 1780 Admiral Rodney in HMS SANDWICH defeated a Spanish Fleet off Cape St Vincent, Portugal. After the battle he re-supplied the besieged garrisons at Gibraltar and Minorca. The victory at St Vincent owes much to @RoyalNavy ships speed due to having copper sheath hulls.

#OnThisDay 1940 the 5th @HMS_Raleigh is commissioned at Torpoint in Cornwall. RALEIGH is the new entry base for all @RoyalNavy Ratings and is named after the sailor Sir Walter Raleigh, a figurehead from the 4th HMS RALEIGH from 1873 watches over the base from the Quarterdeck

#OnThisDay 1799 Nelson sent a despatch to Earl Howe using the line, ‘I had the happiness to command a Band of Brothers’ referring to the Captains he commanded in his Fleet at the Battle of the Nile and Mediterranean actions. A phrase oft used by Nelson and now famously linked.

#OnThisDay 1823 #Plymouth Dock was formally renamed to #Devonport following an appeal from the locals to King George IV.Devonport tower was built to commemorate the new town which sprung up after the @RoyalNavy began building @HMNBDevonport around 1690.Located at south end of 1/2

#OnThisDay 1914 a @RoyalNavy Force under Vice Admiral Doveton Sturdee defeated a German force under Admiral Graf Von Spee at the Battle of the Falkland Islands. @hms_kent @FalklandsGov

#OnThisDay in 1759 Admiral Hawke defeated the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the 7 years war. This action ended French Naval superiority and prevented a planned invasion of 🇬🇧. @RoyalNavy

#OnThisDay 1962 @RoyalNavy responsibility for Northern Ireland sub-command passed from Flag Officer Plymouth to Flag Officer Scotland who became Flag Officer Scotland & Northern Ireland. The first being Rear Admiral Sir Arthur Hezlet and the current being Rear Admiral John Weale