Royal Navy and imperial expansion: bases, patrols and maritime campaigns (1690–1914)

1. Port Royal Dockyard established in Jamaica

   Jan 1, 1675Labels: Port Royal, Jamaica

   • Jamaica Dockyard
   • Britannica

2. Anglo-Dutch capture of Gibraltar

   Aug 4, 1704Labels: Anglo-Dutch fleet, Gibraltar

   • Britannica
   • Gibraltar Gov
   • Gibraltar Capture

3. Gibraltar formally ceded to Britain

   Jul 13, 1713Labels: Treaty of, Gibraltar

   • Britannica
   • Utrecht

4. Halifax Royal Naval Dockyard commissioned

   Jan 1, 1759Labels: Halifax Dockyard, Nova Scotia

   • NMM Archive
   • Halifax Dockyard

5. Royal Navy victory at the Battle of Lagos

   Aug 18, 1759Labels: Battle of, Royal Navy

   • Battle Lagos

6. Bermuda becomes a Royal Navy strategic base

   Jan 1, 1795Labels: Bermuda Dockyard, Bermuda

   • Bermuda Dockyard
   • RN Dockyards

7. Malta becomes Britains key Mediterranean dockyard

   Jan 1, 1800Labels: Malta Dockyard, Malta

   • Malta Dockyard
   • RN Dockyards

8. West Africa Squadron formed to suppress slave trade

   Jan 1, 1808Labels: West Africa, Royal Navy

   • W Africa Sqn
   • NMRN

9. Bombardment of Algiers pressures Barbary slave system

   Aug 27, 1816Labels: Bombardment of, Anglo-Dutch fleet

   • RMG
   • Algiers 1816

10. Britain occupies Aden to secure shipping routes

    Jan 18, 1839Labels: Occupation of, Aden

    • Aden
    • Britannica

11. Britain takes possession of Hong Kong Island

    Jan 26, 1841Labels: Hong Kong, First Opium

    • Britannica
    • Opium War
    • Chuenpi

12. China Station created as separate Royal Navy command

    Jan 1, 1865Labels: China Station, Royal Navy

    • China Station

13. Royal Navy bombards Alexandria during the Anglo-Egyptian War

    Jul 11, 1882Labels: Bombardment of, Mediterranean Fleet

    • Alexandria 1882

14. Weihaiwei leased as a naval station for China Squadron

    Jul 1, 1898Labels: Weihaiwei Lease, Weihaiwei

    • US Historian
    • SNR Weihaiwei

15. Royal Navy supports campaign at the Battle of Omdurman

    Sep 2, 1898Labels: Battle of, River gunboats

    • Britannica

16. Start of World War I ends the pre-1914 imperial naval era

    Aug 4, 1914Labels: World War, Royal Navy

    • Britannica
    • RN History