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Russian warship Nadezhda Nadezhda ( ) was a three - masted sloop , the ex - British merchantman " Leander " . The Russians purchased her in 1802 and renamed her , commonly referring to her in Russian as the " frigate " Nadezhda " " . She participated in the first Russian circumnavigation of the world ( 1803 - 1806 ) . She was lost in 1808 . Career . " Leander " was built in London in the spring of 1800 as a 425 - ton merchant sloop . In 1802 Yuri Fydorovich Lisyansky purchased " Leander " and another merchantman , " Thames " , for the Russian navy . The two vessels left England for the Baltic in May 1803 , docking at Kronstadt on 5 June . There the Russians renamed " Leander " to " Nadezhda " and " Thames " to . The two ships took part in the first Russian circumnavigation of the world , with " Nadezhda " serving as Admiral Krusenstern ' s flagship . She had a 58 - member crew and carried 16 guns . She apparently sailed under the auspices of the Russian - American Company ( RACo ) . As part of her circumnavigation she delivered RACo cargo to Kamchatka , and the first Russian embassy under Nikolai Rezanov to Japan . In 1808 " Nadezhda " was chartered by an American merchant , D . Martin , to transport RACo cargoes from Kronstadt to New York . During the trip , in December she became ice - locked near Denmark and was destroyed . Name . Her name was the namesake of a gulf and Nadezhda Strait in the Okhotsk Sea , four capes in the Japan Sea and the Tatar Strait , and the Nadezhda Island ( Sitka County , Alaska ) in the Pacific Ocean . Commemorative coins . In 1993 Russia issued three coins to commemorate the first Russian voyage around the world . One was a 150 - roubles platinum coin showing both " Nadezhda " and " Neva " on the reverse . The other two were both 25 - roubles palladium coins , one for " Nadezhda " and one for " Neva " .
HMS Mackerel ( 1804 ) HMS " Mackerel " was a Royal Navy " Ballahoo " - class schooner of four 12 - pounder carronade s and a crew of 20 . The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co . , in Bermuda , and she was launched in 1804 . Given that she served entirely during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 , she had an unusually peaceful and uneventful career , primarily on the Newfoundland station , before she was sold in 1815 . Service . She was commissioned in May 1804 at Bermuda under Lieutenant Peter S . Prieur for the Newfoundland station . Later that year Lieutenant Richard Williams assumed command , after serving as a Master ' s Mate on . In 1805 he was succeeded by Lieutenant John G . M ' B . McKillop . His replacement , in 1807 , was Lieutenant Thomas Bishop . In November 1808 he sailed her to Britain . On the way she encountered a gale and had to throw all her guns overboard to lighten her . Between 22 November 1808 and 19 February 1809 " Mackerel " was in Portsmouth , refitting . In February Lieutenant William Carter took command at Spithead and sailed her back to Newfoundland . Late in the year Lieutenant Thomas Lee assumed command and sailed her on the Newfoundland station on coast patrol and fisheries duties . By 1812 Lieutenant Parker had taken command of " Mackerel " , and on 15 April 1812 sailed for South America . Apparently , she called at New York in June to deliver some official dispatches . The acting commander reported that her commander had been killed when a sailor fell from a mast and landed on him . As " Mackerel " left New York on 18 June she passed the USS " United States " under Captain Stephen Decatur . Apparently war had been declared two days earlier , but the news only arrived in New York on 20 June . After the frigate " Belvidera " arrived in Nova Scotia with the news that war had been declared and that the USS " President " , in company with the USS " Congress " and the USS " United States " , had fired on her , " Mackerel " carried the news to Portsmouth , arriving there on 27 July . She was still at Portsmouth on 31 July when the British authorities seized the American ships there and at Spithead on the outbreak of the War of 1812 . She therefore shared , with numerous other vessels , in the subsequent prize money for these vessels : " Belleville " , " Aeos " , " Janus " , " Ganges " , and " Leonidas " . Fate . Lieutenant Thomas Hughes recommissioned her in December 1812 and remained in command into 1815 . In October 1813 she was reported sailing from Cadiz to London . The Admiralty put the " " Mackarel " schooner , of 70 tons " up for sale on 30 November 1815 . She was sold at Plymouth on 14 December 1815 for £400 .
Jean Henri Becays Ferrand Jean Henri Becays Ferrand or Jean Marie Begais Ferrand de la Caussade ( 10 September 1736 – 28 November 1805 ) became a French general officer early in the French Revolutionary Wars and led troops during two early actions . From a noble family , he was enrolled in the French Royal Army as an officer in the " Normandie " Infantry Regiment . At the age of ten , he fought at Lauffeld and Bergen op Zoom in the War of the Austrian Succession . In 1760 during the Seven Years ' War , he was badly wounded at Kloster Kampen . For distinguished service , he was promoted to captain . Appointed colonel in 1791 , Ferrand was made the commandant of the fortress of Valenciennes the next year . Promoted to maréchal de camp , he led the left wing at the Battle of Jemappes . He was elevated in rank to general of division in May 1793 . Ordered by his turncoat superior Charles François Dumouriez to surrender Condé - sur - l ' Escaut and Valenciennes , Ferrand refused to carry out his instructions . After the two - month long Siege of Valenciennes , he surrendered the city to Prince Frederick , Duke of York and Albany . Sometime after being paroled , he was imprisoned by the Committee of Public Safety for being from the old nobility . He avoided the guillotine and was released when the government of Maximilien Robespierre was overthrown . Napoleon Bonaparte later named him Prefect of Meuse - Inférieure but he retired in 1804 , pleading bad health . His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe , on Column 4 .
HMS Falmouth ( 1708 ) HMS " Falmouth " was a 50 - gun fourth - rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built at Woolwich Dockyard to the 1706 Establishment of dimensions , and launched on 26 February 1708 . On 14 May 1724 " Falmouth " was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard , from where she was relaunched on 3 April 1729 . Engagements . HMS " Falmouth " took part in the destruction of the fortress of San Lorenzo el Real Chagres ( March 22 – 24 , 1740 ) , in Panama , as part of a squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Edward Vernon during the War of Jenkins ' Ear . At 3 pm on March 22 , 1740 , the English squadron , composed of the ships Stafford , Norwich , Falmouth and Princess Louisa , the frigate Diamond , the bomb vessel s Alderney , Terrible and Cumberland , the fireship s Success and Eleanor , and transports Goodly and Pompey , under command of Vernon , began to bombard the Spanish fortress . Given the overwhelming superiority of the English forces , Captain Don Juan Carlos Gutiérrez Cevallos surrendered the fort on March 24 , after resisting for two days . " Falmouth " was broken up in 1747 .
Camp Holloway Camp Holloway was a United States Army helicopter base ( with a field elevation of approximately 2500 feet ) at Pleiku in the Central Highlands of Vietnam from 1962 through the early 1970s . Named in 1963 for CH - 21 helicopter pilot Warrant Officer Charles E . Holloway , who in December 1962 became the first aviator assigned to the 81st Transportation Company to be killed in action . The 81st Transportation Company , re - equipped in 1963 with UH - 1 " Huey " helicopters , became the famed 119th Assault Helicopter Company , and the base eventually expanded to house the headquarters of the US Army ' s 52d Combat Aviation Battalion of the 17th Combat Aviation Group , 1st Aviation Brigade . At its peak , Camp Holloway was home to two additional UH - 1 " Huey " assault helicopter companies , a CH - 47 " Chinook " company , an O - 1 Bird Dog reconnaissance airplane company , a CH - 54 " Skycrane " company , and other supporting units . A Viet Cong attack in the early morning hours of February 7 , 1965 killed eight , wounded 108 friendly , and destroyed 18 aircraft . This prompted U . S . President Lyndon Johnson to begin bombing North Vietnam .
Capture of Cannanore The Capture of Cannanore during the Third Anglo - Mysore War took place on 17 December 1790 . Forces of the British East India Company , led by General Robert Abercromby , began besieging Cannanore ( now known as Kannur ) , held by troops of Mysore and of the Rajah of Cannanore on 14 December . After gaining control of the high ground commanding the city ' s main fort , the defenders surrendered . The British victory , along with the taking of Calicut by a separate force a few days earlier , secured their control over the Malabar Coast .
Ilija Brašić Ilija Brašić was a general in the Royal Yugoslav Army who commanded the 3rd Army during the German - led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia of April 1941 during World War II . Brašić ' s command consisted of the Bregalnica , Šumadija , Vardar and Zeta Division s and the Korn Detachment . The 3rd Army was responsible for the border with Albania between Lake Ohrid to Lake Skadar ,
Edward " Porky " Cragg Edward " Porky " Cragg ( September 8 , 1919 – missing in action December 26 , 1943 – finding of death January 16 , 1946 ) was a triple ace ( 15 kills ) and a Major in the United States Army Air Forces . Biography . Pre - World War II . Edward Cragg was born at Mount Vernon , New York , on September 8 , 1919 . He spent his youth in the Greenwich / Cos Cob area of Connecticut , graduating from Greenwich High School in the class of 1936 . In September 1937 , he enrolled in the School of Commerce , Accounts and Finance at New York University , New York . He was working towards a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting . In September 1940 , he withdrew from the University to enlist . World War II . He enlisted as a flying cadet on November 30 , 1940 . He received his elementary training at Albany , Georgia , his basic training at Gunter Field Alabama from February to April 1941 , and his advanced flying training at the Air Corps Advanced Flying School , Craig Field , Selma , Alabama . He was appointed a second lieutenant , Air Reserve on July 11 , 1941 , and was ordered to active duty on the following day . Upon graduation from Advanced Flying School , he remained at the school until July 1941 when he was ordered to the Panama Canal Zone , for duty as Assistant Squadron Engineering Officer and later becoming Engineering Officer of the 28th Pursuit Squadron in the 37 Pursuit Group , stationed at Albrook Field . While there he was promoted to first lieutenant on September 5 , 1942 . In spring 1942 , he was reassigned to what was then designated the 80th Pursuit Squadron , part of the 8th Pursuit Group , Fifth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific area . Both the squadron and group were soon redesignated from " Pursuit " to " Fighter " . Initially , the squadron flew P - 39 Airacobra s . Cragg named his " Porky " , and soon acquired the nickname of " Porky " . He was promoted to captain on December 17 , 1942 On April 8 , 1943 , he became the commander of the 80th . Among his first actions was giving the Squadron the name " The Headhunters " after the local New Guinean headhunter tribes who hated the Japanese and helped to rescue downed pilots . He also commissioned crewchief Yale Saffro , a former Walt Disney Studios artist , to design the 80th ' s patch , the likeness of the proud Papuan Chief of New Guinea . This original design can be seen . Squadron lore credits him with arranging the equipping the squadron with the new P - 38 Lightning aircraft . He named his " Porky II " . During his tenure with the squadron he compiled an air - to - air combat record of 15 confirmed kills and 2 probable kills . He was promoted to major on July 6 , 1943 . He served as commander of the Headhunters until he was reported missing in action over New Britain December 26 , 1943 . During that final mission he shot down his final kill . He was succeeded in command of the Headhunters by fellow squadron member and ace Major Jay " Cock " Robbins .
Charles Johnston Badger Charles Johnston Badger ( August 6 , 1853 – September 7 , 1932 ) was an admiral in the United States Navy . His active - duty career included service in the Spanish - American War and World War I . Life and naval career . The son of Commodore Oscar C . Badger ( 1823 – 1899 ) , Charles Badger was born August 6 , 1853 in Rockville , Maryland . He attended the United States Naval Academy , graduating in 1873 . Badger served in " Cincinnati " ( C - 7 ) during the Spanish - American War , and climaxed his career as Commander in Chief , Atlantic Fleet . He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his contribution as chairman of the Navy General Board during World War I . Rear Admiral Badger died September 7 , 1932 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery . Legacy . Two Navy ships have been named in honor of R . Adm . Badger : USS " Charles J . Badger " ( DD - 657 ) , and USS " Badger " ( FF - 1071 ) . Rear Admiral Badger was a cousin of Secretary of the Navy George E . Badger ( 1790 – 1865 ) ; Admiral Oscar C . Badger II ( 1890 – 1958 ) was his son .
Gemunu Watch The Gemunu Watch ( GW ) ( " King Dutugemunu ' s Own " ) was formed with troops from the Ceylon Light Infantry and the Ceylon Sinha Regiment in 1962 . It has been deployed in many major operations against the LTTE . It is made up of 9 regular units and 4 volunteer units . Headquartered at Kuruwita Army Camp , Ratnapura . It is named after one of the most famous Lankan Kings , King Dutugemunu . History . The regiment was formed on December 7 , 1962 , in Diyatalawa at HMCyS Rangalla ( former HMS Uva Camp ) that had been used as a holiday station by the Royal Navy prier to its transfer to the Royal Ceylon Navy . The regiment was formed as part of the reorganization of the army and rest of the armed services following the attempted military coup early that year , Troops from the 1st battalions of the CLI and CSR formed the core of the new regiment with World War II veteran Lt . Col . ( later Brigadier ) J . F . Halangode as Commanding Officer . It was the third infantry regiment of the army . Shortly 2 volunteer units ever formed the 2nd ( V ) Gemunu Watch in Galle and the 3rd ( V ) Gemunu Watch in Matara . These were made up of troops form the Ruhunu Regiment that was disband in 1956 and supplemented by officers of the CSR , who had established a new voluntee unit as the 1st Battalion Gemunu Regiment . Soon after it was deployed in Mannar sector on TAFII ( Task Force Anti - Illicit Immigration ) duties in early 1963 and later in the Jaffna sector too . During the 1971 JVP Insurrection the 1st Gemunu Watch was the first unit to be deployed to counter it in Wellawaya , while the volunteer units were deployed in counter - insurgency operations in Galle and Matara . The regiment was awarded President ' s and Regimental Colours by H . E . President J . R . Jayawardena on August 15 , 1980 , in Galle . Gemunu Watch units played a pivotal role in the Sri Lankan Civil War . Notably during the Vadamarachchi Operation in 1987 when the 1st Gemunu Watch was a part of the 1st Brigade group that lead the way during the operation . In July 1991 , 5th and 6th Gemunu Watch were part of the two Brigades that carried out an amphibious landing during Operation Balavegaya to break the siege of Elephant Pass by the LTTE terrorists . In July 1995 4th Gemunu Watch defeated an LTTE attack on a Weli - oya settlement in the North - East of Sri Lanka , killing over 350 LTTE cadres . In October 1995 Operation Riviresa was launched to liberate the Jaffna peninsular where the 7th Gemunu Watch played a major role in the recapture of Jaffna Fort , Chavakachcheri , Point Pedro and VVT . In all 1GW , 5GW , 6GW , 8GW and 9GW were involved in the Operation Riviresa . 6GW , 7GW and 9GW were involved in the Operation Sathjaya and GW , 4GW , 5GW , 8GW and 11 GW tool part in the Operation Jayasikurui . Many Gemunu Watch units were involved in the operations in the East and Wanni regions during the last stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2007 and 2008 .
Convoy JW 56B Convoy JW 56B was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II . It sailed in late January 1944 , reaching the Soviet northern ports at the beginning of February . All ships arrived safely . During the voyage JW 56B was attacked by a German U - boat force ; no merchant ships were sunk , though one of the escorts was lost . One attacking U - boat was destroyed in the operation . Ships . The convoy consisted of 17 merchant ships which departed from Loch Ewe on 22 January 1944 . Close escort was provided by a force of two destroyers and three other escort vessels . There was also an ocean escort , comprising the destroyer " Milne " ( Capt . IMR Campbell commanding ) and six other destroyers . The convoy was accompanied initially by a local escort group from Britain , and was also joined later by a further escort force , from the preceding convoy JW 56A . A cruiser cover force comprising " Kent " ( R . Adm AFE Palliser ) , " Berwick " and " Bermuda " was also at sea , to guard the two convoys against attack by surface units . JW 56B was opposed by a U - boat force of fifteen boats , code - named " Werewolf " , in the Barents Sea . Action . JW 56B departed Loch Ewe on 22 January 1944 , ten days after the preceding convoy , JW 56A . It was accompanied by its local escort , the destroyer " Wrestler " , a corvette , and two minesweepers , and the close escort of five warships . On 26 January , the day JW 56A came under attack , the local escort departed , to be replaced by the ocean escort of six Home Fleet destroyers . On 29 January the convoy came into the area where JW 56A had been attacked . Waiting there were the ten U - boats of wolfpack " Isengrim " , re - inforced with five newcomers and re - organized as the group " Werewolf " . At midday on 29 January JW 56B was sighted by " U - 956 " and reported , though " U - 956 " came under heavy attack when she was detected . By the morning of 30 January the U - boats had assembled , but JW 56B had also been re - inforced , being joined by the ocean escort of JW 56A , seven destroyers led by " Hardy " . Six of the U - boats made contact , mounting a total of thirteen attacks during that day . They were unable to reach the merchant ships , but " U - 278 " hit " Hardy " with an acoustic torpedo . She was crippled and abandoned , to be sunk later by an attending destroyer . In response " U - 314 " was destroyed by " Whitehall " and " Meteor " . Following this the " Werewolf " pack abandoned its assault , and JW 56B arrived at Kola three days later , on 2 February . Conclusion . German U - boat Command ( BdU ) was delighted with the actions against convoys JW 56A and 56B , believing they had sunk seven escorts and damaged another four , with four ships sunk and a further six damaged . The actual losses from the two convoys were three ships , and one escort sunk and one damaged . Twenty nine ships from both convoys arrived safely .
Siege of Cork The Siege of Cork took place during the Williamite war in Ireland in the year of 1690 , shortly after the Battle of the Boyne when James II attempted to retake the English throne from King William III . In a combined land and sea operation , Williamite commander Marlborough , took the city and captured 5 , 000 Jacobite prisoners . Background . After the Boyne , William occupied Dublin and the Jacobites retreated to the west of Ireland . William assaulted Limerick in August 1690 but was repulsed . To secure the Jabobite - held ports of Cork and Kinsale on the southern coast , he dispatched a force under John Churchill , 1st Duke of Marlborough ( then 1st Earl ) . The sieges . Cork . Marlborough reached Cork by sea on September 21 , 1690 . His English forces were 5 , 000 strong and he also had at his disposal a fleet which blockaded the port of Cork . He landed his troops at Passage West on September 24 and set up his base at Red Abbey , to the south of the walled city . Approaching from the northern , landward , side were 4 , 000 Danish troops under the Duke of Württemberg . The Williamites took the forts ( such as Elizabeth Fort ) which commanded the hills around Cork and commenced a bombardment of the city from the heights . When a breach was opened in the city walls , the town ' s garrisoned opened surrender negotiations , asking to be allowed to leave Cork and join the main Jacobite army at Limerick . Marlborough refused the request , although Württemberg was in favour of granting the terms . A few days later , the Williamites mounted a joint English - Danish assault of the breach from the south . When the Williamites reached the walls , the Governor of Cork , McElliot , opened new surrender talks and agreed that the garrison would become prisoners and would surrender their arms and stores . Marlborough accepted and the town surrendered . In spite of this , the Williamite troops , sacked the city , did a great deal of damage , looting much property and abusing the Catholic inhabitants . Many civilians were killed before Württemberg and Marlborough could restore order . Kinsale . It remained for the Williamites to take nearby Kinsale which was strongly defended by two forts , the Old Fort , also known as James ' Fort , and the New Fort or Charles Fort . Marlborough assaulted these fortifications but was unable to take them by storm . The Old Fort , defended by the Governor Colonel Cornelius O ' Driscoll , fell after an assault was made possible by an accidental explosion in its gunpowder magazine , which killed 40 . After some 200 were slain in the following assault , including Colonel O ' Driscoll , the rest surrendered , receiving quarter . Charles Fort , however , held out for ten days and surrendered only after receiving guarantees that its 1 , 200 - strong garrison could march away to Limerick . It was defended by the elderly and experienced Governor Sir Edward Scott , and his Deputy Governor Colonel Daniel O ' Donovan .