Английская Википедия:George Pechell Mends

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George Pechell Mends (baptized 10 May 1815Шаблон:Spnd15 September 1871) was an English sailor and amateur artist.

He joined the Royal Navy in 1824, first serving on his father's ship. After ten years, he became an officer and served on several other ships. His first command was Шаблон:HMS and his subsequent commands were Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS. When the latter was paid off in 1866, he retired as a captain on half-pay. Throughout his service on naval stations all over the world, he painted watercolours which typically showed ships and nautical landscapes.

Early life

George Pechell Mends was baptized on 10 May 1815 at St Budeaux, Plymouth, Devon, England.Шаблон:R He was born into a notable PembrokeshireШаблон:R naval family. His father was Vice Admiral William Bowen Mends,Шаблон:R whose brother, George's uncle, was Commodore Sir Robert Mends (c. 1767–1823). His own elder brother was Admiral Sir William Robert Mends Шаблон:Post-nominals (27 February 1812 – 26 June 1897),Шаблон:R and a younger brother was to become a captain in the Royal Navy. He was the first child to go to sea.Шаблон:RШаблон:R Mends grew up in Haverfordwest.Шаблон:R He formally entered the Navy on 9 February 1824 as a volunteer on his father's ship Шаблон:HMS.

Maritime career

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HMS Mutine (right), with Mends on board, passing to windward of Шаблон:HMS during a sailing trial, 1 September 1845

Mends passed his lieutenant's exam on 1 April 1834.Шаблон:RШаблон:RШаблон:R He served as mate from around 1840 of the steam paddle-driven Шаблон:Sclass Шаблон:HMS, which was under the command of Lieutenant-Commander John Lunn, in the Mediterranean. He was first commissioned to the rank of lieutenant on 30 August 1841, and in September was appointed to Шаблон:HMS, of 72 guns, Captain Sir George Rose Sartorius commanding, in the Mediterranean.Шаблон:R In October 1844, he was appointed senior to the brig Шаблон:HMS, of 12 guns, Captain Richard Borough Crawford, which was attached to the force at the Cape of Good Hope, and from there on 17 October appointed, in a similar capacity, his first lieutenant on HMS Eurydice, 22, Captain Talavera Vernon Anson.Шаблон:R Mend's agents were Messrs. Ommanney of Portsmouth.Шаблон:R On 25 July 1850 he became first lieutenant in the 120-gun Шаблон:HMS at Sheerness under Montagu Stopford. In July 1851 Mends sailed in her for the Mediterranean (Stopford was later relieved by Henry Francis Greville), until 11 January 1854, when he was promoted Commander. From 23 January that year Mends was second-in-command to Captain George Elliot on the 91-gun Шаблон:HMS at Portsmouth, and served on her in the Baltic campaign of the Crimean War (1854–55).Шаблон:R On 8 February 1856, still as Commander, Mends took command of Шаблон:HMS on the North American and West Indies station. Next, on 1 May 1858 he assumed command of a wood screw-gunboat Шаблон:HMS in the East Indies and China; he was promoted to Captain on 20 December 1858.Шаблон:R From 22 May 1861 to 10 July 1862 Mends was appointed flag captain of Шаблон:HMS, a screw-propelled 91-gun second rate launched in 1858, under Rear-Admiral John Elphinstone Erskine, who was second-in-command in the Channel. From December 1861 Mends was appointed to the North American and West Indies stations. Edgar arrived in the Bahamas in January 1862 in time to see salvage operations on Шаблон:HMS on Rum Cay.Шаблон:R Mends remained on Edgar until the ship was paid off at Portsmouth. On 24 March 1866 Mends went on the retired captains list.Шаблон:R At the time of his death he was on half pay, as he had been for several years.Шаблон:RШаблон:R

Art career

Sketches and watercolours by Mends survive from as early as 1838 and as late as 1865. Over 80 of these works are in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, more than half of which are from a sketchbook that covers the period of 1850 to 1853, immediately before and during his time on HMS Trafalgar, with some examples in private hands.Шаблон:R The lithographer and artist Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton used some of his work, and other notable artists also copied it.Шаблон:R

Death

Mends died of heart disease, which he had been suffering from for some time, on 15 September 1871, at his home in Seaton Terrace, off Mutley Plain, in Plymouth. He was 56 years old when he died, though obituaries at the time variously gave his age as "in his sixtieth year"Шаблон:R and "about 60 years".Шаблон:R

He had married Louise Wilcocks from Exeter, while on leave from HMS Trafalgar on 10 July 1851. His daughter Mary Louise, an only child, married Captain Arnold John Errington RN in Exeter on 1 May 1877.

Gallery

• Hulks, probably at Sheerness, 1838, watercolour

  Hulks, probably at Sheerness, 1838, watercolour

• Mends was a witness to the burning of the United States steam frigate Шаблон:USS at Gibraltar 26 August 1843. His sketch was the basis for a painting by Edward Duncan. This litho from Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton is from that work.[4]

  Mends was a witness to the burning of the United States steam frigate Шаблон:USS at Gibraltar 26 August 1843. His sketch was the basis for a painting by Edward Duncan. This litho from Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton is from that work.

• Шаблон:HMS weighing anchor off Fort St Sebastian, Mozambique, 10 February 1849. Mends was her senior lieutenant.

  Шаблон:HMS weighing anchor off Fort St Sebastian, Mozambique, 10 February 1849. Mends was her senior lieutenant.

• A study of Шаблон:HMS off Fort Trinidad, Rosas Bay, south-eastern Spain, 9 October 1851; his brother William had been a flag lieutenant on Ganges in the 1840s

  A study of Шаблон:HMS off Fort Trinidad, Rosas Bay, south-eastern Spain, 9 October 1851; his brother William had been a flag lieutenant on Ganges in the 1840s

• Valletta, Malta, sketch circa 1851

  Valletta, Malta, sketch circa 1851

• Шаблон:HMS, 50 Miles ESE of Malta, 1 February 1852; made a lithograph by Charles de Brocktorff

  Шаблон:HMS, 50 Miles ESE of Malta, 1 February 1852; made a lithograph by Charles de Brocktorff

• Mends made many drawings of HMS Trafalgar here is one, in his sketchbook, of her under the Upper Barracca, Malta, on 27 March 1852. She was there after losing her rudder at sea in February.

  Mends made many drawings of HMS Trafalgar here is one, in his sketchbook, of her under the Upper Barracca, Malta, on 27 March 1852. She was there after losing her rudder at sea in February.

• His brother William's ship Шаблон:HMS in Port Mahon, 26 May 1852.

  His brother William's ship Шаблон:HMS in Port Mahon, 26 May 1852.

• Gibraltar from the Queen of Spain's Chair, 22 January 1853.

  Gibraltar from the Queen of Spain's Chair, 22 January 1853.

• Lighthouse on Pasha's Point, Gallipoli, at the entrance of the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara, July–October 1853

  Lighthouse on Pasha's Point, Gallipoli, at the entrance of the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara, July–October 1853

• Шаблон:HMS in Besika Bay, 3 October 1853

  Шаблон:HMS in Besika Bay, 3 October 1853

• HMS James Watt and Mends were in action in the Baltic, here near the Tolboukin lighthouse, August 1855

  HMS James Watt and Mends were in action in the Baltic, here near the Tolboukin lighthouse, August 1855

• Mends was present, with HMS Edgar, as attempts were made in vain to salvage HMS Conqueror, on Rum Cay, in the Bahamas, January 1862[5]

  Mends was present, with HMS Edgar, as attempts were made in vain to salvage HMS Conqueror, on Rum Cay, in the Bahamas, January 1862

• Шаблон:HMS, circa 1865

  Шаблон:HMS, circa 1865

• Mends was on half pay at the time of the sketch, and the two ladies looking out to sea are thought to be his wife and daughter

  Mends was on half pay at the time of the sketch, and the two ladies looking out to sea are thought to be his wife and daughter