HMS Defiance: Devonport's Submarine Base

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Another challenge has been restoring the colour of the carvings. Experts carried out microscopic analysis of the paint the figureheads had been decorated with over the years.

My irritation stems from a derogatory comment (8.5) about the Acting Electrician only being ACTING . There is no absolutely no evidence that the Electrician (acting or otherwise ) had anything to do with the mysterious loss and I have asked the web owner several times to remove the paragraph that contained this sentence - he refuses -it doesn't help the article author is dead Conway also likes the more modest HMS Minerva, a smaller figure that never actually made it on to a ship. He thinks the figure’s creators jumped the gun and made it before the commission had been confirmed. The decision was made to bring them out into the light and airy spaces of the Box. “As we worked with the architects on the layout of the new building, we began to realise the potential of the atrium,” said Coombs. “The space is triple-height and filled with light, and this gave us the idea of positioning the figureheads up high, as though they were still on the prows of a flotilla of great ships.” HMS Defiance (shore establishment 1970) was the Fleet Maintenance Base at HMNB Devonport between 1972 and 1979, and again between 1981 and 1994 when it was absorbed into the main base. One ship was renamed HMS Defiance whilst serving as the establishment's depot ship. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

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This was not so --"Wire men" were recruited in WW2 from the ranks of civilian electricians and were released after the war . Many served in electric mine sweeping -- dodgy job . However they did NOT form the 1948 RN Electrical Branch , it was the older LTOs and lads like me . Defiance was a 46-gun galleon built in 1590. She was rebuilt and reduced to 34 guns in 1614 and was sold in 1650. English ship Defiance (1652) was a 10-gun ship captured from the Parliamentarians by the Royalists in 1652 during the English Civil War. She foundered later in 1652. Defiance was a development of the Renown class. The second pair of Renowns, HMS Atlas and HMS Anson, had a modified, finer stern run. Defiance was originally laid down as to the same plan as Atlas, but a new plan dated 8 October 1858 was prepared giving Defiance a lengthened bow. [2]

Just then, the French fleet sallies out from port, and a French fireship is sighted heading straight for the British flagship. As the only ship under sail, the Defiant has the unique opportunity to save the flagship. Once again, Crawford appeals to the crew's patriotism, making no promises but convincing them to intercept the fireship. Vizard is killed in the ensuing action, living just long enough to hear a message from the British admiral thanking Defiant for their honourable actions. The mutiny is over and HMS Defiant joins the fleet.

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HMS Defiance was the Fleet Maintenance Base at HMNB Devonport between 1972 and 1979, and again between 1981 and 1994 when it was absorbed into the main base. One ship was renamed HMS Defiance whilst serving as the establishment's depot ship. We collaborated with structural engineers to develop a system of mounts and suspension points that were fixed directly into the atrium ceiling. Meanwhile, the conservation team assessed the figureheads for structural integrity and began a programme to stabilise them and fit them with the internal and external supports we needed to put them in position.” At more than two tonnes and four metres high, the 14th figure, William IV (King Billy), is too hefty to be hung from the ceiling of the Box and has instead been given a prominent position at ground level.

in the afternoon a strong party of the 7th, or South Fencible regiment, and several officers, arrived on board. On the 20th, at 10 a.m., a general muster of the ship's company was made, and the eight men, previously in irons, together with three more, were placed in confinement, and others were subsequently added. A few days afterwards the South Fencibles were relieved by a detachment of the 134th Regt., in number 132, under Lieut.-Colonel Baillie, and with these the Defiance sailed from Leith and returned to the Nore. [3] Lloyd's List reported in February 1809 that the man-of-war Defiance had sent the French cutter Prudente into Plymouth. Prudente had been on her way from Guadaloupe. [11] Fate [ edit ] O'Byrne, William Richard (1898), "Spratt, James", in Lee, Sidney (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, vol.53, London: Smith, Elder & Co, p.424 She was sold on 26 June 1931 to Castle's Shipbreaking Yard for dismantling at Millbay, Plymouth. [9] Doige's Annual for 1932 poignantly describes her as "the last of England's 'Wooden Walls'".

Fantastic service and I will use you in the future whenever possible and also recommend you to my friends. QUOTE from part 8.5 "The senior electrical rating on board was only an Acting Petty Officer Electrician, entirely without sufficient experience to compete with any non-standard occurrence.UNQUOTE.