Tucacas is a northern coastal town of Venezuela . It is located in the state of Falcón .
38-506: Admiral John Harvey Rainier (29 April 1847 – 21 November 1915) was a Royal Navy officer. He had the unusual distinction of commanding troops from six different nations in action. Descended from the Huguenot family of Régnier, John Harvey Rainier was the son of the Rev. George Rainier, vicar of Ninfield , and of Sarah Rainier, née Harvey. His elder brother, George Harvey Rainier, was also
76-407: A personal flag . An admiral of the fleet flies a Union Flag at the masthead, while an admiral flies a St George's cross (red cross on white). Vice admirals and rear admirals fly a St George's cross with one or two red discs in the hoist, respectively. The rank of admiral itself is shown in its sleeve lace by a broad band with three narrower bands. In 2001 the number of stars on the shoulder board
114-488: A fort at Spaniakos (or 3,000 in total according to some contemporaneous sources) and evacuated them by sea. Of the rescued, only one civilian was wounded, while the Christian insurgents lost four killed and 16 wounded. For his part in the expedition, Rainier was mentioned in despatches and personally thanked by the senior foreign admiral. In 1897, Rainier took command of the turret ship HMS Thunderer , and in 1898 he
152-464: A naval officer. Another brother, the Rev. W. V. Rainier, was a naval chaplain. Rainier was descended from two families with long naval connections. On his father's side, he was related to Admiral Peter Rainier , Rear-Admiral John Spratt Rainier , and Captain Peter Rainier . Through his mother, Rainier belonged to a family whose naval associations can be traced back to the 16th century. He was
190-712: A permanent official staff, even if a permanent naval force was not yet considered necessary. Leybourne's immediate purview was subsequently divided into the roles of Admiral of the West and Admiral of the South while Botetourt's became the Admiral of the North ; the first and last merged as the Admiral of the North and West in 1364; and from 1408–1414 they were all reunited as the High Admiral of England, Ireland, and Aquitaine ,
228-638: Is currently the highest rank to which a serving officer in the Royal Navy can be promoted, admiral of the fleet being in abeyance except for honorary promotions of retired officers and members of the royal family. The equivalent rank in the British Army and Royal Marines is general ; and in the Royal Air Force , it is air chief marshal . The title admiral was not used in Europe until
266-504: Is for transport of raw materials for the petrochemical industry. There are permanent bus services to and from Puerto Cabello, Valencia, Barquisimeto, Coro and to most important localities in the region. There is fuel, gas and diesel, available 24/7, repair shops, tow service and traffic police. There are boats for rent and taxi boats, marine fuel from 6 am to 6 pm, ship yards, boat parts stores and mayor repair services. Scooter and personal watercraft rentals, but no car rentals in town. Tucacas
304-819: The North America and West Indies Station . He received the appreciation of both the Admiralty and of the Governor of the Leeward Islands for his prompt action during disturbances at Tortola in 1890, the thanks of the French governor of Martinique for taking relief to the island after the fire at Fort de France the same year, and the thanks of the governors of the Leeward and Windward Islands and of Trinidad for various services in 1890–1892. He also received
342-969: The Pacific Station in HMS Tribune , Topaze , Sutlej , Leander , and Alert . Becoming a sub-lieutenant in 1866 and a lieutenant in 1869, he served from 1867 to 1870 on the West African Station in HMS Vestal , Rattlesnake , and Plover , then on the Plover in the West Indies from 1870 to 1871. From 1872 to 1874, he served in HMS Northumberland in the Channel Squadron . Having specialised in gunnery in 1876, from 1876 to 1880 he
380-527: The Catholic clergy and from Spain, decided to eliminate Tucacas. Pedro Jose de Olivarriaga was nominated commissioner against the so-called Jewish "contraband trade." With special army units and 40 ships he attacked and captured the town in 1720. According to eyewitnesses the synagogue was destroyed, the Jews burned their own houses, and left for Curaçao. In the 19th century the port was used to export copper from
418-451: The Great , counting several kings as themselves admirals, along with various dukes and earls who commanded fleets at prominent engagements such as Hubert de Burgh off Sandwich in 1217 . Other lists begin their count at King Henry III 's appointment of Sir Richard de Lucy on 28 August 1223 or 29 August 1224. A similar commission was given to Sir Thomas Moulton in 1264, who held
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#1732776427467456-407: The Jews, since they saw them as an outlet for export and the suppliers of much-needed European goods, since the over-extended Spanish fleet could not meet the demands of all its American colonies. At the end of 1717, the province of Venezuela became part of the viceroyalty of Nueva Granada which also included actual Colombia and Ecuador. The Viceroy Jorge de Villalonga , because of complaints from
494-1037: The approval of the Foreign Office for the actions he took at Tucacas during a revolution in Venezuela in 1892. After a short stint in command of the second class protected cruiser HMS Iris in 1893, Rainier took command of the battleship HMS Rodney in 1894. In February 1897, Rodney joined the International Squadron off the coast of Crete during the island's revolt against Ottoman rule. In March, following reports of massacres of Muslims by Christian insurgents, Rainier led an international landing force consisting of 200 British Royal Marines and sailors, 100 men each from Austro-Hungarian and French warships, 75 Russians, and 50 Italian sailors on an expedition inland to Kandanos (also spelt Candanos), which rescued 1,570 Muslim civilians and 340 Ottoman soldiers from Kandanos and 112 Ottoman troops from
532-617: The arrest of mutinous Somali police. The same year, whilst in command of the Kingfisher , he was a member of the Defence Committee of Mauritius, and received the thanks of the Governor. Kingfisher was engaged in anti-slavery patrols off the east coast of Africa, during which he captured several slave dhows . Promoted to captain in 1887, Rainier was next appointed to the command of the corvette HMS Tourmaline in 1889 on
570-460: The case of Provo Wallis who served (including time being carried on the books while still a child) for 96 years. When he died in 1892 four admirals under him could immediately be promoted. By request of Queen Victoria , John Edmund Commerell became Admiral of the Fleet rather than Algernon Frederick Rous de Horsey , who as senior active admiral nearing the age limit would customarily have received
608-642: The discretion of the Board of Admiralty . As there were invariably more admirals in service than there were postings, many admirals remained unemployed, especially in peacetime. The organisation of the fleet into coloured squadrons was finally abandoned in 1864. The Red Ensign was allocated to the Merchant Navy , the White Ensign became the flag of the Royal Navy, and the Blue Ensign was allocated to
646-530: The fleet grew large enough to be organised into squadrons . The squadron's admiral flew a red ensign , the vice admirals white , and the rear admirals blue on the aft mast of his ship. As the squadrons grew, each was eventually commanded by an admiral (with vice admirals and rear admirals commanding sections) and the official ranks became admiral of the white and so forth, however each admiral's command flags were different and changed over time. The Royal Navy has had vice and rear admirals regularly appointed to
684-480: The forerunner to the present Lord High Admiral . (During this process, the short-lived post of Admiral of the Narrow Seas was used in 1412 and 1413. It was subsequently revived from 1523 to 1688.) The first royal commission as Admiral to a naval officer was granted in 1303 to Gervase Alard . By 1344, it was only used as a rank at sea for a captain in charge of one or more fleets. In Elizabethan times
722-702: The formal title of Keeper of the Sea and the Sea Ports. On 8 March 1287, Sir William de Leybourne was specifically commissioned as the Admiral of the Seas of England ( Latin : Admirallus Maris Angliae ) and, in 1294, captain of all sailors and mariners of the king's dominions. Sir John de Botetourt served under him as warden at sea from the Thames to Scotland. This was part of an effort by Edward I to establish
760-588: The grandson of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Harvey , and the great-grandson of Admiral Sir Henry Harvey and of Captain John Harvey , who fell at the Glorious First of June . At least two of his uncles were also admirals. Rainier was educated at private schools before entering HMS Britannia in December 1860 as a cadet, scoring first of thirty-four successful candidates. From 1862 to 1866, he served on
798-458: The mid-13th century and did not reach England before the end of that century. Similarly, although some royal vessels are attested under King John , the English long depended upon levies of their subjects' vessels for any major naval expeditions. Nonetheless, historians have sometimes extended the concept of an English navy and its supposed admirals and lord high admirals back as far as Alfred
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#1732776427467836-454: The mines of Aroa . The mines belonged to the wealthy Bolívar family from colonial times until the 1830s. Simón Bolívar leased them to a British company in 1824. After Bolivar's death, his sisters who had inherited the mines, sold them to the British. The ore was originally transported by river. However, a narrow gauge railway , which has been claimed to be the first railway in Venezuela,
874-411: The naval reserve and naval auxiliary vessels. The 18th- and 19th-century Royal Navy also maintained a positional rank known as port admiral . A port admiral was typically a veteran captain who served as the shore commander of a British naval port and was in charge of supplying, refitting, and maintaining the ships docked at harbour. The problem of promoting strictly by seniority was well illustrated by
912-430: The post since at least the 16th century. When in command of the fleet, the admiral would be in either the lead or the middle portion of the fleet. When the admiral commanded from the middle portion of the fleet his deputy, the vice admiral , would be in the leading portion or van . Below him was another admiral at the rear of the fleet, called rear admiral . Promotion up the ladder was in accordance with seniority in
950-405: The promotion; John Baird became an Admiral; James Erskine a vice-admiral; and Harry Rawson a rear-admiral. Ironically, all these younger men would die at least a decade before de Horsey. In the time before squadron distinctions were removed or age limits instituted, the death of James Hawkins-Whitshed resulted in ten men moving up to higher ranks. In 1996, the rank of admiral of the fleet
988-410: The rank of post-captain , and rank was held for life, so the only way to be promoted was for the person above on the list to die or resign. In 1747 the Admiralty restored an element of merit selection to this process by introducing the concept of yellow admirals (formally known as granting an officer the position of "Rear-Admiral without distinction of squadron"), being captains promoted to flag rank on
1026-557: The rank of captain and Daniel Harvey Rainier (born 1888) reached the rank of lieutenant-commander. Admiral (Royal Navy) Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy , which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9 , outranked only by the rank of admiral of the fleet . Royal Navy officers holding the ranks of rear admiral , vice admiral and admiral of the fleet are sometimes considered generically to be admirals. The rank of admiral
1064-561: The settlement failed, owing to the protection of Dutch naval units, the local Venezuelan population, and the defense by the Jews themselves. This Dutch enclave was under the command of Jorge Christian, Marquis of Tucacas, and Samuel Gradis Gabai, under the title Señor de Las Tucacas. Samuel was also president of the Hebrew congregation called "Santa Irmandad" (the Holy Brotherhood). The Spanish provincial authorities collaborated with
1102-507: The settlement of Jews there, the place became a lively commercial center. The Jews built houses, grew cattle, erected a fortress, and built a synagogue . They began to purchase cocoa beans and tobacco from the interior of Venezuela, and mule trains carrying cocoa from New Granada and Quito would arrive in Tucacas, sell their produce to the Jews, and purchase textiles and other European goods in return. The attempts by Spanish forces to attack
1140-462: The understanding that they would immediately retire on half-pay . This was the navy's first attempt at superannuating older officers. During the Interregnum , the rank of admiral was replaced by that of general at sea . In the 18th century, the original nine ranks began to be filled by more than one man per rank, although the rank of admiral of the red was always filled by only one man and
1178-630: Was Admiral of the White who then flew the Cross of St George . The next promotion step up from that was to Admiral of the Fleet. [REDACTED] Media related to Admirals of the United Kingdom at Wikimedia Commons Tucacas Tucacas is surrounded by two rivers making access from the interior of Venezuela difficult. It is at an elevation of 1m. In 1693 a large group of granas Jews originally from Leghorn left Curaçao for Tucacas. With
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1216-602: Was appointed to command of the battleship HMS Nile , simultaneously appointed for command of the Fleet Reserve at Devonport. The same year, he was granted a captain's good service pension. In May 1898, he was superseded in command of the Nile , but continued in command of the Devonport Fleet Reserve until March 1901, when he was promoted to rear-admiral . Promoted to vice-admiral on 26 June 1905, he
1254-593: Was built from Aroa to Tucacas. In 1924 the Bolivar Railway Company Limited, a British company which was part of a consortium which owned the copper mines merged with the Puerto Cabello and Valencia Railway . The economy is based mainly on tourism . It is mentioned as a station on the national railway network. However, there is not a train station in Tucacas and there is not railway service for passengers in this network. The railway
1292-522: Was increased to four, reflecting the equivalence to the OF-9 four-star ranks of other countries. Prior to 1864 the Royal Navy was divided into coloured squadrons which determined his career path. The command flags flown by an Admiral changed a number of times during this period, there was no Admiral of the Red rank until that post was introduced in 1805 prior to this the highest rank an admiral could attain to
1330-662: Was known as Admiral of the Fleet . After the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 the rank of admiral of the red was introduced. The number of officers holding each rank steadily increased throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1769 there were 29 admirals of various grades; by the close of the Napoleonic Wars in 1816 there were 190 admirals in service. Thereafter the number of admirals was reduced and in 1853 there were 79 admirals. Although admirals were promoted according to strict seniority, appointments to command were made at
1368-702: Was on the staff and senior lieutenant of HMS Excellent , being promoted to commander in 1880. He served on the War Office Committee on Machine Guns in 1880–1881, and was secretary to the Committee on Torpedo Instruction in 1884. Appointed to the command of the composite screw sloop HMS Kingfisher for service on the East Indies Station in 1884, Rainier landed at Zeyla in February 1885 with seamen and Royal Marines to assist in
1406-519: Was placed on the retired list at his own request on 1 August that year. Promoted to admiral on the retired list on 5 November 1908, he died in 1915 at St. Margaret's, Southborough , Kent . Rainier married in 1880 Georgina Mary (Ina) O’Callaghan, daughter of I. Stoney O’Callaghan, barrister-at-law, of Dublin ; they had two sons and a daughter. Both of his sons joined the Royal Navy: John Walter Rainier (born 1881) reached
1444-467: Was put in abeyance in peacetime, except for members of the Royal family but was resurrected on an honorary basis in 2014 for the appointment of Lord Boyce . Admirals of the fleet continue to hold their rank on the active list for life. The current ranks are rear admiral, vice admiral, admiral and admiral of the fleet, also known as flag ranks because admirals, known as flag officers , are entitled to fly
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