[1] She was named after the ancient city of Canopus, Egypt, where the Battle of the Nile took place. HMS Canopus, Shore Establishment by John Alban Wilcock. A large Combined Training Centre south of the Suez Canal, which jointly trained Navy and Army personnel in the Middle East theatre of war in the use of landing craft on operations to land troops onto unimproved beaches in enemy occupied territories. Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Canopus: . There were hundreds of these across the years and there are still many today. These are some you may come across in service records. In Royal Navy and Royal Marines service records, personnel will be shown as serving on a ship. Harold Chippendale HMS Woolwich . 'Canopus' was a fast sailer and when 50 years old, in 1847, took part in sailing trials against seven other ships of the line and four frigates. Archive List > World > Egypt. Many thanks for any help. The first HMS Canopus (1798) was an 80-gun third-rate French ship of the line launched in 1797, captured at the Battle of the Nile, and commissioned into the Royal Navy.She was scrapped in 1887. 25.04.1891 Kensington district, London / Middlesex-09.02.1980 Marlow, Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire The Flag of Vice Admiral Willis was hoisted at Canopus at 0800 and that of Admiral Cunningham was struck at the Combined Headquarters at sunset. Looking for information on my granddad, Harold Chippendale and the ships he was on. HMS Saunders was the naval component. You are browsing in: Archive List > Royal Navy. Date made: 1866 Harold was on the ship from 1st August 1939 to 15th January 1943, then went to HMS Canopus. I have a photo of the palace there but Lewis seems to remember that it was a fortress he was based in. He next became commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Canopus, a French ship of the line captured in the Battle of the Nile (as the Franklin), early in 1805. HMS - When is a ship a real ship, and when is it a shore base? In 1807 she was at San Domingo. Technical description. Thomas B Horner was retired as commander on 11.4.1865. I know HMS Nile was a shore base and am looking for its history, where exactly it was in Alexandria and any photos to help put together a folder for my friend about his father's WW2 service. HMS Nile Canopus HHMS Aetos HMS Mercury 1945 LST 301 1945/46 HMS Cape Wrath 1946/48 HMS Mercury 1948 HMS Thesues 1948/49 HMS Stormcloud 1949/50 HMS Camarata 1950 HMS Finisterre 1950 HMS President Sept. 1952 – Jan 1954 Released Jan – Feb 1954 . Departure of Through Mediterranean Slow Convoy M.K.S. … HMS Nile was a shore establishment, rather than an actual vessel. In HMS Canopus he took part in the pursuit of the French Fleet, under the command of Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve , to … The second HMS Canopus (1897) was a Canopus-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1898 and finally broken up in 1920. Based at Ras el Tin Point, Alexandria, Nile had a large number of personnel on the books - … She overcame all opposition, beatiing HMS 'Superb' by a hundred yards and the rest of the field by two to six miles. HMS Canopus was laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard on 4 January 1897, launched on 12 October 1897, and completed on 5 December 1899. A watercolour drawing of HMS Canopus (1798) and Hind cutter off Malta. This does not necessarily mean they are at sea; instead they may be at a shore establishment. He is likely to have known Canopus when she was on harbour service in this country (UK), rather than in Malta. Archive List > World > North Africa. His rank as lieutenant dated from 02.01.1854. 28. Specifically, information on HMS Woolwich and what role the ship had in the Mediterranean war.