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"The Fire Island Lighthouse is a visible landmark on the Great South Bay, in southern Suffolk County, New York on the western end of Fire Island, a barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island. The lighthouse is located within Fire Island National Seashore and just to the east of Robert Moses State Park. It is part of the Fire Island Light Station which contains the light, keepers quarters, the lens building containing the original first-order Fresnel lens, and a boat house. History The original first order Fresnel lens The current lighthouse is a stone tower that began operation in 1858 to replace the tower originally built in 1826. The United States Coast Guard decommissioned the light in 1974. In 1982 the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society (FILPS) was formed to preserve the lighthouse. FILPS raised over $1.2 million to restore the tower and light. On May 25, 1986 the United States Coast Guard returned the Fire Island Lighthouse to an active aid to navigation. On February 22, 2006, the light became a private aid to navigation. It continues to be on the nautical charts, but is operated and maintained by the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society and not the USCG. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 and a boundary increase for the national historic district occurred in 2010. See also: See also: It is listed as Fire Island Light, number 695, in the USCG light lists. When the lighthouse was built it was on the edge of Fire Island Inlet and marked the western end of Fire Island. However Fire Island has extended itself through accumulating sand so that the lighthouse is now nearly from the western end of the island at Democrat Point. The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Fire Island LightSmithsonian lighthouse postcards with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. The lighthouse celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008, the same year as the 100th anniversary of Robert Moses State Park. Access Fire Island Lighthouse The lighthouse can be accessed by a short walk from Robert Moses State Park – Field 5. It is open to the public daily. Tower tours are available for a small fee. In popular culture From 1970 to 1975, the lighthouse and its surrounding area were seen in the opening and closing credits sequences of the CBS television soap opera The Guiding Light.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KZ2G4KJFUMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYrWeRDrktc Some of the final episode of season 1 of TV show The Following was filmed at Fire Island Lighthouse and surrounding buildings. Men in Black II also included some filming on the island in the immediate vicinity of the lighthouse. A 1999 Channel 4 TV series featuring Stephen Fry and called Fire Island included filming of the lighthouse. See also * List of lighthouses in the United States – New York References External links * * Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society * Fire Island National Seashore: Fire Island Lighthouse * Fire Island Lighthouse at Lighthousefriends.com Category:Lighthouses completed in 1826 Category:Lighthouses completed in 1858 Category:Fire Island, New York Category:Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:Tourist attractions on Long Island Category:1826 establishments in New York (state) Category:National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York Category:Lighthouses in Suffolk County, New York "
"HMS Ganges was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1782 at Rotherhithe. She was the first ship of the Navy to bear the name, and was the name ship of her class. She saw active service from 1782 to 1811, in Europe and the West Indies. Origins The British East India Company had Randall build a 74-gun ship under the name Bengal. They then presented (donated) her to the Royal Navy, which renamed her HMS Ganges.Hackman (2001), p.224. The Royal Navy commissioned Ganges in February 1782 under the command of Captain Charles Fielding. She was paid-off in March, but immediately recommissioned under Captain J. Lutterell as a guardship at Portsmouth. Between 1784 and 1787, she was under the command of Captain Sir Roger Curtis. In October 1787 she became the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Drake. She was recommissioned in December 1790 under Captain Anthony Molloy.Winfield (2008), p.458. French Revolutionary Wars In 1794, whilst under the command of Captain William Truscott, she and captured the French corvette Jacobine. Jacobin was armed with twenty-four 12-pounder guns, and had a crew of 220 men; she was nine days out of Brest and taken nothing. The Royal Navy took Jacobin into service as HMS Matilda. Ganges was part of the squadron commanded by Admiral John Gell, which escorted a Spanish ship they had captured from the French back to Portsmouth. The ownership of the ship was a matter of some debate and was not settled until 4 February 1795, when the value of the cargo was put at £935,000. At this time all the crew, captains, officers and admirals received a share of the prize money, Admiral Hood taking away £50,000. Besides Ganges, the ships that conveyed the Spanish prize to Portsmouth were , , and .Annual Register (1795), Chronicle, p. 6. Ganges shared in the prize money from the capture of the French supply ship Marsouin by on 11 March 1796. Ganges was one of the ships at Spithead in 1797 Ganges was under the command of Captain Thomas Fremantle at the Battle of Copenhagen. She had on board a contingent of soldiers from the 49th Foot, commanded by Isaac Brock. Their mission was to storm the forts at Copenhagen, but the outcome of the naval battle made the assault unnecessary. Napoleonic Wars Ganges was one of six British warships that shared in the capture on 23 August 1807 of the Danish vessel Speculation. Ganges was also present at the Second Battle of Copenhagen. She bore the flag of Commodore Richard Goodwin Keats, and was commanded by Captain Peter Halkett. During the battle Keats placed a portrait of Admiral Nelson on the mizzen mast where it was said to have encouraged officers and men alike despite being covered in the blood and brains of an unfortunate seaman. In September 1810, two row-boat luggers, one from , under the command of Lieutenant Robert Streatfield, and one from Ganges, under the command Lieutenants Stackpole, captured two Danish armed vessels off Lessoe. There were no British casualties. Fate She was commissioned as a prison ship on 12 December 1811 for holding prisoners of war. Then in 1814 she was transferred to the Transport Board. Ganges was broken up at Plymouth in 1816. Notes References *Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. . * *J. Wright (printer) (1807) The Annual Register, or a view of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the year 1795. Google Books. Retrieved 6 October 2008. *HMS Ganges Association History Royal Navy. HMS Ganges Association. Retrieved 1 November 2008. Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Category:Ganges-class ships of the line Category:1782 ships "
"Frederick Hervey may refer to: *Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol (1730–1803) *Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (1769–1859) *Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol (1800–1864) *Frederick Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol (1834–1907) *Frederick Hervey, 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863–1951) *Frederick Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol (1954–1999) *Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol (born 1979) See also *Fred Harvey (disambiguation) "