Everything about Hms Minden totally explained
HMS Minden was a 74-gun
third-rate ship of the line of the
Royal Navy, launched on
19 June 1810. She was named after the
German town
Minden and the
Battle of Minden of 1759, a decisive victory of British and
Prussian forces over
France in the
Seven Years' War. The town is about 75 km away from
Hanover, where the
House of Hanover comes from, the dynasty which ruled the
United Kingdom from
1714 to
1901.
Built by the
Indian company
Jamshedji Bomanji Wadia in
1810, launched from the Duncan docks in
Bombay and christened on
June 23 of that year, she was the first Royal Navy ship built outside of the British Isles.
Service
Minden saw service during the
War of 1812 in the
Chesapeake Bay. Some accounts state that
Francis Scott Key was aboard
Minden when he wrote the poem "The Defense of Ft. McHenry", later renamed "
The Star-Spangled Banner". These accounts are disputed.
In
1816,
Minden participated in the
Bombardment of Algiers. She also served in
Java and
Australia.
Toward the end of her career
Minden saw duty as a
hospital ship in
Hong Kong from 1842 because a naval hospital on the shore was destroyed in a
typhoon. It served those who suffered from
malaria in the early colonial years. Her role was replaced by in
1857. The ship was sold for scrap and broken up in
1861 in
Hong Kong.
In memory of the ship, two streets were named after it,
Minden Row and
Minden Avenue, located behind
Signal Hill of
Tsim Sha Tsui in
Kowloon of Hong Kong.
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