49-518: Pompee or variant thereof, may refer to: French ship Pompée (1791) , a French Navy Téméraire-class ship-of-the-line HMS Pompee (1793) , a UK Royal Navy Pompée-class ship-of-the-line La Mort de Pompée , 17th century French play by Pierre Corneille Pompée-class ship of the line , a class of warship for the UK Royal Navy Pompée Valentin Vastey ,
98-593: A British force under Major-General Frederick Maitland and Captain Philip Beaver in Acasta , invaded and captured the islands. Pompee was among the naval vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture of the islands. Pompee was fitted out for service as a prison hulk between September 1810 and January 1811. She was finally broken up at Woolwich in January 1817. The acquisition of Pompée allowed
147-570: A Haitian writer Pompey , Roman triumvir See also [ edit ] Pompeii (disambiguation) Pompey (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pompee . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pompee&oldid=1129435414 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
196-552: A current merchant ship design" and was probably prepared by Mentone before Williams adapted it to meet Admiralty needs. The lines and hull form were those normally found in cutters rather than in the conventional ship-rigged sloops with three masts then prevalent in British naval service. She was initially described as simply a "brig", but was re-registered and established as a sloop on 6 August 1779. Launched in September 1778, she
245-594: A gun and split into three parts, but did not cause any casualties. France did not declare war on Britain until 1 February. Childers captured the French privateer Patriote off the Graveline on 15 February. One month later, on 14 March she destroyed the French privateer Triton . In June 1793 Commander Joshua Mullock took command of Childers . Commander Robert Warburton replaced Mullock in March 1794. In March 1795
294-602: A merchant vessel, and recaptured two merchant vessels as well. The privateer was Tartare , and the merchant vessel was Twee Gysberts . The recaptured ships were Racehorse and Helen . On 4 August Aventurier was under the command of Lieutenant René-Guillaume Raffi (or Raffy) and anchored in the port of Corréjou or Corigiou. Here the boats of Melpomene and Childers cut her out. British casualties were one man killed, one missing and four wounded. The French casualties were 16 wounded, several mortally. The attack took place at night and in bad weather. To get Aventurier out of
343-464: A privateer, the second sail that had been sighted, had captured a little earlier that morning. Packwood then set out after the privateer, which she captured in about another hour and a half. The privateer was the Danish sloop Frernskernstern . Frernskernstern was armed with four 4-pounder guns and two swivels, and had a crew of 22 men. She had left her home port of Stavanger on the 15th and had been off
392-572: A salute. The two vessels then moved to Cawsand Bay to remain there for the duration of the visit. They were still there on 5 September. Commander Sir William Bolton commissioned Childers in August 1803 for the Mediterranean. On 4 September Childers came into Plymouth from the Hamoaze where she had been refitting. Then on 7 September Childers sailed from Plymouth to join a convoy that
441-615: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages French ship Pomp%C3%A9e (1791) HMS Pompee was a 74-gun ship of the line of the British Royal Navy . Built as Pompée , a Téméraire -class ship of the French Navy , she was handed over to the British at Spithead by French royalists who had fled France after the Siege of Toulon (September–December 1793) by
490-613: The Gunboat War participated in a noteworthy single-ship action . The navy withdrew her from service at the beginning of 1811, at which time she was broken up. James Mentone, a notable builder of fast vessels at Limehouse , built Childers , one of only two vessels he built for the navy. Although the design was nominally attributed to the Surveyor of the Navy, Sir John Williams, it was approved beforehand on 16 July 1778 as "adopted from
539-495: The Mary Ann . Poyntz sent both Bon Esperence and Mary Ann into Portsmouth under escort by the cutter Trial . Towards the end of the month, on the 28th, Childers captured the ship Anna Louisa . Melampus and Minerva drove a French navy corvette ashore near Barfleur on 13 November. However the British were not able to get close enough to assure her destruction. Then the next morning, Melampus and Childers chased
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#1732793842842588-708: The Pompey name and not the anglicised form. From August 1795 she was under Captain James Vashon , and she was later one of the ships involved in the Spithead mutiny in 1797. Leviathan , Pompee , Anson , Melpomene , and Childers shared in the proceeds of the capture on 10 September of Tordenshiold . Under Captain Charles Stirling , she fought at the Battle of Algeciras Bay in 1801. In 1807
637-490: The hired armed lugger Duke of York , captured the Nouvelle Eugénie . She was a razee privateer of 16 guns and carried a crew of 120 men. She was four days out of Nantes on a 30-day cruise, but had taken no prizes. Leviathan , Pompee , Anson , Melpomene , and Childers shared in the proceeds of the capture on 10 September 1797 of Tordenskiold . Childers brought into Portsmouth on 28 October
686-658: The 4th. Lord St Vincent gathered his forces with a view to pursuing the French, who had traversed the Straits of Gibraltar on the 5th. Childers returned to Plymouth. On 8 October she escorted " Lascelles "East India store ship" from Plymouth to The Downs. Agamemnon came into Falmouth on 25 March 1800. She had struck a rock in the Penmarks and had taken on a great deal of water. On her way to port she had encountered Childers , which assisted Agamemnon and accompanied her into port. The Lady Nelson came into Plymouth
735-615: The British to design a copy of the Téméraire class, the Pompée class . The Portsmouth nickname Pompey may have originated from HMS Pompee , which served as guard ship and prison hulk within Portsmouth Harbour. The northern England slang for prison is Pompey , possibly derived from criminals who may have served time aboard the prison ship Pompee . The ship's career as Portsmouth guard ship and prison hulk may have led to
784-422: The British. Then on 11 January 1798, Childers was in company with Indefatigable and Cambrian when they captured the French privateer schooner Vengeur , of 12 guns and 72 men. She was quite new and only eight days out of Ostend without having made any captures. Sir Edward Pellew , of Indefatigable , sent her into Falmouth. Between 15 October 1797 and 27 May 1798, Childers captured another privateer,
833-748: The Danish galliot Emannuel . On 5 July Childers captured Hoop and Nordscandia . Towards the end of the month, on 30 July, Childers captured the Danish galliot Amelia . Nine days later, on 8 August, Childers , captured the Danish privateer Den For Agetede Hensight . Then, Childers captured Flundrun and Aurora on 10 and 11 November. The next day Childers was in sight when Nid Elven (or Ned Elven ) captured Susanna Catharina . Childers also shared by agreement in Nid Elven ' s capture of Wohlfarth , and Hans Barend on 19 November. During 1809, Commander Francis Nott commanded Childers temporarily. One 1 April 1810, Childers captured
882-645: The Danish vessels Johanna Seegmond and Else Christiana on 26 October 1807. On 8 April 1805, during his captivity in France, William Henry Dillon had been promoted to commander, and on obtaining his release in September 1807 he took the command of Childers in early 1808. In January Childers lay in Leith roads , waiting to escort vessels trading with Gothenburg . The local merchants, however, rejected her protection, put off by her small size and weak armament, which they felt would not enable her to protect them from
931-682: The French Republic, only a few months after being completed. After reaching Great Britain, Pompée was registered and recommissioned as HMS Pompee and spent the entirety of her active career with the Royal Navy until she was broken up in 1817. During the Siege of Toulon , Captain Poulain, her commanding officer, joined the British. Pompée fled Toulon when the city fell to the French Republicans and sailed to Britain under
980-753: The French brig Sally . Childers shared the proceeds with Achille and Terrible . Crawford received promotion to post-captain on 29 April 1802. Commander John Delafons replaced Crawford briefly as he took command in July, and she was paid off in November. When Earl St Vincent and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in the Commissioners' yacht visited Plymouth on an inspection tour on 27 August, Rosario and Childers fired
1029-437: The French privateer schooner Furet , pierced for 14 guns but carrying only four 4-pounders, and having a crew of 50 men. Childers had been in company with the frigate Triton when they captured the remarkably fast sailing Furet four days earlier as she was sailing between Île de Batz and Alreverak her way back to Tregnier . The privateer had been out three weeks and had made only one capture before herself falling prey to
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#17327938428421078-520: The Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Childers 14 March 1808" to the four surviving claimants from the action. Commander Joseph Packwood replaced the wounded Dillon on Childers , which remained based on the Leith station. On the morning of 19 October, Childers was 15 leagues off Kinnaird Head when she sighted two sails. She gave chase and after about an hour and a half recaptured the sloop Lord Nelson , in ballast, which
1127-465: The Prussian galliot Anna Maria . She then captured the fishing doggers Zeemeuw , Mercure , Johanna , Christine , and Pappenburg on 15 July. Lastly, Childers captured Neptunus on 31 October. Between December 1810 and January 1811, the officers and crew of Childers presented the master, George Wilson, an inscribed sword. Wilson had jumped into the sea at the risk of his own life to rescue
1176-569: The Rock Douvre, about eight leagues S by SW from Saint Martin's Point, Guernsey . On his way, Dacres captured the French Coast guard cutter Vigilant (or Vigilante ), of six guns, in the Bay of Saint Brieux . This was on 3 September. The day before, Diamond had destroyed the French corvette Assemblee Nationale , and as part of Smith's squadron, Childers shared in the head money for
1225-461: The Scottish coast for two days but Lord Nelson was her only capture. On 7 November Clio , in company with Childers , captured Danish schooner No. 32. Then on 16 August 1809 she was in company with HMS Nightingale (1805) at the capture of the Danish vessel Transport No 52 . Childers recaptured Anna on 8 April 1809. Eleven days later, Childers and Nymphen captured
1274-628: The Spanish privateer lugger Diligenté . Diligenté was armed with two 4-pounder guns and four swivel guns , and had a crew of 30 men. She was three days out of Vigo and had taken no prizes. Childers came into Portsmouth in February 1801. She had left Lisbon three weeks earlier, escorting 12 merchant vessels and transports. As she went into Portsmouth the convoy sailed on to the Downs . Seven plus months later, on 11 September, Childers captured
1323-457: The apparent intent of recapturing the prize. An engagement of some three hours duration developed as the Danish brig hugged the coast. The vessels exchanged broadsides and at one point the Danish brig caught fire forward. Dillon eventually was able to lure the brig out to about three miles off shore. At about 11pm Childers was able to fire a broadside at close range, after which the Dane broke off
1372-429: The corvette Etna as she departed Le Havre. Melampus came within range around 15:30. Etna resisted for two hours before striking her colours as Childers joined the battle. Etna was armed with eighteen 12-pounder guns and had a crew of 137 men under the command of Citizen Joseph La Coudrais. The prisoners stated that both corvettes were carrying military and naval stores and that the corvette that had run ashore
1421-434: The corvette. Dacres was promoted to post captain and command of Camilla on 31 October. In December Command Stephen Poyntz assumed command of Childers . On 10 April 1796 Diamond , Magicienne , Childers , Camilla , and Syren captured Smuka Piga . Nineteen days later, Aquilon , Diamond , Minerva , Syren , Magicienne , and Camilla , were together when Acquilon captured Mary . Childers shared in
1470-812: The early years of the American War of Independence , and went on to support operations in the English Channel and the Caribbean . Laid up for a time after the end of the American War of Independence, she returned to service shortly before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars . She had an active career in both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , capturing numerous French privateers and during
1519-664: The engagement and headed back towards Norway. The brig's cannon fire had holed Childers and she had five feet of water in her hold. The crew manned the pumps but Dillon was afraid that she might sink and was not in a position to pursue. He therefore returned to Leith, together with the galiot. (She was probably the Christina . ) The Danish vessel was the brig Lougen , of eighteen 18-pounder guns and two 6-pounder stern chasers . Childers , by contrast, had sixteen 12-pounder carronades and two 6-pounder bow chasers. Her crew numbered only about 65 men and boys (including some nine or so on
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1568-433: The frigate Success arrived at the Bay of Cadiz and notified Vice-Admiral Lord Keith , commander of the British fleet there, that the French fleet had sailed from Brest and that the Spanish fleet had sailed from Ferrol. The next day the French fleet arrived off Cadiz and Keith sailed to meet them. However no engagement developed and Keith sailed into Gibraltar on 9 May. In the meantime, Childers had arrived at Gibraltar on
1617-560: The newly promoted Commander Richard Dacres assumed command of Childers . Diamond , Syren , Sybille , Childers , and the gun-brigs Fearless and Attack shared in the proceeds of the capture on 6 July of the Latitia . In August Dacres and Childers sailed "with the squadron which was sent to convoy the transports to Quiberon Bay ". On 8 September 1795 Childers rejoined Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith in Diamond off
1666-412: The next day with a cargo of fruit. A French privateer had captured her, but Childers had recaptured her. On 26 April, Diamond and Childers captured the French brig St Charles . Five days later, Childers and Eurydice were in sight when the gun-vessel Assault recaptured the brig Adventure , of London, while . That same day they also recaptured Amy . On 24 October, Childers captured
1715-485: The port took two hours because of the weather conditions and took place under fire from the forts that protected the port. All-in-all, the operation was a daring and arduous one. The subsequent court martial of Lieutenant Raffi, who had been wounded at the start of the attack on his vessel, acquitted him for the loss. She was brought into British service as HMS Aventurier . In March 1799 Commander James Coutts Crawford assumed command of Childers . On 4 May Childers and
1764-524: The privateers in the North Sea. Childers therefore sailed for the Baltic alone, to do what she could to annoy the enemies. In her, late in the afternoon of 14 March 1808, Dillon was sailing towards the south-west the coast of Norway when he sighted a sail. He set out in pursuit and chased the vessel into the small port of Midbe (possibly Midtre Kalvekilen). The local inhabitants sent out boats to retrieve
1813-411: The prize money by agreement with Acquilon . On 16 September Childers captured the French privateer Bon Esperence , off Cape Barfleur . Bon Esperence , of two swivel guns and 23 men, was three days out of Cherbourg and had captured the sloop Mary Ann , of Queenborough, sailing from Plymouth to London and Woolwich with naval stores and ordnance. Shortly thereafter, Childers was able to recapture
1862-470: The prize money pool of £ 772 3 s 3 d for the capture of Frederick on 30 December 1808. This money was paid in June 1829. Pompee participated in the capture of Martinique in January 1809. Later, she and D'Hautpoul took part in an action on 17 April 1809 . In April 1809, a strong French squadron arrived at the Îles des Saintes , south of Guadeloupe. There they were blockaded until 14 April, when
1911-468: The prize), well short of her establishment of 84; Lougen had a crew of 160. Childers lost two men killed and nine wounded, among them Dillon, who was severely wounded in both legs. Dillon received promotion to post captain, with date 21 March 1808, and the Lloyd's Patriotic Fund presented him a sword valued at one hundred guineas in acknowledgement of his gallant conduct. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded
1960-475: The quarry's cargo, but these dispersed when Childers ' s boats arrived to cut her out. The party from Childers retrieved the galiot together with her cargo of oil and fish, and despite small arms fire from the shore and rocks heaved down on them from a precipice above where her crew had abandoned the galiot. As the cutting out party returned with the galiot, Dillon observed a large brig sailing out from Hitteroe (probably Flekkefjord), towards Childers , with
2009-500: The service of this Country, are ordered home with the first Convoy to be repaired". Still, on 24 December, while serving in the squadron under Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood , she detained the Ragusan ship Terpsichore , of 280 tons (bm), which was carrying a cargo of sugar, coffee, and the like from Isle de France (Mauritius) , to Leghorn . Lake's replacement in March 1806 was Commander Thomas Innes. Innes and Childers captured
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2058-420: The ship becoming nationally associated with Portsmouth itself, although the ship's original French name becoming anglicised from Pompée to Pompey . HMS Childers (1778) HMS Childers was a brig-sloop of the British Royal Navy , initially armed with 10 carriage guns which were later increased to 14 guns. The first brig-sloop to be built for the Navy, she was ordered from a commercial builder during
2107-617: The ship, under the command of Captain Richard Dacres served in the Mediterranean squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir Sydney Smith , as part of the Vice-Admiral Duckworth's Dardanelles Operation and later the Alexandria expedition of 1807 . Pompee was on her way to Barbados on 20 October 1808 when she encountered Pylade . After a chase of 18 hours, Pompee was able to catch Pylade , which struck . Pylade
2156-614: The temporary command of Lieutenant John Davie. She arrived at Portsmouth on 3 May 1794, and was registered on the navy list under an Admiralty order dated 29 October 1794. Pompée was recommissioned as HMS Pompee under her first commanding officer, Captain Charles Edmund Nugent , in May 1795 and entered service with the Channel Fleet after a period of refitting. The ship retained its original French spelling of
2205-562: Was assembling at Portsmouth for the Mediterranean. Victory , Renown , Seahorse and Childers shared in the proceeds of the capture on 14 January 1804 of the St. Gieuseppe e L'Allanza . On 24 August Phoebe and Childers captured the Venscab . In August 1805, Commander John Lake took command of Childers . In an enclosure to a letter dated 7 October 1805, Admiral Lord Nelson wrote, " Jalouse , Childers, and Merlin being unfit for
2254-561: Was commissioned in October under Commander William Peacock. After the Admiral Rodney's victory at the battle of Cape St. Vincent , Childers , under the command of Captain M'Bride, brought back the dispatches to Britain. However, although she left ten days before Hyaena , which was carrying the duplicates, Hyaena arrived two days earlier. Commander Robert Barlow recommissioned Childers in January 1791. At this time she
2303-579: Was employed in the suppression of smuggling. In 1793 Childers was involved in what became known as the Childers Incident at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars . Childers was the first British warship to be involved in hostilities with the Revolutionary French regime. On 2 January 1793, she was sailing the roadstead of Brest when the forts there fired on her, though only one shot struck her. The 48-pound shot hit
2352-550: Was the Etonnant . Both were new ships on their first cruise. The Royal Navy took Etna into service as the 20-gun post ship HMS Cormorant . In February 1797 the government made an advance prize money payment of £8000 to the officers and crews of Melampus and Childers . Commander James O'Brien (or O'Bryen) was appointed captain of Childers on 5 December, and took command in January 1797. On 11 May Childers , in company with Phoebe , Cleopatra , Indefatigable and
2401-592: Was under the command of lieutenant de Vaisseau Cocherel. She was eight days out of Martinique but had not made any captures. Captain George Cockburn of Pompee described Pylade as "only Three Years old, in perfect good State, and in every Respect fit for His Majesty's Service." Her officers had also told him that she was "the fastest sailing Vessel the French had in these Seas." The Navy took Pylade into service as HMS Vimiera . Pompee shared with Captain , Amaranthe , and Morne Fortunee in
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