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COASTGUARD , a See also:naval force maintained in See also:Great See also:Britain and See also:Ireland to suppress See also:smuggling, aid shipwrecked vessels and serve as a reserve to the See also:navy. The coastguard was originally designed to prevent smuggling. Before 1816 this See also:duty was entrusted to the See also:revenue cutters, and to a See also:body of " See also:riding See also:officers," mounted men who were frequently supported by detachments of dragoons. The crews of the cutters and the riding officers were under the authority of the See also:custom See also:house in See also:London, and were appointed by the See also:treasury. On the conclusion of the See also:war with See also:Napoleon in 1815 it was resolved to take stricter precautions against smuggling. A " See also:coast See also:blockade " was established in See also:Kent and See also:Sussex. The " See also:Ramillies " (74) was stationed in the See also:Downs and the " See also:Hyperion " (42) at See also:Newhaven. A number of See also:half-pay naval lieutenants were appointed to these vessels, but were stationed with detachments of men and boats at the Martello towers erected along the coast as a See also:defence against See also:French invasion. They were known as the " preventive
See also:water guard " or the " preventive service." The crews of the boats were partly See also:drawn from the revenue cutters, and partly hired from among men of all trades. The " coast blockade " was extended to all parts of the coast. The revenue cutters and the riding officers continued to be employed, and the whole force was under the direction of the custom house. The whole was divided into districts under the command of naval officers. In 1822 the elements of which the preventive water guard was composed were consolidated, and in 1829 it was ordered that only sailors or fishermen should be engaged as boatmen. In 183o the whole service consisted of 50 revenue cutters, See also:fine vessels of 150 and 200 tons, of the " preventive boats," and the riding officers. In 1831, during the See also:administration of See also:Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Graham, the service was transferred to the See also:admiralty, though the custom house See also:flag was used till 1857. After 1840 the men were drilled "in the See also:common formations," mainly with a view to being employed for the See also:maintenance of See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order and in support of the See also:police, in See also:case of Chartist or other agitations. But in 1845 the first steps were taken to utilize the coastguard as a reserve to the navy. The boatmen were required to sign an engagement to serve in the navy if called upon. In May 1857 the service was transferred entirely to the admiralty, and the coastguard became a See also:part of the navy, using the navy flag. The districts were placed under captains of the navy, known as See also:district captains, in command of See also:ships stationed at points See also:round the coast. Since that See also:year the coastguard has been recruited from the navy, and has been required to do See also:regular periods of See also:drill at See also:sea, on terms laid down by the admiralty from See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to time. It has, in fact, been a See also:form of naval reserve.
The rise and See also:early See also:history of the coastguard are told in Smuggling Days and Smuggling Ways, by the Hon. See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry .N. See also:Shore, R.N., (London, 1892). Its later history must be traced in the See also:Queen's (and See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's) Regulations and Admiralty Instructions of successive years. (D.
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