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In the Middle Ages, Termagant or Tervagant was the name of a god that some European Christians believed Muslims worshipped. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It originates in the eleventh-century Song of Roland The word is also used in modern English to mean a violent, overbearing, turbulent, brawling, quarrelsome woman; a virago , shrew, or vixen. [ 1 ]
Plato describes a violent tyrant as the opposite of a good and "true king" in the Statesman, [6] and while Aristotle in the Politics sees it as opposed to all other beneficial forms of government, he also described tyrannicide mainly as an act by those wishing to gain personally from the tyrant's death, while those who act without hope of personal gain or to make a name for themselves are rare.
Termagant performed convoy duty during the French Revolutionary Wars, shuttling between The Nore and Riga under Commander David Lloyd in mid-1797 in the company of HMS Clyde. [3] On 28 December 1797 Termagant was four leagues off Spurn Head when she sighted and gave chase to a French privateer.
HMS Termagant (1847) was a wooden screw frigate, launched in 1847 and sold in 1867. HMS Termagant (1915) was a Talisman-class destroyer, originally built for the Turkish Navy but taken over as HMS Narborough, later renamed HMS Termagant and launched in 1915. She was sold in 1921 and broken up in 1923.
Warning: This story contains major spoilers for "Fourth Wing" and "Iron Flame," the first two books in Rebecca Yarros' "Empyrean" series. The following text has been faithfully transcribed from ...
After four hours Termagant succeeded in capturing the schooner Victoire, of 14 guns and 74 men. She had been out ten days during which time she had captured two colliers; she had been in pursuit of a British merchantman when Termagant first sighted her. [5] The Royal Navy took Victoire into service as HMS Victoire.
“I’m a mess,” he said in a phone interview. “I’m so angry. I don’t even know how to explain this to you. I’m so angry with her for the decision that was made,” he said.
Termagant: 17 December 1914: 26 August 1915: 18 March 1916 Trident: 1 July 1915: 20 November 1915: 24 March 1916 Turbulent: 1915: 5 January 1916: May 1916: Sunk by the German battleship Westfalen during Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916.