| Property | Value |
|---|
| rdf:type | |
| rdfs:label | |
| rdfs:comment | - HMS Speedy was a 14-gun Speedy-class brig of the British Royal Navy. Built during the last years of the American War of Independence, she served with distinction during the French Revolutionary Wars. Built at Dover, Kent, Speedy spent most of the interwar years serving off the British coast. Transferred to the Mediterranean after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, she spent the rest of her career there under a number of notable commanders, winning fame for herself in various engagements and often against heavy odds. Her first commander in the Mediterranean, Charles Cunningham, served with distinction with several squadrons, assisting in the capture of several war prizes, such as the French frigates Modeste and Impérieuse. His successor, George Cockburn, impressed his superiors
|
| owl:sameAs | |
| dcterms:subject | |
| dbkwik:military/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate | |
| Align | |
| Caption | - Charles Cunningham, Speedys commander at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars
- George Cockburn, Speedys fifth commander who rose to the rank of admiral of the fleet
|
| Width | |
| Alt | - Half-length portrait of a man looking over his shoulder. His hair is sparse and balding, and he wears a dark blue jacket with epaulettes and gold buttons, with a blue sash collar around his neck, suspended from which is a medal.
- Three quarter-length portrait of a man, wearing a dark blue jacket with epaulettes and gold buttons, and white trousers. His left hand rests on a cannon, while he holds a telescope in his right
|
| Image | - Charles Cunningham.jpg
- Sir George Cockburn.jpg
|
| Ship caption | - HMS Speedy falling in with the wreck of , 21 March 1800
|
| Ship image | |
| abstract | - HMS Speedy was a 14-gun Speedy-class brig of the British Royal Navy. Built during the last years of the American War of Independence, she served with distinction during the French Revolutionary Wars. Built at Dover, Kent, Speedy spent most of the interwar years serving off the British coast. Transferred to the Mediterranean after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, she spent the rest of her career there under a number of notable commanders, winning fame for herself in various engagements and often against heavy odds. Her first commander in the Mediterranean, Charles Cunningham, served with distinction with several squadrons, assisting in the capture of several war prizes, such as the French frigates Modeste and Impérieuse. His successor, George Cockburn, impressed his superiors with his dogged devotion to duty. Speedy's next commander, George Eyre, had the misfortune to lose her to a superior French force on 9 June 1794. She was soon retaken, and re-entered service under Hugh Downman, who captured a number of privateers between 1795 and 1799 and fought off an attack by the large French privateer Papillon on 3 February 1798. His successor, Jahleel Brenton, fought a number of actions against Spanish forces off Gibraltar. Her last captain, Lord Cochrane, forced the surrender of a much larger Spanish warship, the Gamo. Speedy was finally captured by a powerful French squadron in 1801 and donated to the Papal Navy by Napoleon the following year. She spent five years with them under the name San Pietro, and was broken up in 1807.
|
| is Commands of | |
