32-501: Parmelia may refer to: Parmelia (barque) , the vessel that in 1829 transported the first settlers of the British colony of Western Australia Parmelia (fungus) , a genus of lichens with global distribution Parmelia, Western Australia , a suburb of Kwinana, Western Australia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
64-530: A colony at the Swan River in Western Australia . HMS Challenger was despatched under Charles Fremantle to annex the colony, and it was arranged that a contingent of soldiers, officials and settlers would follow on HMS Sulphur . Stirling, whom the government had appointed the civil superintendent of the colony, however argued that the passengers and goods to be carried exceeded
96-519: A London-based transport. She was last listed in 1838 with J. Spence, master, J. Somes, owner, and trade London-transport. In 1839 Parmelia was refitted to carry migrants to the Americas . She was intended to run between Britain and Quebec, but on 1 May 1839, as her refit was almost complete, a fire in Bank's Yard, at Frank's Queery, Cremyll , destroyed her. Eight days later she was surveyed and declared
128-538: A constructive total loss. She was then sold for breaking up. The Kwinana suburb of Parmelia is named in honour of Parmelia , as is Parmelia Bank . The following people embarked Parmelia when she left Portsmouth in February 1829. 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot The 63rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment raised in 1756. Under the Childers Reforms , it amalgamated with
160-501: A deployment that would last until 1826. The regiment was involved in an expedition to Portugal due to fears of impending insurrection in the country and landed there in January 1827. The rebel cause largely subsided, thanks largely in part due to the expedition made by the British forces. In 1829, the regiment began providing escorts for convict ships traveling to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania ). The rest of
192-513: A detachment from the 1st battalion was serving on the Treasury store-ship Emma , and so shared in the prize money for the French brig Navigateur for which Emma was a joint captor with sundry other ships. The 1st battalion became the garrison for island, suffering heavily from diseases one would expect in such tropical weather at that time. In January 1810, part of the 1st battalion took part in
224-627: A modern-day football team. The regiment returned home in 1865 and then departed for India in 1870. As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 63rd was linked with the 96th Regiment of Foot , and assigned to district no. 16 at Wellington Barracks in Ashton-under-Lyne . On 1 July 1881
256-579: A number of actions before the British forces withdrew from the Netherlands in 1795. That same year, the regiment were part of a force designed to take a number of Caribbean islands under Dutch and French control. However, their transport ship sank, with the loss of two companies from the regiment, en route to the islands. The regiment took part in a variety of operations on the islands in the Caribbean, including helping to put down Fédon's rebellion in
288-800: A plain working girl than the great and beautiful lady of the sea". Parmelia sailed to London and on 17 November she was transferred from the Quebec to the London register. In 1826 she was used as a troop carrier. Some time in the first half of 1827, Parmelia was sold to Joseph Somes , who was also a director of the EIC. For the next year, she operated under charter to the British East India Company, carrying goods and passengers between London and Bengal . Captain John Wimble sailed from
320-542: A safe anchorage. The passengers were able to disembark on 8 June. Challenger was due to depart once Sulphur and Parmelia had arrived, but Parmelia needed repairs that it could not get without access to the skilled labour amongst Challenger crew. Fremantle therefore took the decision to remain and assist with the repairs, which were completed many weeks later. Later that year, Stirling chartered Parmelia to bring food supplies from Java . In 1830, she returned to England via Singapore. She carried to Singapore members of
352-534: The 96th Regiment of Foot to form the Manchester Regiment in 1881. The formation of the regiment was prompted by the expansion of the army as a result of the commencement of the Seven Years' War . On 25 August 1756 it was ordered that a number of existing regiments should raise a second battalion ; among those chosen was the 8th Regiment of Foot . The 2nd Battalion of the 8th Regiment of Foot
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#1732797266452384-601: The Battle of Monmouth in June 1778. In 1780 the regiment became involved in the campaign in the Carolinas taking part in the siege and subsequent capture of Charleston . That year the mounted company of the regiment, augmented by a detachment from Tarleton's Legion under the command of the dashing, Banastre Tarleton , attacked and captured an American cavalry unit. The regiment also took part in number of battles as part of
416-787: The Kalamita Bay in August 1854 as part of the 4th Division for service in the Crimean War . The regiment took part in the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854 and was engaged in extensive hand-to-hand fighting. At one point, both colour bearers fell: Ensign James Hulton Clutterbuck, carrying the Queen's Colour, and Ensign Heneage Twysden, who was mortally wounded carrying the Regimental Colour . The regiment also took part in
448-635: The Siege of Sevastopol and was part of a force created to assault a part of the great fortress of Sevastopol on 8 September 1855, during the last day of the long siege, known as Battle of the Great Redan . After leaving the Crimea, the regiment sailed for Nova Scotia in 1856. Upon their arrival at the dockyard in Halifax , a large crowd of many thousands came out to greet the regiment, as if they were
480-716: The Americans. The regiment remained in Boston after the battle, the town becoming increasingly more uneasy to be in. Finally, in March 1776 the regiment, along with the rest of the forces in Boston, departed, heading for Halifax in Canada. The regiment took part in the Battle of Long Island in August 1776, a devastating blow against the Americans, though astonishingly, the American leader General George Washington managed to reverse
512-626: The British government. On 19 January they carried the 82 Regiment of Foot from Dublin to Gibraltar. They then carried the 59th regiment of Foot from Gibraltar to Malta. On 14 March they carried the 5th Regiment of Foot from Malta to the Ionian Islands . Once they had completed the task, the British government hired the two vessels for £ 1,281 7 s 9 d to carry the remnants of the British Auxiliary Legion back from Spain to England. Parmelia then continued to sail as
544-430: The British troops landed on the west part of the island, near Fort Royal , a large citadel. By 24 January, British troops had entered the main town: the citadel there had been abandoned. The regiment suffered a number of attacks while garrisoning the citadel, the rest of the force having moved to the more hospitable east of the island. During one attack, the regiment's commanding officer Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Desbrisay
576-604: The Downs on 19 June 1827, bound for Bengal and Madras . Parmelia arrived at Calcutta on 3 December. Homeward bound, she was at Fultahm, on the Hooghly River , on 18 January 1828. She was at Vizagapatam on 30 January, and Madras on 9 February. She reached Saint Helena on 30 April and arrived at the Downs on 3 July. In 1828 the British government, at the urging of Captain James Stirling , decided to establish
608-578: The Grenada in 1796. It remaining in the region until 1799, when they departed for home. In August 1799 the regiment took part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland , seeing action at the Battle of Alkmaar in October 1799. In November 1801 the regiment joined the garrison at Gibraltar and, in 1803, it was deployed to Ireland. A second battalion was raised in 1804. In 1807 the 1st battalion
640-422: The best efforts of the crews to dislodge her, Parmelia remained on the bank for over 18 hours, finally coming off the bank by herself early the following morning. By that time, she had lost her foreyard , rudder , windlass , spare spars , longboat and skiff , and was leaking at a rate of 4 inches (10 cm) per hour. Parmelia then rode out a storm at anchor for three days before finally being brought to
672-551: The blow that had been struck against much of the Continental Army 's morale in this battle soon after. Grenadier and Light companies of the regiment also took part in the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777 and the Battle of Germantown in October 1777. The main force of the regiment took part in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery in October 1777. The regiment then moved to Philadelphia and took part in
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#1732797266452704-689: The capacity of Sulphur , and asked that an additional ship to be chartered. The government reluctantly agreed to the extra cost, chartering Parmelia in December 1828. It was then arranged that Sulphur would carry a detachment of the 63rd Regiment , with Parmelia carrying the civilian officials and settlers. Sulphur and Parmelia sailed from Spithead off Portsmouth, England on 3 or 6 February 1829, sighting their destination on 1 June. Contrary to popular belief, Stirling did not captain Parmelia (J. H. Luscombe did ); on arrival, however, he assumed
736-419: The capture of Guadeloupe , a duty the regiment had participated in many years before. The 1st battalion returned to Martinique and finally departed the Caribbean in 1819. Meanwhile, the 2nd battalion took part in the disastrous Walcheren Campaign in autumn 1809, suffering from terrible fever while assisting in the capture of a number of towns on the island. In 1820, the regiment were deployed to Ireland,
768-874: The crew of Cumberland , which had wrecked on 4 March. Captain James Gilbert sailed from Sheerness on 28 July 1832. Parmelia arrived at Sydney on 16 November. She had embarked 200 male convicts and she landed 196, four having died en route. Parmelia sailed from Sydney late in December 1832 and arrived in Batavia on 29 January 1833. She left Batavia on 5 March, reached Saint Helena on 17 May, and arrived back at Portsmouth on 8 August. Captain James Gilbert sailed from Cork on 27 October 1833. Parmelia arrived at Sydney on 2 March 1834. She embarked 220 male convicts and she landed 218, two convicts having died en route. On 12 April Parmelia sailed for Manila. In 1837 Parmelia and Prince Regent transported troops for
800-476: The duties of pilot . He initially tried to enter Cockburn Sound through a passage that he had discovered in 1827, but was prevented by strong winds and a heavy swell. Instead he chose to remain off Rottnest Island for the night. The following day, he tried to bring Parmelia into the Sound from the north, against the advice of Fremantle, and ran aground on a sand bank, later to be named Parmelia Bank . Despite
832-531: The forces commanded by Lord Cornwallis over the next two years, as well as taking part in another engagement near Camden in April 1781, as part of a force under the command of General Francis Rawdon . In 1782 the regiment was designated the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot . In 1794 the regiment joined British forces already taking part in the Flanders Campaign . The regiment was involved in
864-807: The regiment became garrison troops in the latter colony. A detachment of the regiment was present at the foundation ceremony of Perth in 1829, and had arrived in Western Australia that same year, on the warship HMS Sulphur . The officer commanding the detachment of the regiment at the ceremony, Captain Frederick Chidley Irwin , would later twice serve as administrator of Western Australia. The regiment transferred from Australia to India in 1833. The regiment deployed to Mawlamyine in Burma in 1838, returned to India in 1842, and then embarked for England in 1847. The regiment landed in
896-463: The title Parmelia . 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=Parmelia&oldid=1099069285 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Parmelia (barque) Parmelia
928-749: Was a barque built in Quebec , Canada, in 1825. Originally registered on 31 May in Quebec, she sailed to Great Britain and assumed British registry. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC), in 1827–1828. In 1829 she transported the first civilian officials and settlers of the Swan River Colony to Western Australia . She then made two voyages transporting convicts to New South Wales , Australia. A fire damaged her irreparably in May 1839. Parmelia "was more of
960-556: Was formed on 10 December 1756 and renumbered as the 63rd Regiment of Foot on 21 April 1758. Later that year, the newly created 63rd, along with a number of other regiments and various other assets, set off for the West Indies . In January 1759 the regiment took part in the unsuccessful invasion of Martinique . Later that month the regiment took part in the invasion of Guadeloupe : after the Royal Navy bombarded Basse-Terre ,
992-532: Was involved in an expedition to Madeira , a Portuguese-controlled territory, under the command of Major-General William Beresford . Once the expeditionary forces landed, the Portuguese Governor agreed to all demands made by the British forces. In February 1808 the 1st battalion was stationed in Barbados . It took part the expedition to Martinique, which the British force captured. On 9 April 1809,
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1024-579: Was killed. The regiment remained in the West Indies for a further five years. In 1764 the regiment reached Ireland. In 1775 the regiment arrived in America in response to a request for reinforcements due to the outbreak of the American War of Independence . The regiment took part in the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775, with a third attack, which ended in a bayonet charge, finally breaking
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